Yong Lee
Assistant Professor at The University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolYong H. Lee is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Memphis who specializes in integrated design and multidisciplinary optimization of thermo‑fluid systems, with nine years of experience spanning academia and industry. He leads the Lee Research Group, which develops numerical models, advanced algorithms, and software to explore coupled physical systems and extract nonobvious design insights through co-design and MDAO methodologies. His prior work includes postdoctoral research at UIUC on floating offshore wind systems and controls co-design under ARPA‑E programs, and earlier roles as a CAE/CFD engineer in nuclear energy—bringing practical, safety‑critical experience to his research. Lee’s background blends deep mechanics-based modeling with software tool development, enabling both theoretical advances and applied solutions across energy and fluid systems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, 4.28/4.50, Master of Science (MS), Mechanical Engineering, 4.28/4.50 at Ajou University
Korean, English
Github Skills (66)
fonts10
energy9
logos9
iconic9
branding9
modeling-tool9
css9
os-agnostic9
svg-font9
font-awesome9
google-fonts9
electrical-engineering9
woff9
snl-applications8
turbine8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
yonghoonlee/MO-ASMO-I
Feb 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:48 commits, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
WEIS-UIUC-UofM/WEIS
Feb 2024 - Mar 2025
Wind Energy with Integrated Servo-controls Toolset
Contributions:1 PR, 48 pushes, 9 branches in 1 year
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.