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Lee, Kibaek

Kibaek Lee

Kibaek Lee

Assistant Professor | College of Engineering and Science: Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences

Contact Information

klee@fit.edu
(321) 674-7635
F.W. Olin Engineering Complex, 242
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Expertise

Computational fluid dynamics, Numerical modeling on propellents/explosives, Machine learning on material modeling/chemical kinetics

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (2019)
  • M.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (2018)
  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, PA (2012)
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea (2009)

 

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Florida Institute of Technology, 2023 - Present
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, 2019 - 2023

Current Courses

  • AEE 5160, Gas Dynamics
  • MEE 5310, Combustion Fundamentals
  • AEE 3150, Aerospace Computational Techniques
  • AEE 3161, Fluid Mechanics
  • AEE 3162, Compressible Flow

Selected Publications

  • K. Lee, S. Lee, A.M. Hernández, D.S. Stewart, “Physics-informed Machine Learning Models for Shock Initiation Criteria of Reactive Metamaterials,” Combustion Theory and Modelling,  29:3, 403-423 (2025).
  • D. S. Stewart, K. Lee, and A. Hernández, “Enhanced Reactivity by Energy Trapping in Shocked Materials: Reactive Metamaterials for Controllable Output,” Combustion Theory and Modelling, 26:5, 916-942 (2022).
  • D. S. Stewart and K. Lee, “Modeling the Transition from Liquid to Dense Products in Shocked Benzene with the Gibbs Formulation,” Combustion and Flame, 236, 111786 (2022).
  • K. Lee, A. Hernández, D. S. Stewart, and S. Lee, “Data-Driven Blended Equations of State for Condensed-phase Explosives,” Combustion Theory and Modeling, 25:3, 413-435, (2021).
  • K. Lee, K. Joshi, S. Chaudhuri, and D. S. Stewart, “Mirrored Continuum and Molecular Scale Simulations of Deflagration in a Nano-slab of HMX” Combustion and Flame, 215, 352- 363 (2020).
  • K. Lee and D. S. Stewart, “Modeling Aluminum Slab Combustion in Oxidizing Environment with the Gibbs Formulation,” Combustion and Flame, 220, 92-106 (2020).
  • D. S. Stewart and K. Lee, “Modeling for Thermo-Mechanical-Chemical Behavior of Condensed Phase Reactive Materials,” Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, 45, 270-283 (2020).
  • K. Lee, A. Hernández, and D. S. Stewart, “Well-Posed Equations of State for Condensed- phase Explosives,” Propellants Explosives Pyrotechnics, 45, 374-386 (2020).
  • D. S. Stewart, A. Hernández, and K. Lee, “Modeling Reaction Histories to Study Chemical Pathways in Condensed Phase Detonation,” Journal of Applied Physics 119, 095902 (2016).
  • K. Lee, K. Joshi, S. Chaudhuri, and D. S. Stewart, “Mirrored Continuum and Molecular Scale Simulations of the Ignition of High-Pressure Phases of RDX,” Journal of Chemical Physics 144, 184111 (2016)

 

Research

Goal:

Theoretical and numercial modeling advanced energetic materials for solid propellants and explosives.

Research Interests:

  • Combustion: condensed/gas-phase combustion, propulsion, detonation
  • Thermal sciences: material modeling, chemical kinetics
  • Computational mechanics: computational fluid dynamics

 

 

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