Eunok Yim
EPFL STI IGM HEAD
ME A2 454 (Bâtiment ME)
Station 9
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 59 55
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Biography
Eunok received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from KAIST, Korea, in 2010 and 2012, respectively. She pursued her Ph.D study in fluid dynamics at LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France and received her degree in 2015.She was at M2P2, Aix-Marseille University for a year as a postdoc in 2016 then joined EPFL as a postdoc researcher until 2020 at LFMI. She broadened her expertise at industry, GE Renewable Energy, Hydropower from 2020 to 2024.
She started as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering department at EPFL, Lausanne since 2024.
Her research interest therefore encompasses fluid stabilities, CFD numerical modeling and applied fluid dynamics for hydropower researches.
Publications
Infoscience publications
Publications
Weakly nonlinear versus semi-linear models of the nonlinear evolution of the centrifugal instability
Journal Of Fluid Mechanics. 2023-02-20. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2023.60.Leidenfrost flows: instabilities and symmetry breakings
Flow. 2022-07-12. DOI : 10.1017/flo.2022.5.Buoyancy-driven convection of droplets on hot nonwetting surfaces
Physical Review E. 2021-05-17. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevE.103.053105.Swinging jets
Physical Review Fluids. 2020-11-12. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.110505.Nonlinear evolution of the centrifugal instability using a semilinear model
Journal Of Fluid Mechanics. 2020-08-25. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2020.335.Optimal spanwise-periodic control for recirculation length in a backward-facing step flow
Physical Review Fluids. 2020-08-04. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.083901.Self-consistent triple decomposition of the turbulent flow over a backward-facing step under finite amplitude harmonic forcing
Proceedings Of The Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical And Engineering Sciences. 2019-05-01. DOI : 10.1098/rspa.2019.0018.Stability Criterion for the Centrifugal Instability of Surface Intensified Anticyclones
Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2019. DOI : 10.1175/JPO-D-18-0088.1.Transition to turbulence in the rotating disk boundary layer of a rotor–stator cavity
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2018. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2018.239.Analogies and differences between the stability of an isolated pancake vortex and a columnar vortex in stratified fluid
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2016. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2016.248.Stability of an isolated pancake vortex in continuously stratified-rotating fluids
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2016. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2016.402.On the mechanism of the Gent–McWilliams instability of a columnar vortex in stratified rotating fluids
Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2015. DOI : 10.1017/jfm.2015.426.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Mechanical Engineering
Courses
Introduction to turbomachinery
This course covers fluid mechanics and turbomachinery. Students learn key equations, energy losses in pipe flow and thrust generation. You will explore turbomachine principles, including turbines, pumps, blade design, and scaling. This foundation prepares them for advanced engineering applications.