Seungjin Kim

Capt. James McCarthy, Jr. and Cheryl E. McCarthy Head and Professor of Nuclear Engineering

Purdue University

Seungjin Kim is the Capt. James McCarthy, Jr. and Cheryl E. McCarthy Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University. He has over twenty years of experience in thermal-hydraulics experiments and analysis.

Poistions Held:

Capt. James McCarthy, Jr. and Cheryl E. McCarthy Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 2017 - Present

Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2016-2017

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011-2016

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007-2011

Assistant Professor, Mining and Nuclear Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla, 2003-2007

Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 2002-2003

Post Doctoral Research Associate, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, 1999-2002

Affiliations:

American Nuclear Society (ANS), Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Interests

Thermal-hydraulics
Reactor Safety
Modeling of two-phase flow and fluid particle interactions
Interfacial area transport modeling
Two-phase flow experiments and instrumentations
Thermal-hydraulic systems analysis codes

Education

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering, 1999

Purdue University
M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1992

Purdue University
M.S. Physics, 1990

South Dakota State University
B.S. Physics, 1987

Sogang University, Seoul Korea