Curriculum Vitae: Min Kwan Kim (Minkwan Kim) *

CURRICULUM VITAE

MIN KWAN KIM

(MINKWAN KIM)

Research Scientist

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology

Department of Supersonic and Hypersonic Technology

Linder Hoehe, 51147, Cologne, Germany.

Tel: +49 (0-220*-***-****

C.P.: +49 (0-176-****-****

E-mail: abo8jw@r.postjobfree.com

Web: http://www.DLR.de/as/en

RESEARCH INTEREST

The areas of my specialties are nonequilibrium gas and plasma dynamics including hypersonic

aerothermodynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), magneto hydrodynamics (MHD),

and extreme energy flows. My primary research interests are computation and experiment of

nonequilibrium gas and plasma dynamics, which are related to hypersonic aerothermodynamics,

electric propulsion, MHD, and high enthalpy flows. My particular interests of practical

applications are flow control of hypersonic flows, MHD generator, MHD parachute, plasma

manipulation, MHD heat shield, and renewable energy. I have several research experiences in

the plasma applications which are communication, sheath, etching, and plasma wind tunnel.

BIRTH

10/18/1978 Cheonan-si, Korea

EDUCATION

Aerospace Engineering JAN 2007 ~ AUG 2009

Ph. D.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI

Thesis: Electromagnetic Manipulation of Plasma Layer for Re-Entry Blackout

Mitigation

Advisors: Iain D. Boyd, Michael Keidar (George Washington University)

Committee: Alec D. Gallimore, Brian E. Gilchrist, and Kenneth G. Powell

Aerospace Engineering SEP 2005 ~ APL 2007

M. S.

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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI

Advisors: Iain D. Boyd, Michael Keidar (George Washington University)

Research Topic: Numerical modeling of the Hall-effect thruster, One dimensional

ExB layer modeling with a fluid plasma model.

Relevant coursework: Rocket propulsion, Advanced fluid dynamics, Computation

fluid dynamics, and Advanced numerical computation

methods.

Aerospace Engineering MAR 1999 ~ FEB 2003

B. S.

SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea

Graduate with honor; cum laude

Major: Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering

Thesis: A Numerical Study of a Laser-Driven Ram Accelerator

Advisor: In-Seuck Jeung

PROFESSSIONAL/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2010 ~ present Research Scientist

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany

The main research topic is the applications of magneto hydrodynamics (MHD) for the future

Mars exploration program of European Space Agency (ESA) which are EXOMARS and

SACOMAR. The research is performed using both numerical and experimental method using

the hypersonic wind tunnels in DLR. Also responsible in the development of new simulation

code for thermal/chemical non-equilibrium flow and plasma wind tunnel which are L2K and

L3K.

2009 ~ 2010 Post Doctoral Research Fellow

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

The main research topic is Mar entry and electron temperature model in hypersonic flow.

Responsible for research in the MHD parachute for entry mission into planets with thin

atmospheres, such as Mars and developing the electron temperature model for the simulation

of hypersonic flow.

2006 ~ 2009 Research Assistant

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Responsible for research in the Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program: PSAAP with

Stanford University. The plasma manipulation scheme by using an ExB layer has many

applications for a hypersonic/reentry vehicle and the semiconductor industry. In the

hypersonic/reentry vehicle, plasma manipulation can provide a possible solution of radio

blackout problem and be used for flow control. The MHD (Magneto -HydroDynamics) is an

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extremely complicated simulation area but it is very important because of experiment

limitations.

Responsible for the research project entitled ReEntry hypersonic vehicle plasma

Communication system: ReComm (May. 2006 ~ May, 2008), sponsored by the U.S. Air Force.

I developed a model for ExB layer simulation for the ReComm project. The simulation code

was developed to optimize the ExB layer. I demonstrated that ReComm can solve the radio

blackout problem reliably and effectively.

PUBLICATIONS

A. Journal Papers

[1] Kim, M., G lhan, A., and Boyd, I. D., Modeling of Electron Energy Phenomena in

Hypersonic Flows, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (submitted)

[2] Kim, M., and Boyd, I. D., The Effectiveness of a MHD System for the Mars Entry Mission,

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (in preparation)

[3] Kim, M., Boyd, I. D., and Keidar, M., Modeling of Electromagnetic Manipulation of

Plasmas for Communication during Reentry Flight, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol.

47, No. 1, 2010, pp.29-35.

[4] Kim, M., Keidar, M., and Boyd, I. D., Analysis of an Electromagnetic Mitigation Scheme

for Reentry Telemetry through Plasma", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 45, No. 6,

2008.

[5] Kim, M., Keidar, M., and Boyd, I. D., Electrostatic manipulation of a hypersonic plasma

layer: images of the 2D sheath, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 36, No. 4,

2008, pp. 1198-1199.

[6] Keidar, M., Kim, M., and Boyd, I. D., Electromagnetic Reduction of Plasma Density during

Atmospheric Reentry and Hypersonic Flights, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 45,

No. 3, 2008, pp. 445-453.

B. Conference Papers

[1] Kim, M., G lhan, A., Esser, B., and Koch, U., Numerical and Experimental Study of High

Enthalpy Flows in a Hypersonic Plasma Wind Tunnel: L3K, AIAA Paper 2011-3777,

presented at the 42nd AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 27-30, 2011.

[2] Farbar, E., Martin, A., Boyd, I. D., and Kim, M., Investigation of the Effects of Electronic-

Electron Translational Nonequilibrium on Numerical Prediction of Hypersonic Flow Fields,

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AIAA Paper 2011-3136, presented at the 42nd AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Honolulu,

HI, June 27-30, 2011.

[3] Kim, M. and G lhan, A., Plasma Manipulation Using a MHD-based Device for a

Communication Blackout in Hypersonic Flights, 5th International Conference on Recent

Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2011), Istanbul, Turkey, June 9-11, 2011.

[4] Kim, M., Boyd, I. D., and G lhan, A., Modeling of Electron Temperature in Hypersonic

Flows, AIAA Paper 2011-1028, presented at the 49th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting,

Orlando, FL, January 4-7, 2011

[5] Kim, M., Boyd, I. D., and Keidar, M., Numerical Modeling of Plasma Manipulation Using

an ExB Layer in the Hypersonic Boundary Layer, AIAA Paper 2009-3732, presented at the

40th AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 22-25, 2009.

[6] Kim, M., Keidar, M., and Boyd, I. D., Two-dimensional Model of an Electromagnetic Layer

for the Mitigation of Communications Blackout, AIAA Paper 2009-1232, presented at the

47th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Orlando, FL, January 5-8, 2009.

[7] Keidar, M., Kundrapu, M., Kim, M., Boyd, I. D., Jones, C. H., and Mork, B., Approaches to

mitigate disruption of telemetry during directed energy testing, Proceedings of 44th Annual

International Telemetering Conference, San Diego, CA, October 27-30, 2008, p. 308.

[8] Kim, M., Keidar, M., and Boyd, I. D., Effectiveness of an Electromagnetic Mitigation

Scheme for Reentry Telemetry Through Plasma", AIAA Paper 2008-1394, presented at the

47th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, NV, January 7-10, 2008.

[9] Kim, M., Keidar, M., Boyd, I. D., and Morris, D., Plasma Density Reduction Using

Electromagnetic ExB Field During Reentry Flight, ITC/USA Conference, ITC 07-19-03,

October 2007.

C. Books

[1] Kim, M., Telemetry: Electromagnetic Mitigation Scheme For Re-entry Radio Blackout,

InTech, ISBN 978-953-307-415-3, 2011 (In printing)

[2] Kim, M., Plasma Communication for Radio Blackout during Hypersonic Flights, Lambert

Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-3-8454-1320-4, 2011 (In printing)

D. Dissertation

[1] Kim, M., Electromagnetic Manipulation of Plasma Layer for Re-Entry Blackout Mitigation,

PhD Dissertation, University of Michigan, 2009

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RESEARCH SEMINARS

[1] AVL Inc., Graz, Austria, May 2011

[2] ESI-Group, Essen, Germany, January 2011

[3] Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH-Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang,

Korea, November 2010

[4] Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National Univesity, Seoul, Korea, November

2010.

[5] Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea,

November 2009.

[6] Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 2009.

POSTER

[1] Boyd, I. D., Kim, M., Irvine, A., and Crow, A., University of Michigan PSAAP Tasks,

Poster presented as part of the PSAAP AST Meeting, Stanford, CA, 26-27 October, 2009.

PATENT

[1] Back-warning automatic brake system for automotive vehicle, P10-0372419-000, The

Korea Intellectual Property Office, Feb, 2003.

Reviewer for Scientific Journals

AIAA Journal, Journal of Spacecraft and Rocket, IEEE Transaction on Plasma Science, Journal

of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering

SOCIETIES

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Member

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), Member

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HONORS

Rackham travel grant, 2007 and 2008

Nominated in GE scholarship, 2001

Third Prize winner of 00 Hyundai Motors Design Contest, 2000

Seoul National University Scholarships, 1999 ~ 2002 (7 times)

LANGUAGES

Fluent in Korean and English.

Knowledge in German

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in FORTRAN, C/C++, MATLAB

Familiar with Tecplot, LabView, NASTRAN, Pro-E, I-DEAS, Solidwroks, FEM-B, FLUENT

and Gambit.

REFERENCES

References and transcript will be supplied upon request.

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