Professor
Park, Hyungmin (박형민)
hminpark@snu.ac.kr
Office: Rm 1405, Eng Bldg 301
Tel: +82-2-880-4159
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Education
– M.S. & Ph.D. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2010)
– B.S. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2000)
Experiences
– Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical (& Aerospace) Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea (Mar. 2017 – Feb. 2022)
– Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea (Feb. 2013 – Feb. 2017)
– Visiting Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA (Jan. 2020 – Jan. 2021)
– Postdoctoral Researcher, Micro and Nano Manufacturing Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
(advisor: Prof. Chang-Jin “CJ” Kim) (Jul. 2011 – Dec. 2012)
– Senior Researcher, Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University, Korea (Mar. 2010 – Jun. 2011)
– Basic Ship Designer, Special and Naval Shipbuilding Division, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korea (Jan. 2000 – Dec. 2003)
– Secretary, General Alumni Association of Engineering School, Seoul National University (Nov. 2024 – Present)
– General Manager, Institute of Advanced Machines and Design, Seoul National University, Korea (Nov. 2016 – Oct. 2018)
– Editorial Board, Community Magazine of College of Engineering, Seoul National University (May 2016 – June 2023)
- External Activitie
– Governing Board Member, International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF) (May 2025 – May 2031)
– General Meeting of Members (GMM), The International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) (Feb. 2026 – Present)
– Secretary General, ASME-JSME-KSME Fluids Engineering Conference (AJKFED), 2027
– Associate Editor, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (Jan. 2022 – Present)
– Board Member, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (Jan. 2022 – Dec. 2023)
– Board Member, Fluids Engineering Division, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (Jan. 2014 – Present)
– Board Member, The Korean Society of Visualization (Jan. 2014 – Present)
– Organizing Committee, Spring meeting of the Korean Society of Visualization, 2014
– Local Organizing Committee, ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference 2015
– Organizing Committee, International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry (ISPIV) 2017
– Local Organizing Committee, 11th International Symposium on Cavitation (CAV) 2021
– Organizing Committee, Spring meeting of the Korean Society of Visualization, 2018
– Organizing Committee, Spring meeting of the Fluid Mechanics Division, KSME, 2021, 2024, 2026
– Secretary General, Spring meeting of the Fluid Mechanics Division, KSME, 2023
– Local Organizing Committee, 26th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), 2024
– Local Organizing Committee, 18th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics (18ACFM), 2025
– Consultant, Scientific Investigation Center, Korean National Police Agency (Sep. 2014 – Sep. 2016)
– Technology Consultant, Samsung Electronics (2016 – 2018, 2022)
– Member, American Physical Society (APS)
– Member, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
– Member, The Korean Society of Visualization
Academic Honors & Awards
– Grand Prize in the 10th KSME-SEMES Open Innovation Challenge (KSOIC), “Mechanism of impacting droplet from the rotating wafer edge using 3D-LPT based on event camera” (Dec. 2025)
– 2024 Outstanding Reviewer for Journal of Fluid Mechanics (JFM) (Jul. 2025) https://www.cambridge.org/
– Best Lecture Award (Fluid Mechanics, undergraduate course), College of Engineering, Seoul National University (Apr. 2025)
– Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME) Kasan Research Excellence Award, 2022. 4. 29
– Ten Technologies in Mechanical Engineering of Year 2020, “Autonomous oil recovery system against the marine oil spill accident” The Korean Federation of Mechanical Engineering Societies (December 2020)
– Graduated with honors in undergraduate course (Cum Laude), Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea (Feb. 2000)
– Hyun Song Culture Foundation Scholarship for undergraduate student, Korea (1997–1999)
Research Interests
– Multiphase flows: bubbles, particles and droplets in flows
– Turbulence and flow control
– Data-driven experimental technique and modeling
– Fundamental and applied studies on the flows over multifunctional (wettability-controlled) surfaces
– Fluid-structure interaction
– State-of-the-art techniques of three-dimensional flow/temperature field measurement and visualization