Seungtae Oh 

Professional Experiences

• Assistant Professor

  • Kongju National University

    • Department of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering                                                                             Mar. 2024 ~ Present

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States

    • Mechanical Science and Engineering (Adviser: Prof. Nenad Miljkovic)                                               July. 2023 ~ Feb. 2024

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), South Korea

    • Carbon Neutral Technology R&D Department             Sep. 2021 ~ April. 2023

• Teaching Assistant 

  • Experiments in Mechanical Engineering                               Spring, 2017

 Education

• Kyung Hee University, South Korea

  • Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering (Adviser: Prof. Youngsuk Nam, currently in KAIST) Mar. 2017 ~ Aug. 2021

• Kyung Hee University, South Korea

  • M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Adviser: Prof. Youngsuk Nam, currently in KAIST) Mar. 2015 ~ Feb. 2017

• Kyung Hee University, South Korea

  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Mar. 2009 ~ Feb. 2015

Awards

• Best Thesis Award, The Korea Society of Mechanical Engineers Apr, 2022

  • Thesis title: Nano-engineered Surfaces with Tailored Wetting and Optical Properties for Clean Energy Applications

• Best Paper Award, The Korea Society of Mechanical Engineers

  • Paper title: Penetration Dynamics of Water Droplet on Janus Mesh                           May, 2020

 Representative Projects (*: Principal Investigator)

• *Sejong Science Fellowship ($500,000/5 years, NRF,  한국연구재단)                                       Mar, 2023 ~ Feb, 2028 

• Surface engineering for high heat transfer and Anti-freezing Performance           Jul, 2020 ~ Jun, 2021 

(LG Electronics, LG 전자)  

• Anti-reflection and self-cleaning surface coatings for high efficiency solar cells      Sep, 2019 ~ Apr, 2020

(Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, 두산중공업, 두산에너빌리티)

• Anti-fouling & self-cleaning coatings for electrical insulators      Jan, 2018 ~ Mar, 2020

(KEPCO, 한국전력공사)

• Nano-engineered high efficiency energy conversion systems        Mar, 2015 ~ Aug, 2020 

(BK+21)

• Advanced power plant condensers with high heat transfer performance      Apr,  2015 ~ Apr,  2017

(Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, 두산중공업, 두산에너빌리티)

• Development of bio oil gas turbine combustion system for a distributed power generation       Dec, 2015 ~ May,  2018

(KETEP, 에너지기술평가원)

• Advanced Heat Exchangers with High Heat Transfer and Anti-Freezing Performances                               2014 ~ 2015 

(LG Electronics, LG 전자)