Assistant Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Sayop Kim

757-683-4654
Computational Combustion Lab

238K KAUFMAN HALL
NORFOLK, VA 23529

Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, (2019)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, (2005)

Research Interests

Computational Fluid Dynamics, Combustion, Multiphase Flow, High-Speed Propulsion

Articles

(2025). Numerical Investigations of Combustion Dynamics and Thermo-Mechanical Stress in the Ignition Assistance System for Small Aircraft Engines.
Kim, S., Ryu, J. Ir., Kang, S., Motily, A. H.., Numkiatsakul, P., Alonso, R., Lee, T., Kriven, W. M.., Kim, K. S.. and Kweon, C. M.. (2025). Numerical Investigations of Combustion Dynamics and Thermo-Mechanical Stress in the Ignition Assistance System for Small Aircraft Engines. Combustion Science and Technology 197 (5) , pp. 944-975.
Kim, S., Lee, T., Kim, K. S.., Kweon, C. M.. and Ryu, J. Ir. (2024). Physiochemical View of Fuel Jet Impingement and Ignition Upon Contact with a Cylindrical Hot Surface. Combustion and Flame 270 , pp. 113784.
(2024). On the Use of Flamelet Model Approach in Analyzing the Mixing-Controlled Flame Dynamics.
(2024). Simulations of Fuel Jet Ignition Upon Contact with a Cylindrical Hot Surface.
(2023). Modeling of the Spray-Induced Wall Stress Acting on the Ignition Assistance Device.
(2023). Realistic Fuel Spray Modeling for Gasoline Direct Injection Engine Applications.
(2021). Simulations of Multi-Mode Combustion Regimes Realizable in a Gasoline Direct Injection Engine.
(2017). Computational Analysis of End-of-Injection Transients and Combustion Recession.
(2017). Simulation of Combustion Recession after End-of-Injection at Diesel Engine Conditions.
Kim, S., Lee, D. Jin. and Lee, C. Sik. (2009). Modeling of binary droplet collisions for application to inter-impingement sprays. International Journal of Multiphase Flow 35 (6) , pp. 533-549.

Conference Proceeding

Kim, S., Huang, X. and Ryu, J. Ir. (2026). Numerical Investigations on Unsteady Detonation Flame Dynamics in a Rotating Detonation Engine AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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