2026 Kwang-Yong Kim: 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	60	706	640	13	13	486	11708

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Korea Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Korea Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Korea Leader Award
2008 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Kwang-Yong Kim is affiliated with Inha University in South Korea. Their research focuses on the field of Engineering, with an emphasis on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The scientific contributions include extensive work on topics such as turbomachinery performance and optimization, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, heat transfer mechanisms, microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques innovation, and heat transfer and optimization.

The scientist has published papers in a variety of venues, with frequent publications in:

Micromachines
Energies
Korean Journal of Hospitality & Tourism
Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
Aerospace Science and Technology

Notable recent papers include:

"A Review of Passive Micromixers with a Comparative Analysis" (2020), published in Micromachines
"Investigation of Mixing Performance of Two-Dimensional Micromixer Using Tesla Structures with Different Shapes of Obstacles" (2020), published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
"Effects of channel geometry and electrode architecture on reactant transportation in membraneless microfluidic fuel cells: A review" (2021), published in Fuel
"Effects of installation location of fluidic oscillators on aerodynamic performance of an airfoil" (2020), published in Aerospace Science and Technology
"Design Optimization of the Impeller and Volute of a Centrifugal Pump to Improve the Hydraulic Performance and Flow Stability" (2020), published in Journal of Fluids Engineering

Collaborations are prominent in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

Shakhawat Hossain
Cong-Τruong Dinh
Tien-Dung Vuong
Hyeon-Seok Shim
Sang-Bum Ma

Kwang-Yong Kim has contributed to academic literature beyond journal articles by authoring a book titled Analysis and Design Optimization of Micromixers, published by Springer Nature in 2020.

Recognition of their professional standing includes being named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2008.

Best Publications

Evaluation of the mixing performance of three passive micromixers

Shakhawat Hossain;M.A. Ansari;Kwang-Yong Kim

248
Citations
Multiple surrogate modeling for axial compressor blade shape optimization

Abdus Samad;Kwang-Yong Kim;Tushar Goel;Raphael T. Haftka

244
Citations
Experimental and numerical analyses of train-induced unsteady tunnel flow in subway

J.Y. Kim;K.Y. Kim

236
Citations
Shape optimization of a fan-shaped hole to enhance film-cooling effectiveness

Ki-Don Lee;Kwang-Yong Kim

225
Citations
A novel passive micromixer based on unbalanced splits and collisions of fluid streams

Mubashshir Ahmad Ansari;Kwang-Yong Kim;Khalid Anwar;Sun Min Kim

217
Citations
Comparative study on performance of a zigzag printed circuit heat exchanger with various channel shapes and configurations

Sang-Moon Lee;Kwang-Yong Kim

183
Citations
Mixing performance of a planar micromixer with circular obstructions in a curved microchannel

Afroz Alam;Arshad Afzal;Kwang-Yong Kim

180
Citations
Analysis of mixing in a curved microchannel with rectangular grooves

Afroz Alam;Kwang-Yong Kim

165
Citations
Passive split and recombination micromixer with convergent–divergent walls

Arshad Afzal;Kwang-Yong Kim

155
Citations
A Review of Passive Micromixers with a Comparative Analysis

Wasim Raza;Shakhawat Hossain;Kwang-Yong Kim

153
Citations
Optimization of a microchannel heat sink with temperature dependent fluid properties

Afzal Husain;Kwang Yong Kim

153
Citations
Shape Optimization of Micro-Channel Heat Sink for Micro-Electronic Cooling

A. Husain;Kwang-Yong Kim

153
Citations
Evaluation of heat transfer performances of various rib shapes

Mi-Ae Moon;Min-Jung Park;Kwang-Yong Kim

146
Citations
Shape optimization of a micromixer with staggered herringbone groove

Mubashshir Ahmad Ansari;Kwang-Yong Kim

146
Citations
Hotspot thermal management using a microchannel-pinfin hybrid heat sink

Danish Ansari;Kwang-Yong Kim

146
Citations
Surrogate based optimization of a laidback fan-shaped hole for film-cooling

Ki-Don Lee;Kwang-Yong Kim

145
Citations
Design optimization of axial flow compressor blades with three-dimensional Navier-Stokes solver

Sang Yun Lee;Kwang Yong Kim

143
Citations
A micromixer with two-layer serpentine crossing channels having excellent mixing performance at low Reynolds numbers

Shakhawat Hossain;Insu Lee;Sun Min Kim;Kwang-Yong Kim

135
Citations
Design optimization of rib-roughened channel to enhance turbulent heat transfer

Hong-Min Kim;Kwang-Yong Kim

129
Citations
Analysis and optimization of a micromixer with a modified Tesla structure

Shakhawat Hossain;Mubashshir A. Ansari;Afzal Husain;Kwang Yong Kim

128
Citations
Enhanced multi-objective optimization of a microchannel heat sink through evolutionary algorithm coupled with multiple surrogate models

Afzal Husain;Kwang Yong Kim

123
Citations
Numerical treatment of pebble contact in the flow and heat transfer analysis of a pebble bed reactor core

Jung-Jae Lee;Goon-Cherl Park;Kwang-Yong Kim;Won-Jae Lee

120
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphael T. Haftka University of Florida

Wei Shyy Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Myung S. Jhon Carnegie Mellon University

Hyoung Jin Choi Inha University

Mosab Kaseem Sejong University

S. M. Riazul Islam University of Aberdeen

External Links

Personal website of Kwang-Yong Kim Google Scholar page

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