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2024. 4.24. We are excited to shart that our research team consisting of Flow-X Lab & Korea University Guro Hospital will be supported by National Research Foundation for the next 4 years. The research title is "Development of Rupture Risk Stratification Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulator Based on Artificial Intelligence for Intracranial Aneurysms". (PI: Prof. Wonki Yoon, Co-PI: Prof. Jongmin Seo) 

2024. 04. 23. We are invited to the 14th International Kawasaki Disease Symposium taking place from August 26-29, 2024 in Montréal, Québec, Canada! We will be presenting in the Yuki Lynn Lecture / Young Investigator Oral Competitions session. 

2024. 4.19. We are grateful to host Prof. Hyunjin Kim from KAIST at Kyung Hee University for our graduate lecture on 'Cardiovascular Biomechanics'. Prof. Kim shared his research on the 'Development and Application of Medical Diagnostic Technology using Computational Mechanics. 

2024. 4.19. We are thrilled to announce that our research team consisting of Flow-X Lab, SNUH Children's Hospital, Gacheon University Hospital will be supported by Korea Health Industry Development Institute for the next 3+2 years. The research title is "Development of patient-specific 3D model considering anatomic and hemodynamic evaluations to enhance the treatment outcomes and success rate of the percutaenous pulmonary valve replacement". (PI: Prof. Gibeom Kim, Co-PI: Prof. Jongmin Seo)  

보건복지부 산하 한국보건산업진흥원 임상수요중심 중개연구사업 수주 (2024-2027)

2024. 4.10. We hosted Prof. A. Ramachandra (Iowa State University)  in online seminar for our graduate lecture 'Cardiovascular Biomechanics'.   Prof. Ramachandra shared his research work on "An Integrative Approach to Understand Vascular Adaptation:Vein Graft in Coronary Bypass Surgery". Graduate students from KAIST and Korea University joined together :) 

2024. 3. 11. We are honored to have been selected as the first place recipient in the Asian-Pacific Grants for Innovative Research Plans competition (clinical research) during the 88th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society held in Kobe, Japan. The grant was awarded to a researcher under 40 in Asia who proposed innovative research ideas.

2023. 12. 11. We are pleased to announce that we joined the Engineering Research Center "Center for Precision Medicine Platform Based on Smart Hemo-Dynamic Index" (PI: Simon Song at Hanyang University) as a co-investigator from 2023 to 2024!(https://www.shdi.hanyang.ac.kr/member)

2023. 11. 20. Prof. Seo participated in the 2023 Winter meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society for Circulation (BESCO) held at Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong hospital. We are please to announce that our laboratory will serve the general affair office  of BESCO for 2024-2026. 

2023. 11. 20. Prof. Seo participated in the annual meeting of the Americal Physical Soceity Division of Fluid Dynamics at Washington DC as a presenter and session chair! 

APS DFD 2023 Washington DC

APS presentation at Biofluid session

Mani group & alumni dinner 

Marsden group & alumni dinner 

2023. 11. 17. Kieun presented "Quantitative visualization of the hemodynamics in patients with Fontan using virtual surgery and computatinal fluid dynamics" at the 2023 Fall meeting of the Korean Society of Visualization. 

2023. 11. 14. Prof. Seo gave an invited virtual presentation to the research seminar series among computational biomechanics groups at Toronto, Canada. The talk was hosted by Prof. Khan at the Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering deparment at the Toronto Metropolitan University. 

2023. 11. 3. Flow-X lab members participated in the KSME Fall conference. Kieun presented in the biofluid session. Jiwan, Yubin, Kyoungyoun presented at the fluid mechanics divisoin undergraduate competition session. Prof. Seo served a session chair role. 

2023. 10. 18. Prof. Seo gave an invited seminar to the Mechanical Engineering department at Sogang University. 

2023. 10. 16. Our lab's research proposal has been chosen for the Finalist in the Asia Pacific Grants for Innovative Research Plan during 88th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society. We will be presenting at the JCS 2024 conference held at Kobe during the first week of March 2024! 

* We are honored to announce that our team has been recommended by the Korean Circulation Society to apply for this award program

2023. 10. 13-15. We officially participated in the 67th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Korean Society of Cardiology as both lead and co-authors. We participated in three oral presentations - one in Young Investigator Award Competition session (first author, Prof. Seo), two presenations in Pediatric Cardiology session (as co-first and co-author). 

Prof. Seo was also invited to the cross-specialty session "BESCO-KSC Joint Session" (BESCO: Biomedical Engineering Society for Circulation) as a session panelist. We are very pleased to have honorable opportunities to share our research progresses on pediatric cardiology (Fontan, Kawasaki, and Tetralogy of Fallot) in the medical conference! 

2023. 10. 06 Prof. Seo is invited to present our research work on the "CFD for the congenital heart disease patients" at the cardiothoracic division at the Seoul Asan Medical Center

2023. 07. 28. Yeonbo and Bada won 1st place in the "2023 KHU Integrated Mechanical Design Contest" among 155 students. Kwangseon won bronze price in the field of thermo-fluid science. Their endeavors deserve recognition :)  Congratulations! 

2023. 07. 20. Yubin won the Excellence Award in the '2023 Self-Design Degree Development Contest' awarded by KHU! She has demonstrated exceptional creativity in designing her own dual-degree program, titled 'Engineering Design,' while pursuing her studies in mechanical engineering. This unique program seamlessly integrates human-centered design, mechanical engineering, and computer science. Prof. Seo is the advisor for this program.  

Notably, Yubin holds the distinction of being the first student in the entire engineering school at KHU to propose and pursue a self-designed degree. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! (학생설계전공 공모전 우수상 수상) 

2023. 07. 17. We had the most amazing summer retreat together!  We held a dinner making contest and enjoyed the amazing foods together. Congratulations to all for successfully completing the first year! You all truly deserve it :) 

2023. 06. 29. Our laboratory will receive a partial funding support from the newly established "Intelligent Energy Convergence" graduate program at KHU for the next 5 years. Total 4.75B KRW (~$3.7M) funding is provided by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Training. (KETEP). (한국에너지기술평가원 인력양성과제 당선 및 협약)

News article: https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/economy/biznews/1097985.html 

2023. 06. 02. Prof. Seo delivered a presentation during the Future Technology Session at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. (아시아 흉부외과 국제학회 - 미래 기술 세션 초청 강연)  Website: https://www.ascvts2023busan.org/ 

2023. 05. 30. Our laboratory's research funding proposal for the hemodynamic analysis of congenital heart disease patients has been approved by the National Research Foundation of Korea (한국연구재단 과제 수주). We are delighted to announce that we will receive support for the next 3 years.


2023. 05. 13. We have been invited to present at the 2023 Korean Society of Kawasaki Disease Symposium (대한가와사끼병학회) hosted by the Catholic University of Korea. Our review paper is accepted in the Kawasaki Disease journal. 

2023. 05. 18~19. Kieun delivered a presentation at the 2023 Fall meeting of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Division of Fluid Mechanics. (대한기계학회 유체부문 구두발표).  

*Kieun's paper was selected as one of the excellent papers in the session and invited for publication from KSME after the presentation. 

Prof. Seo presented an invited seminar as part of the Promising Scientist session. (대한기계학회 유망과학자 세션 초청강연) 

2023. 04. 27. Prof. Seo participated in the  2023 Fall meeting of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Division of Bioengineering. 

He joined the Korean Society of Biomechanics as a board member after the meeting. 

2023. 03. 30. Our laboratory's research funding proposal for the hemodynamic analysis of Kawasaki disease patients won the Kyung Hee University Young Investigator Award! (경희대학교 미래선도 신진연구자 연구비 당선). We are delighted to announce that we will receive support for the next 2 years.

2023. 04. 21. Kieun presented at the 2023 Fall meeting of the Korean Society of Visualization. (한국 가시화정보 학회 구두발표).  

*Kieun won the Outstanding Paper Award in the computational visualization session. Congratulations! 

2023. 03. 29. Prof. Seo delivered an invited seminar at the Cheonnam National University RLRC, Advanced Medical Device Research Center for Cardiovascular Disease (전남대학교 지역혁신 선도연구센터) . 

2023. 03. 14. We have been invited to present at the department of mechanical engineering at the Seoul National University (서울대 기계공학과 초청 세미나). 

2023. 03. 09. Our paper "Predictors of myocardial ischemia in patients with Kawasaki Disease: Insights from patient-specific simulations of coronary hemodynamics," is accepted for publication in the JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH! 

2023. 03. 08. We welcome our new undergraduate student for the spring research program (김홍건, 한경윤)!

2022. 12. 29. We welcome our new undergraduate students for the winter research program (고유진, 임동원, 강민준)!

2022. 12. 28. Prof. Seo was nominated as a board member in the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering (대한 기계학회 유체공학 부문 이사) He was also nominated as an editorial board member in the Korean Society of Kawasaki Disease (대한 가와사끼협회 편집이사). 

2022. 12. 2. Prof. Seo presented at the 2022 Korean Society of Visualization Fall Meeting (한국가시화정보학회 Young Engineer Award Session) hosted by KAIST. 

2022. 12. 3. We give a presentation at the 2022 Biomedical Engineering Society for Circulation Fall Meeting  (순환기의공학회) at the Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul. 

2022. 11. 4.  Prof. Seo gives a presentation at the Yonsei University Mechanical Engineering Seminar (연세대학교 대학원 세미나). 

2022. 10. 25. Prof. Seo gives a presentation at the Kyung Hee University Medical Center Medical Science Research Institute. (경희의과학연구원) 

2022. 10. 07. Prof. Seo visits Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital (양산부산대학교 흉부외과) and gives a presentation.  

2022. 09.26. Prof. Seo gives a lecture in mechanical engineering department at Sookmyoung Women's University (숙명여대 기계공학과)

2022. 09.24. Prof. Seo participates in the 66th Scientific Meeting of the Korean Society of Cardiology (대한심장학회).

2022. 09.17. Prof. Seo gives a presentation in the 16th Korean Society of Kawasaki Disease Symposium (대한가와사끼병학회).

2022. 09. 20. The paper "Physics-based nozzle design rules for high-frequency liquid metal jetting" is accepted in PHYSICS OF FLUIDS!

2022. 09.06. Our lab's research proposal was approved by the National Research Foundation of Korea (한국연구재단 과제 수주). *Our first external funding! 

2022. 08. 28. Our lab members participates in the 25th Update Symposium of Congenital Heart Disease (The Korean Pediatric Heart Society) held at Seoul  National University Hospital. 

2022.08.12. Our research plan for "Identifying the relationship between Fontan complications and hemodynamics via CFD" is approved by Institutional Review Board (IRB) in Kyung Hee Medical Center and Bucheon Sejong Hospital. 

2022. 07. 15. Prof. Seo visits the Bucheon Sejong Hospital and gave an invited seminar "Advancing cardiovascular disease treatment planning and disease study via computational fluid dynamics and high performance computing". 

2022. 07.04. Welcome our summer undergraduate intern students (손윤재, 이유빈, 황연보, 김광선)! 

2022. 07. 04. Our lab starts the 7-week summer cardiovascular modeling seminar & journal club program at 3PM every Monday. We welcome new students interested in joining the meeting. Please contact jseo@khu.ac.kr for more details. 

2022. 06. 28. Jainith (Stanford undergraduate - Mentor: Prof. Seo) received an admission to Tufts Medical School.  Congratulations! 

2022. 06. 27. Our lab participated in the 12th National Congress of Fluids Engineering held at Changwon.  

2022. 06. 22. Our lab gives a presentation in the 20th Korean Society of Kawasaki Disease meeting (대한 가와사끼병 집담회)

2022. 06. 17. Our lab participates in the 2022 Summer Conference of the Biomedical Engineering Society for Circulation (순환기 의공학회) at Jeju University. 

2022. 05.31. Prof. Seo visits the Seoul National University Hospital / SNU School of Medicine and gave an invited seminar "Advancing cardiovascular disease treatment planning and disease study via computational fluid dynamics and high performance computing". 

2022. 05. 24. Our lab participates in the 4th Omni-tact Conference from the Korean Pediatric Heart Society

2022. 05.20. Our lab participates in the 2022 Korean Society of Visualization Spring Conference (한국가시화정보학회) held at Incheon National University. 

2022. 05.12. Prof. Seo visits the Sungkyunkwan University (성균관대학교 기계공학과) and gave an invited department seminar "Advancing cardiovascular disease treatment planning and R&D innovation using digital twin and high performance computing". 

2022. 04.29. Our lab participates in the 2022 Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Division of Fluid Mechanics (대한기계학회 유체공학부문) held at University of Seoul. 

2022. 04.18. Our lab starts a research collaboration with the Kyung Hee University School of Medicine (Pediatrics). 

2022. 04.16. Our lab participates in the 2022 Annual Spring Scientific Conference of the Korean Society of Cardiology held at HICO.  

2022. 04.14. Kieun Choi joins our lab as an undergraduate researcher (early admission to MS). Welcome!   

2022. 03.16. Our paper "Colocalization of Coronary Plaque with Wall Shear Stress in Myocardial Bridge Patients" is published!  

2022. 03.16. Flow Physics & Computational Engineering Innovation Laboratory started!