VITAE

Young I. Cho

Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics, Drexel University

1. Education

2. Experience

Professor Young I. Cho joined Drexel University in the Fall of 1985 as a tenure-track assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1987, and to full professor in 1992.  Since he joined the school, he has developed a non-Newtonian flow and heat transfer laboratory and has initiated the investigation of a non-chemical water treatment technology to prevent fouling from various heat exchangers.  He has been instrumental in developing a number of new technologies such as a new scanning capillary tube viscometer for blood viscosity measurement in clinical environments, an electronic-descaling technology based on a solenoid-coil concept, and a new refrigeration technology using a vortex tube.  Currently, he is developing methods of applying low-temperature plasma technology to mineral and bio fouling problems caused by hard water.

In 1986 and 1989, he served as one of US delegates to the US-Korea Heat Transfer Conference and Fluid Flow Conference both sponsored by NSF held in Seoul, Korea.  He received two NASA Space Act Tech Brief Awards (NPO-17237) and (NPO-16593) for his work on the flow visualization of tip vortex generated by a helicopter rotor blade.  He was the recipient of the 1992 Lindback Award for excellence in teaching at Drexel University.  In 1993, Dr. Cho was nominated by U.S. DOE and elected as the chairman of the Advanced Fluid Committee under International Energy Agency.  In 1995, he was the recipient of the Research Professor of the Year at Drexel University.

During the summer of 1986, he had a Summer Faculty Appointment at the Argonne National Laboratory, IL, to work on a Department of Energy project to develop an advanced degradation-free non-Newtonian fluid.  During the summer of 1990, he worked as a Summer Faculty at Newport News Shipbuilding to investigate the automated grease lubrication problem in the design of the Navy's underwater vehicle.

Prior to joining Drexel University, he spent four years at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, as a Member of the Technical Staff. At JPL he was involved in a number of experimental and analytical investigations in the field of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, acoustics and energy.  Included was the development of an acoustic steam flow meter for the Department of Energy (Office of Industrial Program) and a study of aircraft cabin fire during crash landing for FAA.

Professor Cho has authored/co-authored approximately hundred fifty papers in the area of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, rheology, aerodynamics, acoustics, combustion and energy.  He is a reviewer for ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews, J. of Heat Transfer, International Journal of the Heat and Mass Transfer, AIChE Journal, J. of Biomechanics, J of Biomechanical Eng., AIAA, and Chemical Engineering Communications.  He is an editor for Handbook of Heat Transfer (McGraw Hill, 3rd ed.) and an associate editor for the Advances in Heat Transfer (Academic Press). Dr. Y. Cho has recently initiated a heat transfer web site called www.heat-transfer.net. The objective of the heat-transfer.net is to provide information related to the study of heat transfer for students and specialists.

He has been cited in Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in the American Education, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in the Emerging Leaders in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the World.

3. Scientific And Professional Activities

Professor Cho has authored/co-authored approximately one hundred fifty papers in the area of heat transfer, fluid mechanics, rheology, acoustics, combustion and energy. He is a reviewer for ASME Applied Mechanics Reviews, J. of Heat Transfer, International Journal of the Heat and Mass Transfer, AIChE Journal, J. of Biomechanics, J of Biomechanical Eng., AIAA, and Chemical Engineering Communications. He is an editor for Handbook of Heat Transfer (McGraw Hill, 3rd ed.) and an associate editor for the Advances in Heat Transfer (Academic Press).

4. Honors And Awards

He was the recipient of the 1992 Lindback Award for excellence in teaching at Drexel University.

In 1993, Dr. Cho was nominated by U.S. DOE and elected as the chairman of the Advanced Fluid Committee under International Energy Agency. In 1995, he was the recipient of the Research Professor of the Year at Drexel University.