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Education

M.S.-Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, 2026
Dissertation: Shock Wave/Turbulent Boundary Layer Interactions under Upstream Forcing and Boundary-Layer State

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, 2020

Experience

Visiting Graduate Student
University of California at Irvine, CA, United States, 2022–2023

Award & Talk

Japan-Korea Fluid Mechanics Online Workshop (JK-FLOW), Shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions: Boundary-layer thickness effects, 2025
Ph.D. fellowship from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Title: Numerical analysis of the combined interaction phenomena of supersonic freestream turbulence, oblique shock wave, and turbulent boundary layer, 2024
Excellent Graduate Student Award, Mechanical Engineering at Korea University, 2024

Publications

Journal Article

LE, T. T. G., CHO, M., KIM, J., PARK, G. D. & RYU, J. 2025 Aerodynamic and shock wave investigation in hyperloop: Comparative analysis of maglev support configurations. Physics of Fluids 37(3), 036139. [DOI]
KIM, J., LEE, C., LE, T. T. G., KIM, D., Won, Y., CHO, M. & RYU, J. 2024 Effects of eccentricity in tube-pod arrangements on hyperloop aerodynamics. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 279, 109505. [DOI]
HASSAN, S. M. S., FEENEY, A., DHRUV, A., KIM, J., SUH, Y., RYU, J., WON, Y. & CHANDRAMOWLISHWARAN, A. 2024 BubbleML: A multiphase multiphysics dataset and benchmarks for machine learning. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36.
SUNG, W., KIM, J., JANG, K., LE, T. T. G., KIM, J., KIM, D. H., LEE, H. & RYU, J. 2023 Parametric study of a projectile launched by a compressed air cannon. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology 37, 5913-5933. [DOI]
AHN, M. H., KIM, J., LEE, S. R. LEE, U. D., KIM, S., SHIN, D., LEE, H., & RYU, J. 2023 Experimental analysis of biomimetic silencer to reduce exhaust noise in pneumatic devices. Applied Acoustics 214, 109681. [DOI]
LE, T. T. G., KIM, J., PARK, G. D. SUNG, W., CHO, M., LEE, H., & RYU, J. 2023 Effect of curvature radius and angle on aerodynamic characteristics of a sphere travelling in a branched tube system. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics 17, 2208633. [DOI]
KIM, J., LEE, S., HO, V. T., SHIN, D. & RYU, J. 2023 Effects of speed and posture on aerodynamic characteristics of running and required power. International Journal of Applied Mechanics 15, 2250105. [DOI]
LE, T. T. G., KIM, J., CHO, M. & RYU, J. 2022 Effects of tail shapes/lengths of hyperloop pod on aerodynamic characteristics and wave phenomenon. Aerospace Science and Technology 131, 107962. [DOI]

KIM, J.

Numerical study of unsteady compressible flow induced by multiple pods operating in the hyperloop system.

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

[DOI]

KIM, J., LE, T. T. G., CHO, M. & RYU, J. 2022 Theoretical and numerical analysis of effects of sudden expansion and contraction on compressible flow phenomena in hyperloop system. Aerospace Science and Technology 126, 107587. [DOI]
KIM, J., JANG, K. S., LE, T. T. G., LEE K. S. & RYU, J. 2022 Theoretical and numerical analysis of pressure waves and aerodynamic characteristics in hyperloop system under cracked-tube conditions. Aerospace Science and Technology 123, 107458. [DOI]
LE, T. T. G., KIM, J., JANG, K. S., LEE, K. S. & RYU, J. 2022 Numerical study on the influence of the nose and tail shape on the aerodynamic characteristics of a hyperloop pod. Aerospace Science and Technology 121, 107362. [DOI]
JANG, K. S., LE, T. T. G., KIM, J., LEE, K. S. & RYU, J. 2021 Effect of compressible flow phenomena on the aerodynamic characteristics in hyperloop system. Aerospace Science and Technology 117, 106970. [DOI]

International Conference

KIM, J., KIM, J. & RYU, J. Numerical analysis of boundary-layer thickness effects on shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD), 2025.
KIM, J., KIM, J. & RYU, J. Numerical study of oblique shock wave and thickened boundary layer interactions. Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (ACFM), 2025.
KIM, J., CHO, M. & RYU, J. Investigation of high-speed flow past a sphere in open and confined spaces. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (APS DFD), 2024.
KIM, J., PARK, G. D., CHO, M., LE, T. T. G. & RYU, J. Quasi-1D analytical and numerical study on compressible flow phenomena of an object in a straight pipe. International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), 2024.
KIM, J., CHO, M., LE, T. T. G. & RYU, J. Quasi-one-dimensional analysis and its verification of compressible flow phenomena and aerodynamics in hyperloop system. AIAA SciTech Forum, 2024.
KIM, J., LE, T. T. G., CHO, M. & RYU, J. Investigation of compressible flow and wave phenomena in hyperloop system. International Symposium on Shock Wave (ISSW), 2023.
KIM, J., JANG, K. S., LE, T. T. G., LEE, K. S., JANG, Y. J. & RYU, J. Analysis of hyperloop system under cracked tube condition. Asian Conference on Railway Engineering and Transportation, 2021.

Domestic Conference

KIM, J., CHO, M. & RYU, J. Investigation of aerodynamic characteristics of high-speed object in open and confined spaces. Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME Meeting), 2024.
KIM, J., JANG, K. S., LE, T. T. G., CHO, M. & RYU, J. Investigation of compressible flow phenomena and aerodynamic characteristics in hyperloop system under cracked-tube. National Congress on Fluids Engineering (NCFE Meeting), 2022.
KIM, J., JANG, K. S., LE, T. T. G., LEE, K. S., JANG, Y. J. & RYU, J. Investigation of aerodynamic characteristics in hyperloop system under cracked tube condition. Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME Meeting), 2020.

Projects

Shock wave/turbulent boundary layer interactions
Turbulence amplification and low-frequency unsteadiness in SWTBLIs using direct numerical simulation (DNS).