Research output per year
Research output per year
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Research Overview
Professor Im’s research interests are primarily fundamental and practical aspects of combustion and power generation devices using high-fidelity computational modeling. Recent research topics combustion characteristics of high hydrogen content fuels, advanced modeling of sooting flames, modeling of mixed-mode combustion in modern engines, dynamics of turbulent premixed flame propagation, turbulent flame stabilization, spray- and particle-laden flows and combustion, plasma and electric field effects on flames and combustion of low-grade fuels.
Key Research Areas
Mechanical Engineering
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D., Princeton University
1994
Award Date: Jan 1 1994
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, M.S., Seoul National University
1988
Award Date: Jan 1 1988
Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Seoul National University
1986
Award Date: Jan 1 1986
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A computational assessment of flame speed correlation in an ultra-leanpre-chamber engine
Alkhamis, G., Silva, M., Cenker, E. & Im, H. G., Jun 2023, In: International Journal of Engine Research. 24, 6, p. 2538-2551 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Lagrangian Analysis of Combustion Regimes Using Multi-modal Turbulent Combustion Model
Angelilli, L., Ciottoli, P. P., Hernandez Perez, F., Valorani, M., Mueller, M. E. & Im, H. G., Jun 19 2023, In: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A numerical study on the effect of pressure on sustainable aviation fuel and jet fuel blends thermally induced secondary atomization
Guida, P., Ceschin, A., Canciani, C., Im, H. G. & Roberts, W. L., Jun 22 2023, In: Physics of Fluids. 35, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A species-weighted flamelet/progress variable model with differential diffusion effects for oxy-fuel jet flames
Jiang, X., Guo, J., Wei, Z., Quadarella, E., Im, H. G. & Liu, Z., Feb 21 2023, In: Combustion and Flame. 251, p. 112674Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessment of Numerical Accuracy and Parallel Performance of OpenFOAM and its Reacting Flow Extension EBIdnsFoam
Zirwes, T., Sontheimer, M., Zhang, F., Abdelsamie, A., Hernandez Perez, F., Stein, O. T., Im, H. G., Kronenburg, A. & Bockhorn, H., Jun 29 2023, In: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Backscatter of scalar variance in turbulent premixed flames
Sabelnikov, V. A., Lipatnikov, A. N., Nikitin, N. V., Hernandez Perez, F. & Im, H. G., Mar 30 2023, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 960Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characteristics of ammonia-hydrogen nonpremixed bluff-body-stabilized flames
Alfazazi, A., Elbaz, A. M., Li, J., Abdelwahid, S., Im, H. G. & Dally, B., Dec 2023, In: Combustion and Flame. 258, 113066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Computational assessment of the effects of pre-chamber and piston geometries on the combustion characteristics of an optical pre-chamber engine
Liu, X., Echeverri Marquez, M., Sanal, S., Silva, M., AlRamadan, A. S., Cenker, E., Sharma, P., Magnotti, G., Turner, J. W. G. & Im, H. G., Jun 1 2023, In: Fuel. 341, 127659.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations
Prizes
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Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Im, Hong G. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Award or Honor › Learned Society
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Fellow of the Combustion Institute
Im, Hong G. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Award or Honor › Learned Society
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Grumman Graduate Prize for Academic Excellence, Princeton University
Im, Hong G. (Recipient), 1990
Prize: Award or Honor › Excellence Award
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National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Im, Hong G. (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Award or Honor › Awarded grant
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SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
Im, Hong G. (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Award or Honor › Teaching Award
Press/Media
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Reports Findings in Chemicals and Chemistry (Elucidating the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons involved in soot inception)
William Lafayette Roberts, Mani Sarathy, Hong G. Im & Junjun Guo
10/31/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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New Fuel Research Study Findings Have Been Reported by Investigators at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (Computational Study of Hydrogen Engine Combustion Strategies: Dual-fuel Compression Ignition With Port- and ...)
Hong G. Im, Gaetano Magnotti, Xinlei Liu & Niraj Panthi
10/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Study Data from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Update Knowledge of Energy Policy (Computational investigation of methanol pre-chamber combustion in a heavy-duty engine)
Hong G. Im, Gaetano Magnotti, Xinlei Liu & Priybrat Sharma
09/6/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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New Sustainability Research Findings from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Outlined (A Numerical Study On the Effect of Pressure On Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Jet Fuel Blends Thermally Induced Secondary Atomization)
William Roberts, Hong G. Im, Paolo Guida & Alberto Ceschin
08/3/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Target Engineering (Large Eddy Simulations of Ammonia-hydrogen Jet Flames At Elevated Pressure Using Principal Component Analysis and Deep Neural Networks)
Bernard Ghanem, Hong G. Im, Francisco Hernandez Perez, Hasan Hammoud, Rafi Malik & Suliman Abdelwahid
07/6/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Data on Fuel Research Reported by Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (Computational Assessment of the Effects of Pre-chamber and Piston Geometries On the Combustion Characteristics of an Optical ...)
Hong G. Im, Gaetano Magnotti, Sangeeth Sanal, Xinlei Liu, Priybrat Sharma & James Turner
06/6/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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KAUST, Aramco team study explores best combustion strategy for hydrogen IC engines
Hong G. Im, Gaetano Magnotti, Xinlei Liu & Niraj Panthi
06/5/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Detail Findings in Fuel Research (Hydrogen Pre-chamber Combustion At Lean-burn Conditions On a Heavy-duty Diesel Engine: a Computational Study)
Hong G. Im, Moez Ben Houidi & Xinlei Liu
03/27/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media