Yongho Lee

Title
Professor
Email
Department
Mechanical Engineering Department
College
College of Engineering

Office Hours

SP2022, MWF: 9:00am-11:00am, TTh: 2:30pm-3:30pm

Areas of Expertise

Thermo-Fluid Mechanics, CFD, Propulsion, Wind Turbine, Magnetic Fluids
Yongho Lee


  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • ES 204: Dynamics
  • ME 599: Special Topics Mech Engr
  • ES 305: Thermodynamics

Fluid Mechanics (ES206)
Advanced Fluid Dynamics (ME401)
Clean Kinetic Power Systems (ME411)
Thermodynamics (ES305)
Aerodynamics I (AE301)
Aerodynamics II (AE302)
Dynamics (ES204)
Airplane Stability and Control (AE413)
Control Systems Analysis and Design (AE430)
Airplane Dynamic Stability (AE506)


> Abdulrasool, A. A. and Lee, Y., "A DNS study on roughness-induced transition in oscillating pipe flow by employing overset methodology", IMECE 2019-12300, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 11-14, 2019.

> Lee, Y. and Abdulrasool, A. A. "Comparison between Theories and Experiments in Transition of Purely Oscillating Pipe Flow", AIAA-2018-3390, 48th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 25–29, 2018.

> Lee, Y., "Analytical Solutions of Channel and Duct Flows due to General Pressure Gradients", Journal of Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 43, pp. 279-286, 2017.

> Seo, D. and Lee, Y., "Attitude Control Actuator Design with Magnetorheological Fluid Rings", AAS 16-398, 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, CA, February 14-18, 2016.

> Lee, Y., "Wind Turbine Simulation for Time-Dependent Angular Velocity, Torque, and Power", International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 321-328, 2013.
> Rohde, A. and Lee, Y., "A Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of a High-Pressure Photo-Emission Gas Spectrometer", AIAA-2011-3551, 20th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 27-30, 2011.
> Lee, Y., "Single Scalar Function Satisfying the Conservation of Mass for Three-Dimensional Flows", AIAA-2009-4291, 39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, San Antonio, TX, June 22-25, 2009.
> Lee, Y., "Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for General Hydrostatics Analysis", AIAA-2009-4299, 39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, San Antonio, TX, June 22-25, 2009.
> Lee, Y., "Finite Element Simulation of the Oscillatory Flow in a Channel with the Heat Transfer through a Hot Bump", FEMLAB (Comsol) Multiphysics Conference, Boston, MA, October 23-25, 2005.
> Beddini, R. A. and Lee, Y., "Acoustic Resonance and Vortex Formation on Propellant Surfaces", AIAA Paper 2003-117, 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, USA, January 6-9, 2003.
> Lee, Y., "Instability of Oscillatory Flow in Ducts and Application to Solid Propellant Rocket Aeroacoustics", PhD Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2002.
> Beddini, R. A. and Lee, Y., "Visco-Acoustic and Resonant Interactions in Solid and Hybrid Propulsion Chambers", 2000 JANNAF CS/PSHS/APS Joint Meeting, Monterey, CA, November 13-17, 2000.
> Lee, Y. and Beddini, R. A., "Effect of Solid Rocket Chamber Pressure on Acoustically-Induced Turbulent Transition", AIAA Paper 2000-3802, 36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, July 16-19, 2000.
> Beddini, R. A. and Lee, Y., "Acoustically-Induced Turbulent Transition - a New Mechanism of Chamber Resonance", The 36th JANNAF Combustion Meeting, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, October 18-22, 1999.
> Lee, Y. and Beddini, R. A., "Acoustically-Induced Turbulent Transition in Solid Propellant Rocket Chamber Flowfields", AIAA Paper 99-2508, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 20-24, 1999.
> Beddini, R. A. and Lee, Y., "The Threshold Condition of Propellant Velocity Response and its Relation to Local Turbulent Transition", The 34th JANNAF Combustion Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, USA, December 7-11, 1998.
> Beddini, R. A., Lee, Y., and Fabignon, Y., "Effects of Convection Errors on Compressible Turbulence Simulations", 1st AFOSR International Conference on DNS/LES (FAICDL), Rustin, Louisiana, USA, August 4-8, 1997.
> Beddini, R. A., Lee, Y., and Fabignon, Y., "Estimation of Convection Errors of Finite Difference Methods for Compressible Turbulence Simulations", FEDSM97-3116, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 22-26, 1997.
> Fabignon, Y., Beddini, R. A., and Lee, Y., "Analytic Evaluation of Finite Difference Methods for Compressible Direct and Large Eddy Simulations", Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 413-423, 1997.
> Lee, Y., "A Study of the Explicit Numerical Schemes for Compressible Turbulence Simulation", MS Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 1995.


> Senior Member, AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)

> Member, KSEA (Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association)

> Member, CUR (Council on Undergraduate Research)

> Certificate for completing a course on combustion instability: analysis, diagnosis, and corrective procedures, The University of Tennessee - Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee, March 21-24, 2005
> Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2005-2006)
> Listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2004-2005)