2025
Aug, 2025: Dr. Woojae Shin (MIT Energy Initiative) had a seminar presentation for PNU.
July, 2025: Sechul had a seminar presentation (N-lab program in KIER, 한국에너지기술연구원) invited by Dr. Hookyung Lee in KIER.
July, 2025: Hanyoung (Ph.D. candidate) got the best presentation award for his last presentation on the 21st International Symposium on Flow Visualization held in Tokyo, Japan. Congrats!
(Titlte: Visualization of swirl-enhanced NH3/CH4/H2 flame and combustion characteristics)
July, 2025: Yongjin joined AFREL as an undergraduate lab intern and has had a role for EWX-CORPS 2025.
June, 2025: Hanyoung got the best presentation award for his last presentation on 2025 KSAE spring conference held in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Congrats!
(발표명: 암모니아-천연가스 혼소 엔진 내 람다 변화에 따른 암모니아 후분사 기반 SNCR 반응 특성과 NOx 저감 효율에 대한 수치해석)
June, 2025: Sechul attended "International Workshop on Green Fuel Production and Combustion" hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) and had a presentation about hydrogen and ammonia-fueled internal combustion engine.
Apr, 2025: The research paper written by Prof. Mardani, Hanyoung, Prof. Kyung Chun Kim, and Sechul was published in International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow.
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2025.109826) - currently online publish first
Apr, 2025: AFREL has started a new project as a main role, collaborated with Prof. Jeongwoo Lee (CNU), Prof. Li Oi Lun Helena (PNU), Prof. Yeonjoon Kim (PKNU), and Dr. Junsuk Kim (KOCETI), funded by NRF.
(미래유망융합기술파이오니어 (도전형), 구 STEAM 사업)
Apr, 2025: AFREL has joined a new project - SDM professional manpower training project (건설기계미래융합기술 전문인력양성), funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE).
Apr, 2025: Sechul attended KSME thermal engineering spring conference 2025 and had a chair role for two sessions.
Apr, 2025: Hanmin joined AFREL as an undergraduate lab intern and has had a role for EWX-CORPS 2025.
Mar, 2025: Sechul attended PNU-HUST workshop and presented an introduction to AFREL.
Mar, 2025: Kilian and Mathis graduated from AFREL and moved their journey to Japan. Bon voyage!
Mar, 2025: Minjun graduated from AFREL.
Mar, 2025: Hobin joined AFREL as an undergraduate lab intern.
Mar, 2025: Seo Hyeong joined AFREL as an undergraduate lab intern.
Mar, 2025: Min Ho joined AFREL as an undergraduate lab intern and has had a leader role for EWX-CORPS 2025.
Mar, 2025: AFREL has joined a new project, one of the research group in RLRC (지역혁신 선도연구센터) - Eco-friendly Smart Ship Parts Technology Innovation Center (PI: Professor Emeritus Kyung Chun Kim) funded by NRF.
Feb. 2025: AFREL attended a lab tour invited by fuel cell research group, KIMM.
Jan, 2025: Sechul had a seminar presentation with gas turbine combustion research group in KIMM (PI: Dr. Minkuk Kim).
Jan, 2025: Doyeon joined AFREL as an undergraduate lab intern and has continued his work related to EWX-CORPS 2024.
2024
Dec, 2024: Prof. Mardani had a seminar presentation to share the work done by this year about our combustion research.
Dec, 2024: Dr. Seonyeob Kim (KIMM) had a seminar presentation for AFREL.
Dec, 2024: Dr. Sangho Lee (KIMM) had a seminar presentation for AFREL.
Nov, 2024: Sechul had a keynote presentation in CEAM2024 held in Busan.
Nov, 2024: Sechul had a seminar presentation in a special session of Energy & Emissions in KSAE Fall Conference, 2024 held in Jeju. (에너지 및 배기 부문 연구회 발표, 한국자동차공학회)
Nov, 2024: AFREL attended KOSCO fall conference 2024 and had a oral presentation (presented by Prof. Mardani).
Oct, 2024: Sechul had a seminar presentation invited by Korens. (코렌스글로벌)
Oct, 2024: Sechul had a seminar presentation in KSV Fall Conference, 2024 held in Gyeongju. (신진과학자강연, 한국가시화정보학회)
Oct, 2024: AFREL attended the 2024 international symposium on carbon neutral fuel technology held in Busan. (탄소중립연료기술 국제심포지엄)
Sep, 2024: Sechul attended 3rd symposium on ammonia energy held in Shanghai. (3rd SoAE)
Sep, 2024: Sechul had a seminar presentation in SJTU combustion research group.
Sep, 2024: First firing from our burner experiment setup!
Aug, 2024: AFREL finally got a new place to be together!
(officially established from August 29, 2024)
Aug, 2024: Prof. Wang from SJTU (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China) had a seminar in PNU and discussed some topics related to NH3 combustion and its diagnostics.
Aug, 2024: Sechul had a presentation in Campus Asia summer school.
Aug, 2024: The research paper written by Prof. Mardani, Prof. Kyung Chun Kim, Hanyoung and Sechul was published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.07.036)
Aug, 2024: The research paper written by Dr. Sangho Lee and Sechul was published in Energy Conversion and Management.
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118661)
May, 2024: Hyuntae joined AFREL as an undergraduate lab intern.
May, 2024: Sechul had a presentation in KIGAS spring conference 2025.
Apr, 2024: Sechul won the best presentation award from KSME based on his work presented in last year (2023).
Apr, 2024: Collaboration work among Sechul, Hanyoung (Ph.D. student) and Prof. Mardani has started to investigate NH3/H2/CH4 co-firing swirl burner with MILD regime approach, funded by RLRC project (PI: Professor Emeritus Kyung Chun Kim).
Apr, 2024: AFREL has started a new project with Advenger's lab (Prof. Jeongwoo Lee at CNU) as a collaborator funded by NRF.
(우수신진연구 공동연구)
Mar, 2024: EWX-CORPS (실전문제연구단) had started and Doyeon also joined this group.
Mar, 2024: Hanyoung (Ph.D. student) joined AFREL as a collaborator (co-supervised with Prof. Kyung Chun Kim).
Mar, 2024: Kibaek joined AFREL as an undergraduate lab intern.
Mar, 2024: Sechul joined PNU and established AFREL.