Professor Jae Wook Kim PhD, CEng, FHEA, FRAeS
Professor of Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics

Jae Wook Kim is Professor of Aerodynamics & Aeroacoustics within the Institute of Sound & Vibration Research at the University of Southampton.
Professor Kim is undertaking fundamental research on unsteady aerodynamics and flow-induced sound generation in various engineering problems via high-performance computational simulations. For this purpose, he has developed an in-house code CANARD (Compressible Aerodynamics & Aeroacoustics Research coDe), which is based on high-order accurate compact finite difference schemes.
His recent funded research work includes (but not limited to):
- the effect of bioinspired leading-edge geometry on aerofoil-turbulence interaction noise (PI, EPSRC: EP/J007633/1);
- aerofoil stall noise (Co-I, EPSRC: EP/R010900/1);
- aero-engine fan wake (Co-I, Rolls-Royce & Innovate UK: ACAPELLA);
- next-generation wind-turbine blades (PI, Vestas & EPSRC DTG);
- low-noise underwater propeller blades (PI, DSTL & EPSRC ICASE);
- nonlinear infrasound propagation (PI, AWE & EPSRC CDT);
- noise prediction models for wind-turbine blades (PI, Vestas & Innovate UK: KTP009787);
- gust response of wind-turbine blades (PI, Vestas & EPSRC ICASE);
- and, aircraft landing-gear noise (Co-I, Airbus UK & France).
Professor Kim is Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS); Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA); a senior lifetime member of American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA); a member of UK Turbulence Consortium (EP/L000261/1); and, a member of EPSRC Associate Peer Review College. He is also a member of Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Gas Turbine Noise.
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CFD Simulations by using CANARD:
A large-eddy simulation of compressible flow past a NASA SDT fan blade cascade, by using CANARD
A direct numerical simulation of flow through a channel with longitudinal ribs, by using CANARD
A large-eddy simulation (LES) of aerofoil noise generated from a serrated trailing edge, by using CANARD
Direct numerical simulation (DNS) of aerodynamic noise emanating from a stalled NACA0012 aerofoil.