Wukchul Joung, PhD

Current Activities

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyong National University, Republic of Korea

E-mail: wukchuljoung@pknu.ac.kr
Office: Rm. 513, 1st Engineering Hall (Daeyon Campus)
Tel.: +82-51-629-6132
Address: Pukyong National University, 45 Yongso-ro, Nam-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea

High-speed passive heat transfer: Two-phase passive heat transfer devices (loop heat pipe, heat pipe, thermosyphon, vapor chamber, etc.)
Precision temperature control: Pneumatic temperature control technique, High-temperature isothermization technique
Contact and non-contact thermometry: Thermographic measurement of temperature fields, Infrared temperature sensors, Metal fixed-points of the ITS-90

Succeeded in the first-ever determination of the liquidus temperature of the ITS-90 fixed-point metal (tin)
Original inventor of the loop heat pipe-based pneumatic (a.k.a. hydraulic) temperature control technique
Piloted APMP regional key comparisons: APMP.T-K3.4, APMP.T-K4, APMP.T-K4.2

2010 Ph.D. Major in Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea

(Advisor: Prof. Jinho Lee, Dissertation: Study of the loop heat pipe with a flat bifacial evaporator)

2023 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyong National University
2019 - 2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyong National University
2022 - 2024: Dean, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pukyong National University
2011 - 2019: Principal Research Scientist, Center for Thermometry and Fluid Flow, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)
2014 - 2019: Associate Professor, Department of measurement science, University of Science and Technology (UST)
2024 - present: Member of the international committee of the Joint IHPC and IHPS (Delegate of Republic of Korea)
2019 - present: IOP (Institute of Physics) trusted reviewer
2015 - present: Technical assessor, Korea Foundation of Nuclear Safety (KoFONS)
2016 - 2017: Head, Center for Thermometry, Center for Thermometry and Fluid Flow, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)
2017: Official delegate, 28th meeting of CCT (Consultative Committee for Thermometry), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), Paris
2010 - 2011: Senior Engineer, Core Technology Development Group, Indoor Lighting Development Team, Samsung Electronics

Nov. 2016: APMP (Asia Pacific Metrology Programme) Iizuka Young Metrologist Prize
Sep. 2021: IHPC - IHPS George Grover Medal (Young Scientist)
Oct. 2022: KSPE keynote lecture (precision measurement committee)
May 2019: KSPE (Korean Society for Precision Engineering) Young Engineer
Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2021: Distinguished research scientist, KRISS (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
Sep. 2018: Best research scientist, KRISS (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
May 2019: Best paper award, Thermal engineering division, KSME (Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers)
Aug. 2007: National fellowship, Korea National Research Fund
Feb. 2004: Best student award, Yonsei University