2026 Kwan-Soo Lee: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	53	1012	930	23	23	298	9417

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Kwan-Soo Lee is a researcher affiliated with Hanyang University in South Korea, whose work primarily spans the fields of engineering and medicine. Their research focuses largely on mechanical engineering and related subfields such as surfaces, coatings and films, aerospace engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

The main topics of their research include heat transfer and optimization, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, icing and de-icing technologies, heat transfer and boiling studies, refrigeration and air conditioning technologies, thermal radiation and cooling technologies, and solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Kwan-Soo Lee include:

Frost growth mechanism and its behavior under ultra-low temperature conditions, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Frost modeling under cryogenic conditions, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Thermal enhancement of an air-cooled motor with a flow guide, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Frost formation from general-low to ultra-low temperatures: A review, 2022, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Recent progress on developing anti-frosting and anti-fouling functional surfaces for air source heat pumps, 2020, Energy and Buildings

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kwan-Soo Lee include Haijun Jeong, Sungjoon Byun, Dong Rip Kim, Seounghwan Hyeon, and Hobin Son.

Key publication venues for their work are:

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Energy and Buildings
Applied Thermal Engineering
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
International Journal of Production Research

Best Publications

A one-dimensional model for frost formation on a cold flat surface

Kwan-Soo Lee;Woo-Seung Kim;Tae-Hee Lee

414
Citations
Influence of design parameters on the heat transfer and flow friction characteristics of the heat exchanger with slit fins

Jeom-Yul Yun;Kwan-Soo Lee

295
Citations
Prediction of the frost formation on a cold flat surface

Kwan-Soo Lee;Sung Jhee;Dong-Keun Yang

262
Citations
Effect of surface treatments on the frosting/defrosting behavior of a fin-tube heat exchanger

Sung Jhee;Kwan-Soo Lee;Woo-Seung Kim

211
Citations
Optimum design of a radial heat sink under natural convection

Seung Hwan Yu;Kwan Soo Lee;Se Jin Yook

206
Citations
Multidisciplinary optimization of a pin-fin radial heat sink for LED lighting applications

Daeseok Jang;Seung-Hwan Yu;Kwan-Soo Lee

204
Citations
Natural convection around a radial heat sink

Seung Hwan Yu;Kwan Soo Lee;Se Jin Yook

192
Citations
Optimum design of a radial heat sink with a fin-height profile for high-power LED lighting applications

Daeseok Jang;Se-Jin Yook;Kwan Soo Lee

191
Citations
Dimensionless correlations of frost properties on a cold plate

Dong-Keun Yang;Kwan-Soo Lee

189
Citations
Frosting characteristics on hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces: A review

Min-Hwan Kim;Hisuk Kim;Kwan-Soo Lee;Dong Rip Kim

170
Citations
Correlations and optimization of a heat exchanger with offset-strip fins

Min-Soo Kim;Jonghyeok Lee;Se-Jin Yook;Kwan-Soo Lee

162
Citations
Modeling for predicting frosting behavior of a fin-tube heat exchanger

Dong-Keun Yang;Kwan-Soo Lee;Simon Song

155
Citations
Transport phenomena in the thin-film region of a micro-channel

Kyoungwoo Park;Kwan-Joong Noh;Kwan-Soo Lee

146
Citations
Frosting and defrosting characteristics of a fin according to surface contact angle

Kyoungmin Kim;Kwan-Soo Lee

135
Citations
A model on the basis of analytics for computing maximum heat transfer in porous fins

Balaram Kundu;Balaram Kundu;Dipankar Bhanja;Kwan-Soo Lee

130
Citations
Investigation of heat transfer characteristics on various kinds of fin-and-tube heat exchangers with interrupted surfaces

J.Y. Yun;K.S. Lee

121
Citations
The orientation effect for cylindrical heat sinks with application to LED light bulbs

Daeseok Jang;Seung-Jae Park;Se-Jin Yook;Kwan-Soo Lee

118
Citations
Frosting model for predicting macroscopic and local frost behaviors on a cold plate

Donghee Kim;Chiwon Kim;Kwan-Soo Lee

117
Citations
Fin spacing optimization of a fin-tube heat exchanger under frosting conditions

Dong-Keun Yang;Kwan-Soo Lee;Simon Song

116
Citations
Frosting and defrosting characteristics of surface-treated louvered-fin heat exchangers: Effects of fin pitch and experimental conditions

Kyoungmin Kim;Kwan-Soo Lee

109
Citations
Flow and heat transfer characteristics of the evaporating extended meniscus in a micro-capillary channel

Kyoungwoo Park;Kwan-Soo Lee

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Balaram Kundu Jadavpur University

Se-Jin Yook Hanyang University

Jin-Seong Park Hanyang University

Chang Sik Lee Hanyang University

Bingxi Li Michigan Technological University

Antonio Campo The University of Texas at San Antonio

Ranjan Das Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Su Han Park Chonnam National University

Abdul Aziz King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

External Links

Personal website of Kwan-Soo Lee Google Scholar page

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