HoSung Lee, Ph.D.

Professor
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Western Michigan University
Parkview, Room G216
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5343
Phone: (269) 276-3429
Fax: (269) 276-3421
Email: hosung.lee@wmich.edu

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1993
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1989

• ME2320 Thermodynamics
• ME 4390 Design of Thermal Systems
• ME 4310 Heat Transfer
• ME 5390 Advanced Thermal Design
• ME671 Conduction & Convection Heat Transfer
• ME672 Radiation Heat Transfer

• Thermal Design: Heat Sinks, Thermoelectric Generators/Coolers, Heat Pipes, Compact Heat Exchangers, and Solar Collectors/Cells
• Microgravity Fluid Physics (NASA): Boiling, Nucleation, Surface Tension, and Vapor Bubble Dynamics
• Convective Boiling Heat Transfer in Engine Cooling Systems
• Nucleate Boiling and Sound Emission

• Lee, H. S., 2009, Heat Transfer Predictions using the Chen Correlation on Subcooled Flow Boiling in a Standard IC Engine, SAE 2009-01-1530

• Lee, H. S. and O'Neill, A. T., 2008, Forced Convection and Nucleate Boiling on a Small Flat Heater in a Rectangular Duct. Experiments with Two Fluids, a 50-50 Ethylene Glycol-Water Mixture, and Water, Journal of Automobile Engineering, Vol. 223 Part D, p203-219
• Lee, H. S. and O'Neill, Andrew T., 2006, Comparison of Boiling Curves between a Standard S.I. engine and a Flow Loop for a Mixture of Ethylene Glycol and Water,  SAE 2006-01-1231
• H. S. Lee, and H. Merte, Jr., 2005, Explosive Vapor Bubble Growth in Uniformly Superheated Liquids: R-113 and Mercury”, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol.48, pp2593-2600.
• H. S. Lee and H. Merte, Jr., 1998, "The Origin of the Dynamic Growth of Vapor Bubbles Related to Vapor Explosion", Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol.120, No.1, pp174-182
• H. S. Lee, H. Merte, Jr. and F. Chiaramonte, 1997, "The Pool Boiling Curve in Microgravity", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol.11, No.2, April-June 1997
• H. S. Lee and H. Merte, Jr., 1996, "Spherical Vapor Bubble Growth in Uniformly Superheated Liquids", Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol.39, No.12 pp.2427-2447

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