Dr. Youngsuk Nam

Dr. Nam is an associate professor in the mechanical engineering department at the KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). Before joining the KAIST, he worked as an associate and assistant professor at the Kyung Hee University after finishing his postdoctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2010, and M.S. and B.S. from the Seoul National University. His research interests include understanding micro/nanoscale heat and mass transport phenomena, developing novel nanosurfaces, and combining them together to introduce advanced solutions in heat transfer enhancement, thermal conversion, and thermal management. He is the recipient of the LG Yonam Foundation international scholar award (2018), Kyung Hee outstanding research award (2017), and KSME Young thermal scientist award (2015).