Yongho Lee

Dr. Lee is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach Campus. His teaching and research interests include fluid-thermal sciences, computational fluid dynamics and renewable energy systems.

Born in South Korea, Dr. Lee began his undergraduate studies in Aerospace Engineering before completing his mandatory military service through the Korean Augmentation Troops to the United States Army (KATUSA) with the United States Army stationed in Korea. After returning to complete his bachelor’s degree, he moved to the United States to pursue graduate studies and earned both a master’s degree and a doctorate in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Lee’s academic interests span theoretical and computational fluid dynamics, wind and water turbine systems and magnetic fluids. Throughout his career, he has taught more than 4,000 students across 10 engineering courses, emphasizing both foundational theory and practical engineering problem-solving.

His research focuses on analytical and computational approaches to fluid and thermal systems in aerospace and mechanical engineering. He has also explored computational modeling techniques for oblique detonation wave engines and multi-physics applications involving magnetic fluids. More recently, advances in artificial intelligence have expanded his interest in the role of AI in scientific research, engineering analysis and education.

In addition to his teaching and research activities, Dr. Lee serves as a reviewer for several engineering and applied mathematics journals. He is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Council on Undergraduate Research and the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association.

• Lee, Y., "An analytical model for heat transfer and gas dynamics in charging and discharging processes", Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 292, 130102, 2026.
• Abdulrasool, A. A. and Lee, Y., "A DNS study on roughness-induced transition in oscillating pipe flow by employing overset methodology", IMECE 2019-12300, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 11-14, 2019.
• Lee, Y. and Abdulrasool, A. A. "Comparison between Theories and Experiments in Transition of Purely Oscillating Pipe Flow", AIAA-2018-3390, 48th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 25–29, 2018.
• Lee, Y., "Analytical Solutions of Channel and Duct Flows due to General Pressure Gradients", Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 43, pp. 279-286, 2017.
• Seo, D. and Lee, Y., "Attitude Control Actuator Design with Magnetorheological Fluid Rings", AAS 16-398, 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, CA, February 14-18, 2016.
• Lee, Y., "Wind Turbine Simulation for Time-Dependent Angular Velocity, Torque, and Power", International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 321-328, 2013.
• Rohde, A. and Lee, Y., "A Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of a High-Pressure Photo-Emission Gas Spectrometer", AIAA-2011-3551, 20th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 27-30, 2011.
• Lee, Y., "Single Scalar Function Satisfying the Conservation of Mass for Three-Dimensional Flows", AIAA-2009-4291, 39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, San Antonio, TX, June 22-25, 2009.
• Lee, Y., "Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach for General Hydrostatics Analysis", AIAA-2009-4299, 39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, San Antonio, TX, June 22-25, 2009.
• Lee, Y., "Finite Element Simulation of the Oscillatory Flow in a Channel with the Heat Transfer through a Hot Bump", FEMLAB (Comsol) Multiphysics Conference, Boston, MA, October 23-25, 2005.
• Beddini, R. A. and Lee, Y., "Acoustic Resonance and Vortex Formation on Propellant Surfaces", AIAA Paper 2003-117, 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, USA, January 6-9, 2003.
• Lee, Y., "Instability of Oscillatory Flow in Ducts and Application to Solid Propellant Rocket Aeroacoustics", PhD Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2002.
• Beddini, R. A. and Lee, Y., "Visco-Acoustic and Resonant Interactions in Solid and Hybrid Propulsion Chambers", 2000 JANNAF CS/PSHS/APS Joint Meeting, Monterey, CA, November 13-17, 2000.
• Lee, Y. and Beddini, R. A., "Effect of Solid Rocket Chamber Pressure on Acoustically-Induced Turbulent Transition", AIAA Paper 2000-3802, 36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, July 16-19, 2000.
• Beddini, R. A. and Lee, Y., "Acoustically-Induced Turbulent Transition - a New Mechanism of Chamber Resonance", The 36th JANNAF Combustion Meeting, Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA, October 18-22, 1999.
• Lee, Y. and Beddini, R. A., "Acoustically-Induced Turbulent Transition in Solid Propellant Rocket Chamber Flowfields", AIAA Paper 99-2508, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 20-24, 1999.
• Beddini, R. A. and Lee, Y., "The Threshold Condition of Propellant Velocity Response and its Relation to Local Turbulent Transition", The 34th JANNAF Combustion Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, USA, December 7-11, 1998.
• Beddini, R. A., Lee, Y., and Fabignon, Y., "Effects of Convection Errors on Compressible Turbulence Simulations", 1st AFOSR International Conference on DNS/LES (FAICDL), Rustin, Louisiana, USA, August 4-8, 1997.
• Beddini, R. A., Lee, Y., and Fabignon, Y., "Estimation of Convection Errors of Finite Difference Methods for Compressible Turbulence Simulations", FEDSM97-3116, ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 22-26, 1997.
• Fabignon, Y., Beddini, R. A., and Lee, Y., "Analytic Evaluation of Finite Difference Methods for Compressible Direct and Large Eddy Simulations", Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 413-423, 1997.
• Lee, Y., "A Study of the Explicit Numerical Schemes for Compressible Turbulence Simulation", MS Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 1995.