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Yong Hoon Lee

Lee headshot Assistant Professor
Email: yhlee@memphis.edu 
Phone: 901.678.5004
Office: Engineering Science 322D

RESEARCH PROFILE    |   RESEARCH GROUP WEBSITE   GOOGLE SCHOLAR 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020.
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University, 2010.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University, 2008.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Memphis, August 2022 – current
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, July 2020 – August 2022
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Masan University, March 2014 – June 2014
Research Engineer, Nuclear Energy Division, Korea Nuclear Engineering & Services, Corp., June 2010 – August 2013

SCHOLARLY INTERESTS

Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization (MDAO)
Control Co-Design (CCD) - Integrated Physical and Control Design
Multi-Fidelity Modeling, Surrogate-Based Optimization (SBO)
Computational Modeling and Analysis in Fluid Applications & Systems
Renewable Energy Systems (Offshore Wind, Ocean Wave and Current)

RESEARCH APPLICATIONS

Offshore Wind Farms, Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs), Hydrokinetic Turbines (HkT), eVTOL Urban Mobility, EV Battery Thermal Management System (BTMS), Energy Grid Optimization, Biomimetic Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV), Design Optimization Algorithms and Software Toolsets, etc.