Prof. Youngwoo Nam

Professor

• OFFICE Electronics Hall, Room 301, 76 Gyeonghangdaehak-ro, Deokyang-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
• EMAIL ywnam@kau.ac.kr
• TEL +82-02-300-0121

• PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

  1. (2025~Present) Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Program in Space Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, KAU
  2. (2023~2025) Associate Professor, Department of Smart Drone Engineering, Graduate School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, KAU
  3. (2021~2023) Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, GNU
  4. (2018~2021) Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, GNU
  5. (2025~Present) Council Member, Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS)
  6. (2024~Present) IRIS Committee Member of National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
  7. (2021~Present) Member of the Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM)
  8. (2019~Present) Member of the Society for Aerospace System Engineering (SASE)

• EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

  1. (2018)  Ph.D., Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, KAIST

  2. (2014)  M.S., Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, KAIST
  3. (2012)  B.S., Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, KAU

• AWARDS AND HONORS

  1. Research Award, Korea Aerospace University (KAU) 2023

  2. Promising Scientist Award, The Korea Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) 2022
  3. Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Award, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) 2017

• RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Stealth Composite Applications

  2. Hypervelocity Impact Shieling Space Applications

  3. Functional Composites in Space Environments

  4. Advanced Thermoplastic Composites

  5. Electro-thermal/Superhydrophobic Composites

  6. Space Environmental Composites

  7. Ceramic Matrix Composites

  8. Composite Structure Analysis, Design, Mechanical Testing and Repair, etc.