Dr. Kim is a professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, and the director of the Institute of Engineering Design and Technology, Kyungpook National University (KNU). He received his PhD degree in mechanical engineering from the KAIST, South Korea, in 1988. Prior to joining KNU in 2012, he worked for Samsung Electronics Co. for 15 years, and worked at the KAIST for 10 years as a professor of practice. His main research interests are in the areas of heat exchanger and heat transfer enhancement, residential and mobile air-conditioning applications, alternative refrigerant systems, renewable energy, thermal systems, CFD, and turbomachinery.