About Professor Kim

Dr. Jeongwon Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of South Florida, where he directs the Advanced Propulsion and Power Laboratory. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Korea University in 2016 and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2021 under the supervision of Prof. Tim Lieuwen. Before joining USF in January 2026, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, where he investigated fuel ignition and combustion under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. His research focuses on fundamental combustion and reacting-flow physics, including combustion instabilities, thermoacoustics, fuel ignition, and detonation dynamics, using advanced experimental diagnostics, numerical simulations, and theoretical modeling to advance propulsion and power generation technologies.