Welcome to the Multiscale Energy Laboratory (MEL) under the direction of Prof. Youngsuk Nam in the Mechanical Engineering Department at KAIST. MEL aims to deliver innovative energy solutions by combining fundamental understanding of phase change physics, novel thermal materials, intelligent vision, and state-of-the-art model & experimental techniques.
WELCOME
MEL currently has a few openings for passionate graduate students and postdocs. Check the following link (Openings) for further information, and contact Prof. Nam (ysnam1@kaist.ac.kr) if you have any inquiries.
OPENINGS
RECENT NEWS
Congratulations to Seokwan and co-authors for receiving the “Outstanding Paper Award” from the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME)!
Melers attended KSME Spring 2026 conference in Jeju and gave 8 talks.
Please congrats Duhyeon, Junsang, Sanghun, Prof. Nam and co-authors for a publication at Applied Thermal Engineering!
Title: A semi-analytical model predicting thermal performance of ultra-thin vapor chambers
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
