Saya Lee is an assistant professor in the Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering. Lee earned his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M University and his M.S. in mechanical engineering and B.S. in mechanical and electrical engineering with a minor in computer science from Handong University in South Korea. Lee has expertise in experimental nuclear thermal hydraulics for both light water reactors and advanced reactors and is developing advanced measurement techniques.

• BS, Double Major in Mechanical Engineering & Electrical Engineering and • Minor in Computer Science, Handong Global University, 2003
• MS, Mechanical Engineering, Handong Global University, 2009
• Ph D, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2014

Journal Articles

Joseph Seo, Saya Lee, Se Ro Yang and Yassin A. Hassan, 2021, "Experimental investigation of the annular flow caused by convective boiling in a heated annular channel", Nuclear Engineering and Design, 376, pp. 111088

Michael S. Gorman, Marilyn Delgado, Saya Lee and Yassin A. Hassan, 2019, "Analysis of Velocity Distributions Across a Model Helical Coil Steam Generator", Nuclear Technology, 205, (7), pp. 881-890

Elia Merzari, H. Yuan, A. Kraus, A. Obabko, P. Fischer, J. Solberg, Saya Lee, J. Lai, M. Delgado and Y. Hassan, 2019, "High-Fidelity Simulation of Flow-Induced Vibrations in Helical Steam Generators for Small Modular Reactors", Nuclear Technology, 205, (1-2), pp. 33-47

Samuel J. Lee, Saya Lee and Yassin A. Hassan, 2018, "Numerical investigation of turbulent flow in an annular sector channel with staggered semi-circular ribs using large eddy simulation", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 123, pp. 705-717

Saya Lee and Yassin A. Hassan, 2018, "Experimental study of flow structures near the merging point of two parallel plane jets using PIV and POD", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 116, pp. 871-888

M Delgado, Saya Lee, YA Hassan and NK Anand, 2018, "Flow visualization study at the interface of alternating pitch tube bundles in a model helical coil steam generator using particle image velocimetry", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 122, pp. 614--628

Rodolfo Vaghetto, Philip Jones, Nolan Goth, Mason Childs, Saye Lee, Duy Thien Nguyen and Yassin A Hassan, 2018, "Pressure measurements in a wire-wrapped 61-pin hexagonal fuel bundle", Journal of Fluids Engineering, 140, (3)

Thien Nguyen, Nolan Goth, Philip Jones, Saya Lee, Rodolfo Vaghetto and Yassin Hassan, 2017, "PIV measurements of turbulent flows in a 61-pin wire-wrapped hexagonal fuel bundle", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 65, pp. 47--59

Huhu Wang, Saya Lee, Yassin A Hassan and Arthur E Ruggles, 2016, "Laser-Doppler measurements of the turbulent mixing of two rectangular water jets impinging on a stationary pool", International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 92, pp. 206--227

Huhu Wang, Saya Lee and Yassin A Hassan, 2016, "Particle image velocimetry measurements of the flow in the converging region of two parallel jets", Nuclear Engineering and Design, 306, pp. 89--97

Yassin A. Hassan, Serdar Osturk and Saya Lee, 2015, "Rheological characterization of buffered boric acid aqueous solutions in light water reactors", Progress in Nuclear Energy, 85, pp. 239-253

Saya Lee, Suhaeb S Abdulsattar, Rodolfo Vaghetto and Yassin A Hassan, 2015, "Permeability and compression of fibrous porous media generated from dilute suspensions of fiberglass debris during a loss of coolant accident", Nuclear Engineering and Design, 291, pp. 244--260

Saya Lee, Yassin A. Hassan, Suhaeb S. Abdulsattar and Rodolfo Vaghetto, 2014, "Experimental study of head loss through an LOCA-generated fibrous debris bed deposited on a sump strainer for Generic Safety Issue 191", Progress in Nuclear Energy, 74, pp. 166-175

Jae-Young Lee and Sa-Ya Lee, 2009, "Flow visualization in the scaled up pebble bed of high temperature gas-cooled reactor using particle image velocimetry method", Journal of engineering for gas turbines and power, 131, (6)

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