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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Korea
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
61
Citations
12587
World Ranking
652
National Ranking
11

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
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to experimental fluid mechanics, especially in the development of advanced flow visualization techniques and various successful applications to biofluid flows, microfluidics and turbulent shear flows

Overview

Sang Joon Lee is affiliated with Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a focus on specific subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research emphasizes several main topics, notably:

  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions
  • Digital Holography and Microscopy
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Sang Joon Lee has contributed to numerous publications, frequently collaborating with co-authors such as Hyeong Woo Lim, Higgins M. Wilson, Ho Seok Park, Sung Ho Park, and T. Arunkumar.

Their work has appeared in several prominent scientific venues, including:

  • Desalination
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Some recent papers published by Sang Joon Lee include:

  • "3D thermoresponsive hydrogel with enhanced water uptake and active evaporation for effective interfacial solar steam generation," 2023, Desalination
  • "Simultaneous solar-driven seawater desalination and spontaneous power generation using polyvalent crosslinked polypyrrole/alginate hydrogels," 2020, Desalination
  • "A review on carbonized natural green flora for solar desalination," 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Adsorption of nanoparticles suspended in a drop on a leaf surface of Perilla frutescens and their infiltration through stomatal pathway," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Seawater Desalination Using MOF-Incorporated Cu-Based Alginate Beads without Energy Consumption," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Sang Joon Lee was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2014. The citation for this fellowship highlights contributions to experimental fluid mechanics, particularly in the development of advanced flow visualization techniques and their applications in biofluid flows, microfluidics, and turbulent shear flows.

Best Publications

  • Flow field analysis of a turbulent boundary layer over a riblet surface

    S.-J. Lee;S.-H. Lee

  • A new two-frame particle tracking algorithm using match probability

    S. J. Baek;S. J. Lee

  • Free end effects on the near wake flow structure behind a finite circular cylinder

    Cheol-Woo Park;Sang-Joon Lee

  • The effect of nozzle configuration on stagnation region heat transfer enhancement of axisymmetric jet impingement

    Jungho Lee;Sang-Joon Lee

  • Laboratory measurements of velocity and turbulence field behind porous fences

    Sang-Joon Lee;Hyoung-Bum Kim

  • Stagnation Region Heat Transfer of a Turbulent Axisymmetric Jet Impingement

    Jungho Lee;Sang-Joon Lee

  • Reducing the drag on a circular cylinder by upstream installation of a small control rod

    Sang-Joon Lee;Sang-Ik Lee;Cheol-Woo Park

  • The effect of nozzle aspect ratio on stagnation region heat transfer characteristics of elliptic impinging jet

    Jungho Lee;Sang-Joon Lee

  • Control of flow around a NACA 0012 airfoil with a micro-riblet film

    S.-J. Lee;Y.-G. Jang

  • Flow Control of Circular Cylinders with Longitudinal Grooved Surfaces

    Hee-Chang Lim;Sang-Joon Lee

  • Quantitative visualization of flow inside an evaporating droplet using the ray tracing method

    Kwan Hyoung Kang;Sang Joon Lee;Choung Mook Lee;In Seok Kang

  • Effects of free-end corner shape on flow structure around a finite cylinder

    C.W. Park;S.J. Lee

  • Forced convective heat transfer with impinging rectangular jets

    D.W. Zhou;D.W. Zhou;Sang-Joon Lee

  • Particle migration and single-line particle focusing in microscale pipe flow of viscoelastic fluids

    Kyung Won Seo;Hyeok Jun Byeon;Hyung Kyu Huh;Sang Joon Lee

  • Flow structure around a finite circular cylinder embedded in various atmospheric boundary layers

    Cheol-Woo Park;Sang-Joon Lee

  • Lateral migration and focusing of microspheres in a microchannel flow of viscoelastic fluids

    Kyung Won Seo;Yang Jun Kang;Sang Joon Lee

  • Nearly Perfect Durable Superhydrophobic Surfaces Fabricated by a Simple One-Step Plasma Treatment

    Jeongeun Ryu;Kiwoong Kim;JooYoung Park;Bae Geun Hwang

  • PIV measurements of the near-wake behind a sinusoidal cylinder

    Wei Zhang;Daichin;Sang Joon Lee

  • Impact and wetting behaviors of impinging microdroplets on superhydrophobic textured surfaces

    Dae Hee Kwon;Sang Joon Lee

  • Heat Transfer From a Flat Plate to a Fully Developed Axisymmetric Impinging Jet

    D. Lee;R. Greif;S. J. Lee;J. H. Lee

  • GROUND EFFECT OF FLOW AROUND AN ELLIPTIC CYLINDER IN A TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER

    J.-H. Choi;S.-J. Lee

  • Fluctuating Fluid Forces Acting on Two Circular Cylinders in a Tandem Arrangement at a Subcritical Reynolds Number

    M. Moriya;Md. Mahbub Alam;K. Takai;H. Sakamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Young-Hak Kim
Young-Hak Kim Asan Medical Center
Kyung Chun Kim
Kyung Chun Kim Pusan National University
Stefan Schreiber
Stefan Schreiber Kiel University
Walter Reinisch
Walter Reinisch Medical University of Vienna
Kyo Han Ahn
Kyo Han Ahn Pohang University of Science and Technology
Young Ho Kim
Young Ho Kim Kyungpook National University
Anil K. Sood
Anil K. Sood The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Hyung Jin Sung
Hyung Jin Sung Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Tae Jung Park
Tae Jung Park Chung-Ang University
Dong-Woo Cho
Dong-Woo Cho Pohang University of Science and Technology

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