Simulation figure — perfusion field, synthetic vessel tree or FSI result. Full bleed, at least 2400px wide.
Figure — representative result from the lab.

Computational Mechanics and Biomechanics Laboratory

The laboratory develops computational methods for blood flow, tissue mechanics and perfusion in the human body, and applies the same methods to flow and transport problems in industry. The work combines mechanics, medical imaging, physiology, applied mathematics and machine learning.

Directed by Hyun Jin Kim, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST.

Principal investigator
Hyun Jin Kim, Associate Professor
Department
Mechanical Engineering, KAIST
Location
Room 6123 & 6124, Building N7-4, Daejeon
Contact
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Notices

Last updated 2026.07
2026.07

A postdoctoral researcher position is open — computational mechanics, biomechanics, medical image processing, diagnostic model development and machine learning. The Korean call is reproduced in full on the Openings page.

2024.11.08

Hyeonggue Song, Wonjin Choi, Nolan Moreaux and Chang Min Lee presented at the KSME 2024 Annual Meeting (대한기계학회 2024년 학술대회).

Research areas

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Clinical applications

Diseases the laboratory models directly, in collaboration with clinical partners.

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Computational methods

The methods the applications rest on. Most are developed because an existing approach is too slow, too coarse, or stops where the imaging stops.

Openings

Undergraduate, master's, doctoral and postdoctoral positions are open. Enquiries with a CV are welcome at any time.

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