News

April 2025

Songhyun Huh received the "Best Paper Presentation Award" at the Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences.
Title: Particle-based Drag Analysis of Atomic Oxygen Adsorption and Desorption in Very-Low-Earth-Orbit

March 2025

KNGPDL was selected for the Mid-Career Researcher Program supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea. This selection recognizes the KNGPDL’s achievements from the previous mid-career research project. The follow-up project, entitled “Development of Particle-Based Numerical Methods for Hypersonic Polyatomic Gas Mixtures with Chemical Reactions,” will receive approximately 673.7 million KRW in research funding over the next three years.

February 2025

Dr. Sanghun Kim received the "Best PhD Dissertation Award" in the College of Engineering,
Title: A stochastic particle Fokker-Planck method for multiscale rarefied gas flows

December 2024

Joonbeom Kim's paper was selected as "Editor's Pick".
Title: A spatial interpolation for a stochastic particle Fokker-Planck model using a polynomial reconstruction

November 2024

Yeongho Shin received the "Best Master's Thesis Award" at the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers.
Title: Particle-based two-phase flow simulation of solid rocket motor plume at high altitudes

November 2024

As part of the 1 Lab, 1 Volunteering (L.O.V.E) program, KNGPDL members visited the Yuseong District Office to learn about CPR procedures. 

November 2024 

Geonwoong Moon received the "KAIST Best Paper Award".
Title: Design and operational concept of a cryogenic active intake device for atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion

October 2024

Woongwhi Park received the "Best M.S. Dissertation Award" at the 2023 KAIST Air&Space.
Title: Evaluation of Stochastic Particle Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook Method Based on Velocity Distribution Function and Variance-Reduced Method for Low-Speed Flows

September 2024

Suyeon Ma was awarded the "Encouragement Award" (3rd place) at the 2024 Winter/Spring Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Program Workshop, KAIST.

September 2024

KNGPDL secured sponsorship from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) for their proposal titled "Prediction of Gas-Surface Interaction in Very Low Earth Orbit Using Atomic Oxygen (AO)-Surface Chemistry Models." The program will provide funding totaling $90,000 over a three-year period.

January 2024

KNGPDL's research on Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP) has recently been showcased in "KAIST AE News"

https://ae.kaist.ac.kr/boards/view/board_news_en/13228

November 2023 

Geonwoong Moon received the "Best M.S. Dissertation Award" at the 2023 KAIST Air&Space.
Title: PIC-DSMC Simulation of Electric Propulsion Plasma Plume and Application to Atmosphere-Breathing Mode

November 2023 

As part of the 1 Lab, 1 Volunteering (L.O.V.E) program, KNGPDL members visited the Daejeon National Cemetery, paying homage to the fallen and participating in the site's upkeep.

October 2023

KNGPDL's research on Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP) has recently been showcased in "College of Engineering News"

September 2023

KNGPDL's research on Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion (ABEP) has recently been highlighted in "KAIST Breakthroughs", a biannual webzine showcasing key research findings at KAIST.

February 2023

Youngil Ko and Sangwon Kim, both undergraduate researchers in KNGPDL, were awarded the "Excellent Award" (2nd place) at the 2022 Summer/Fall Undergraduate Research Participation (URP) Program Workshop, KAIST.

August 2021

Professor Eunji Jun received the "Best Lecture Award" for her lecture on AE620, Advanced Gas Dynamics. The lecture focused on the governing equations and numerical techniques of solving transonic and supersonic flows.