Professor Haecheon Choi
Editor for Fluids Engineering

    Haecheon Choi received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and Ph.D. degree from Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University in 1992. He is full professor of School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University.

Professor Jooho Choi
Editor for Materials and Design Engineering

    Jooho Choi was born in Seoul, Korea, in February 23, 1959. He received the B.S. degree of mechanical engineering from Hanyang University in 1981, the M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree of mechanical engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1983 and 1987, respectively. During the year 1988, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Iowa. He joined the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Korea Aerospace University, Korea, in 1997 and he is now Professor. During 1988-96, he worked with Samsung Corning, Suwon, Korea, where he applied CAD/CAM/CAE techniques for TV glasses development and production.

    Dr. Choi has served as a board member of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea since 2001, and is now serving as vice-president. He has also served as a program manager or advisory member in a number of governmental committees such as Korea Science and Engineering Foundation and Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy.

    Dr. Choi received Silver Prize Award in the 4th Samsung Group CAD and Super Computer User's Conference in 1993 and Excellent Paper Award from the Journal of Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea in 2002. He is now a member of several professional organizations including KSME, KSAS, SME, ASME and AIAA.

    Dr. Choi has conducted research mainly on the shape optimization methods and its application. A number of researches by the industry needs were also carried out in the design of manufacturing equipments. His current research is focused on the reliability analysis and design methods in the mechanical and aerospace systems.

Professor Dae-Eun Kim
Editor for Production Engineering and Fusion Technology

    Dae-Eun Kim received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University in 1984. He then went on to receive his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from M.I.T. in 1986 and 1991, respectively. From 1991 to 1993 Dr. Kim was an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Ohio State University, and since 1993, he has been a faculty member at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.

Professor Sangkwon Jeong,
Editor for Thermal and Power Engineering

    Sangkwon Jeong was born in Pusan, Korea, in August 16, 1962. He received the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from MIT in 1992. From 1992 until 1995 he was a research staff at the MIT Plasma Fusion Center. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST in 1996, and he is currently a Professor.

    Prof. Jeong's research interests are in the areas of cryogenics, applied superconductivity, and refrigeration. His research covers fundamental issues related to applied thermodynamics and low temperature engineering, as well as various types of refrigeration, cryogenic system analysis, superconducing magnets, cryocooler design and cryogenic packaging. The research on these topics focuses on understanding the physics of the underlying phenomena and involves theoretical modeling and experimental investigations. He is currently a member of KSME, ASME, IEEE, SAREK, and KIASC. He also serves as an editorial board of SAREK and KIASC.


Address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
Office Phone: +82-42-869-3079
Office Fax : +82-42-869-8207
Home Page : http://cryo.kaist.ac.kr/
Email: skjeong@kaist.ac.kr

Research Areas of Interest:
 1. Cryogenic
 2. Applied Superconductivity
 3. Refrigeration and Low Temperature
 4. Thermodynamics
 5. Super-conducing magnets

Professor Hong Hee Yoo
Editor for Dynamics, Vibration, and Control

    Hong Hee Yoo was born in Seoul, Korea, in March 30, 1957. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical design and production engineering from Seoul National University in 1980 and 1982. He received the Ph.D. degree in applied mechanics from The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1989. From 1989 to 1990, Dr. Yoo worked as a Research Fellow at UM and from 1990 to 1993, he worked as a senior researcher at Korea Aerospace Research Institute. Dr. Yoo joined the School of Mechanical Engineering at Hanyang University in 1993 and he is now a Professor of the School. During 1982-84, he worked for the Korea Institute of Science and Technology.

    Dr. Yoo is serving as a board member of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers and served as a board member of Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering. He is also serving as a Program Manager of Korean Research Foundation. He is a member of KSNVE, KSAS, KSA, ASME, AIAA, and IEEE. He served as the Organizing Committee Chair of Asian Conference on Multi-body Dynamics in 2004 and also served as a General Secretary of the 15th International Congress on Sound and Vibration which was held at Daejeon, Korea in July 2008.

    Dr. Yoo received Academic Award from the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineer in 2003 and the Best Paper Award from the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering in 2007.

    Dr. Yoo’s current research interests include multi-body dynamics, structural dynamics, multi-disciplinary design optimization, and robust design employing statistical approach. He is especially interested in the dynamics and vibration of rotating blades. During the last decade, he has published about 50 academic papers in international journals and about 40 papers in conference proceedings. He has been working with several industrial partners including Hyundai Motors, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai MOBIS, and Daewoo Motors.