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Minki Kim, Ph.D.

Senior Research Associate

Center for Fluid Mechanics, School of Engineering

Brown University

Engineering Research Center

345 Brook St, Providence, RI 02912
Email: minki_kim at brown dot edu

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Research Interest

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics for a Sustainable Environment

    • Environmental Fluid Mechanics (oceanic eddy dynamics, ocean-sea ice-wind interaction, sea ice modeling)

    • Multi-Phase/Multi-Physics Flow Systems (bioreactor/cell modeling for cultivated meat, cavitation)

    • High-Fidelity Simulations, High-Performance Computing

Employment

  • Senior Research Associate in Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University, 02/2025 – Present

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate in Center for Fluid Mechanics, Brown University, 02/2022 – 02/2025

    • Project 1: Characterizing Arctic Ocean eddies, leveraging sea ice-ocean-wind simulations, satellite observations, and data assimilation methods (Mentor: Professor Monica Wilhelmus).

    • Project 2: Developing an open-source bioreactor simulation toolkit for cultivated meat production (Mentor: Professor Daniel Harris & Radu Cimpeanu).

Education

Research Grants

  • Open-Source Computational Modeling of Fluid Motion, Mass Transport, and Cellular Dynamics in Bioreactors for Cellular Agriculture

        Daniel M. Harris, Minki Kim (Co-PI) (2024)

        United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute for Cellular Agriculture Seed Grant

  • Developing an Open-Source Bioreactor Modeling Simulation and AI Optimization Tool for Cultivated Meat Production

        Minki Kim (PI), Daniel M. Harris, Radu Cimpeanu (2024)

        Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) Explore Project Awards

  • Numerical Simulations of Shock Waves, Interfacial Instabilities, & Compressible Turbulence

        Eric Johnsen, Minki Kim, Michael Wadas (2019)

        Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) awards for TACC

  • Inertial Collapse of Individual Bubbles near Solid/Free Boundaries (highlighted)

        Eric Johnsen, Shahaboddin Alahyari Beig, Mauro Rodriguez, Minki Kim (2019)

        Great Lakes Consortium for Pentascale Computation (GLCPC) awards for Blue Waters

Publications

In preparation (manuscript available upon request):

  • Energy concentration and release during the inertial collapse of a spherical gas cavity in a liquid (Physical Review Fluids, in second review)

       ​ Minki Kim, Shahaboddin Beig, Eric Johnsen ​

       ​ Minki Kim, Georgy Manucharyan, Monica M. Wilhelmus

       ​ Daniel Watkins, Ellen Buckley, Minki Kim, Monica M. Wilhelmus​

  • Characterizing the performance of a rocking bioreactor for efficient mixing and oxygen transfer (will be submitted to the International Journal of Multiphase Flows)

       ​ Minki Kim, Radu Cimpeanu, Daniel M. Harris

  • Ocean enstrophy spectra in the Beaufort Gyre inferred from Lagrangian observations of ice floe rotation rates (will be submitted to Geophysical Research Letters)

       ​ Minki Kim, Georgy Manucharyan, Michelle H. DiBenedetto, Ellen M. Buckley, Daniel M. Watkins, Monica          M. Wilhelmus

        Minki Kim, Massoud Kaviany

        International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2018)​

        Minki Kim, Massoud Kaviany

        International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2017)​

        Minki Kim, Jun Ho Lee, Hyungmin Park

        Experiments in Fluids (2016)​​​

Awards, Honors, and Fellowships

Research

Academics​ & Activities

Work

Teaching & Mentoring

  • Brown U. Guest Instructor for ENGN 2820 Graduate-level Fluid Mechanics (Spring 2023)

  • Brown U. Mentor for Undergraduate Research of Benjamin Newcomb (2022–2023) and Simon Hatcher (2022)

  • U. Michigan, Tutor for MECHENG 320 (Fluid Mechanics I), Evan Sobetski, Michael Cao, and Shungo Okubo, Fall 2019 – Summer 2020.

  • U. Michigan, Mentor for UROP, Undergraduate Research of Yuenong Ling and Alejandro Cruz, Summer 2020 & Summer 2021.

  • U. Michigan, Graduate Student Instructor for MECHENG 320 (Fluid Mechanics I), Winter 2018.

Other Experiences

  • Organizer of a social event for polar early career scientists and educators, 02/2024.

  • Mentor of Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee mentoring program, 09/2023 – Present.

  • Mentor of AGU College of Fellows Mentoring Network, 01/2023 – Present.

  • Instructor for Girls Get Math Program, ICERM, Brown U., 08/2023.

  • Mentor of APS DFD Peer-Mentoring program, 11/2022, 11/2023.

  • Vice President and Interim President of Scientific Computing Student Club in U.Michigan, 01/2019 – 12/2021

  • Student Vice President of Phi Kappa Phi Chapter 39 in U. Michigan, 09/2020 – 05/2021.

  • Graduate Mentor in ME at U. Michigan, 05 – 09/2017, 09/2019 – 02/2020.

  • Member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 03/2019 – 12/2021.

  • Chair of SNU-UM Mechanical Engineering Alumnae, 09/2018 – 08/2019.

  • Volunteer of Qualifying Exam practice session in ME at U. Michigan, 10/2018.

  • Mentor of Student Mentoring Program in Seoul National U., 09/2014 – 06/2015.

  • Oboist of Amateur Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul National U., 03/2009 – 04/2011.

  • Chair & Executive of Catholic Student Association in Seoul National U., 03/2009 – 12/2015.

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