Gyu Sub Lee

• Hypersonic Propulsion (Scramjet flowpath design, theoretical analysis, and optimization; high enthalpy hypersonic test facilities)
• Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics (Experimental analysis and modeling of hypersonic, high enthalpy flows on advanced geometries)
• Laser/Optical Diagnostics (High-fidelity, non-intrusive flow and combustion diagnostics)

UIUC-UIC Joint Engineering Experience Camp (Engineering Experience Camp Track II) 7/2023
Outreach Program on Aerospace Engineering (History and Innovations) – Lead Instructor
Developed educational content and agenda on introductory aeronautical engineering
Designed and demonstrated portable high-speed schlieren photography setup and custom-built wind tunnel

Center for UAS Propulsion (CUP) Education Outreach 11/2023
Aerospace Propulsion Outreach Program (CUP, University High School, DREAAM)
Designed instructional content and hosted students for on-site lab tour and live-fire supersonic combustion test

Aerospace Graduate Students Advisory Committee (Aero GSAC) – Chair 5/2020−5/2021
Department of Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Committee, graduate student body representative
Re-founded during COVID-19 shutdown
Initiated and promoted collaborations and workshops focused on DEI in aerospace engineering

2020 Graduate Student Orientation – Graduate Representative Speaker 8/21/2020
Department of Aerospace Engineering Graduate Student Orientation
Provided resources and advice on academic pathways for incoming graduate students

Asian Pacific-Islander American Coalition – Outreach Chair 1/2012−5/2012 
Promoted missions and fostered communication between Asian American/Asian-interest organizations
Planned and organized open-to-public cultural event with 17 participating Asian organizations; 500+ attendance

Review for Professional Publication
AIAA Journal
Combustion and Flame
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 
Journal of Propulsion and Power
Physics of Fluids

• Center for UAS Propulsion Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for UAS Propulsion (CUP) 2023
• Best Technical Paper, AIAA SciTech 2020 (HSABP TC) 2021
• Center for UAS Propulsion Graduate Fellowship, Center for UAS Propulsion (CUP) 2019, 2020
• James Scholar, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2010 

Assistant Professor, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, 8/2026 - present

 Postdoctoral Appointee, Sandia National Laboratories 1/2025−7/2026
Experimental Aerosciences & Diagnostics for Extreme Environments and Hypersonics

Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for UAS Propulsion (CUP): 8/2023−12/2024 Scalable High Speed Compact Scram/Ramjet Propulsion (Air Launch Effects)
Army Research Laboratory, ARL-Central Open Campus Center 

Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Exascale-Enabled Scramjet Design (CEESD) 8/2023−12/2024
High Enthalpy Scramjet Flowpath Diagnostics
Department of Energy NNSA Laboratory, PSAAP III Program 

Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8/2015−8/2023
Department of Aerospace Engineering

Graduate Research Summer Fellow, Sandia National Laboratories 5/2019−8/2019
Aerosciences Department