Lee, Kibaek
Kibaek Lee
Assistant Professor | College of Engineering and Science - Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences
Contact Information
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 3161, Fluid Mechanics
- AEE 3162, Compressible Flow
Selected Publications
- 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