All Press Releases for August 16, 2017

Yoonwan Moon, PhD, Named a Lifetime Achiever by Marquis Who's Who

Dr. Moon has been endorsed by Marquis Who's Who as a leader in the aerospace industry



Dr. Moon is an accomplished rocket scientist in Republic of Korea, and has served as principal researcher for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute since 2010.

    DAEJEON, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, August 16, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to name Yoonwan Moon, PhD, a Lifetime Achiever. An accomplished listee, Dr. Moon celebrates many years' experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes he has accrued in his field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.

Dr. Moon is an accomplished rocket scientist in Republic of Korea, and has served as principal researcher for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute since 2010. He is proud of his numerous research accomplishments, including the development of impinging and swirl type injectors used in liquid-fuel rocket engines. Dr. Moon is the recipient of a 2013 Award from the Korean Minister of Education, Sciences, and Technology.

Born to Young-Keun Moon and Bong-Im Kim, Dr. Moon served with the Army of the Republic of Korea from 1991 to 1992, and later studied with Hanyang University to earn a Bachelor of Science in 1997. He went on to earn a Master's degree there before going on to work as a research engineer. In 2000, Dr. Moon joined the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, and was appointed senior researcher four years later. In 2015, he was appointed principal researcher, in 2010 he earned a PhD from Seoul National University.

While at the Institute, Dr. Moon worked with combustion field analysis in phase III of the Korea Sounding Rocket, pressure-fed liquid rocket engines using computational fluid dynamics, hydraulic and thermal design of baffle type injectors for suppressing combustion instability, and the analysis of turbopump-fed liquid rocket engines during startup and shutoff sequences. His comprehensive research has been a topic of discussion with the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers, where he is a member. Dr. Moon is additionally affiliated with the Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Korean Society of Combustion.

For his accomplishments reaching for the stars in Korea, Dr. Moon was selected for inclusion in three volumes of Who's Who in the World in 2014, 2015, and 2016, as well as the 2016 to 2017 volume of Who's Who in Science and Engineering. He is the father of Hakyung, Hajin, and Hayoung, whom he raised alongside his wife, Woosun Choi. In his spare time, Dr. Moon especially enjoys sports climbing.

In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Dr. Moon has been featured on the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievers website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.

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