Chun, Eun-Joon

Professor / Ph.D.

Department of Materials System Engineering 

Pukyong National University 

45 Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea

Office: +82-51-629-6379

E-mail: ejchun@pknu.ac.kr

[Education]

•  Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2015, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University (Osaka, Japan)

Ph.D. in Materials and Manufacturing Science (Welding and Joining)

Dissertation : Study on Repair-Weldability of 316FR Stainless Steels for Fast Breeder Reactor 

• Mar. 2010 – Feb. 2012, Graduate School of Engineering, Pusan National University (Busan, Republic of Korea)

Master of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering

• Mar. 2003 – Feb. 2010, College of Engineering, Pusan National University (Busan, Republic of Korea)

Bachelor of Engineering in Materials Science and Engineering

[Professional experience]

• Apr. 2019 – Feb. 2022, Department of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Kyungnam University

Assistant Professor

• Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2019, Laser Industrial Technology Research Group, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM)

Senior Researcher

• Apr. 2015 – Apr. 2016, Sheet Metal Development Team, Namyang R&D Center, Hyundai Motor Company (HMC)

Principal Researcher

[Research interests]

• Welding and AM metallurgy 

• Solidification and hot cracking phenomena

• Laser materials processing

• Real-time visualization

[Selected awards and publications]

• Henry Granjon Prize given at Helsinki, Finland, 68th Annual Assembly of International Institute of Welding (IIW),  

“Development of transverse-Varestraint test procedure with laser beam welding and evaluation of solidification cracking susceptibility in type 316FR stainless steel welds”, 2015; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40194-015-0271-y?noAccess=true 

• • • Selected journal paper; Evaluation of solidification cracking susceptibility in laser welds for type 316FR stainless steel, Welding in the World, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-016-0293-0

    • Selected proceeding paper: "Evaluation of Solidification Cracking Susceptibility in Austenitic Stainless Steel Welds Using Laser Beam Welding Transverse-Varestraint Test", Cracking Phenomena in Welds IV, Springer, 4th Workshop in  German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany, 2014;  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-28434-7_9 

• William Spraragen Memorial Best Paper Award given at Atlanta, USA / American Welding Society (AWS)

  • • Selected paper: “Prediction of σ phase embrittlement in type 316FR weld metal”, 2013, Welding Journal, https://app.aws.org/wj/supplement/WJ_2013_05_s133.pdf 

• Best Paper Award of Visual-JW 2014, given at Osaka, Japan / Joining and Welding Research Institute (JWRI) of Osaka University

  • • Selected paper: “Theoretical analysis for solidification cracking susceptibility in type 316FR stainless steel laser welds ”, 2014, Journal of Japan Welding Society

• 한국과학기술단체총연합회 과학기술우수논문상, 2017

  • • Selected paper; "Solidification cracking behavior in austenitic stainless steel laser welds (part 2)-Effects of δ-ferrite crystallization and solidification segregation behavior on solidification cracking susceptibility-", 2017 

• Young Fellow Award, The Korea Welding and Joining Society (KWJS), 2017

• Best Paper Award, The Korea Welding and Joining Society (KWJS), 2017

• Rookie of the Year Award, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM), 2018

• Good Reviewer Award, The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (KIM), 2020, 2021

• Editor’s Choice Best Paper Award, The Korea Welding and Joining Society (KWJS), 2023

• Cheol-Am Paper Award, The Korea Welding and Joining Society (KWJS), 2024

[Academic activities]

• 대한용접접합학회 정회원

• 대한용접접합학회 용접야금연구위원회

• 대한용접접합학회 편집이사

• 대한금속재료학회 정회원

• 대한금속재료학회 평의원('22~'23)

• 대한금속재료학회 가공분과위원회

• 대한금속재료학회 고온재료분과위원회

• 한국자동차공학회 정회원

• 한국열처리공학회 정회원

• 일본용접학회 (Japan Welding Society) 정회원