Biography – Dr. Dae Sung Lee DAE SUNG LEE, PH.D. Director of the Next Generation Civil Aircraft Program Executive Office Korea Aerospace Research Institute Ph: +82-42-860-2300 E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Dae Sung Lee had served for the past ten years as an Executive Director of the Aeronautics Innovative Technology Laboratory at Korea Aerospace Research Institute, managing all aeronautics development programs. Dr. Lee holds a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Iowa State University, and M.S. degree and B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Seoul National University. His technical expertise encompasses the propulsion systems including the aero gas turbine engine systems, the liquid rocket engine systems as well as the aircraft systems. Prior to joining the KARI in 1991, he had been employed as a Senior Scientist at Avco Research Laboratory, Textron, mainly working on the numerical analysis of the turbine. Since joining KARI, he has been mostly responsible for the development of new propulsion systems for aircrafts and rockets before being in charge of managing all aeronautics development programs. Dr. Lee has been the key leader of more than 40 national projects and published more than 220 papers, and made significant contribution to fostering the foundation in the area of aerospace propulsion. He has led the development of various gas turbine systems and successfully completed the development of first liquid rocket engine in Korea. His latest accomplishment is the Korean Helicopter Program, specially the development of dual-use core components. His efforts are also expanded to the various National programs such as the development of med-sized civil regional passenger aircrafts as well as the fundamental aeronautics technologies. He is also serving numerous technical and R&D policy making committees. Dr. Lee served as a President of Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers and a President of Korean Society of Fluid Machinery. He also served as a Vice President of Korean Society of Aeronautics and Space Sciences. In recognition of his outstanding contribution, he received numerous awards including the Technical Excellence Award from Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences and the National Decoration. In 2003, he received one of the most prestigious engineering awards in Korea, the Young Engineer of the Year from National Academy of Engineering of Korea.