Hong G. Im

​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.

Biography

Hong G. Im received his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University, and Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University. He spent two years as a Research Fellow at the Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, followed by a post-doctoral tenure at the Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories. He was appointed as Assistant/Associate/Full Professor at University of Michigan in the Mechanical Engineering Department from 2000 to 2014. In 2013, he joined KAUST as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering.

Research Interests

Computational methods for reacting flows; direct numerical simulation; large eddy simulation; turbulent combustion modeling; internal combustion engines; spray modeling; alternative fuels and utilization; pollutant reduction and control; combustion chemistry; combustion synthesis of materials; combustion at extreme conditions; low grade fuel combustion; plasma and electric field effects on flames, cryogenic carbon capture. 

About

Professional Profile

  • Jan. 2013 – present: Professor of Mechanical Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • May 2014 - May 2016: Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • Sep. 2011 – May 2014: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • Sep. 2005 – Aug. 2011: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • Jan. 2000 – Aug. 2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • Dec. 1996 – Dec. 1999: Postdoctoral Researcher, Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
  • Oct. 1994 – Oct. 1996: Research Fellow, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Scientific and Professional Membership

  • The Combustion Institute
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  • American Physical Society (APS)
  • Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)

Awards

  • The Combustion Institute, Fellow, 2019.
  • The National Academy of Engineering of Korea, International Member, 2016.
  • ASME, Fellow, 2012.
  • AIAA, Associate Fellow, 2009.
  • SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, 2006.
  • National Science Foundation, CAREER Award, 2002.
  • Grumman Graduate Prize for Academic Excellence, Princeton University, 1990.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, United States, 1994
Master of Science (M.S.)
Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 1988
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 1986

Selected Publications

  • Babayev, R., Andersson, A, Dalmau, A.S., Im, H.G., Johansson, B., 2021, “Computational Characterization of Hydrogen Direct Injection and Nonpremixed Combustion in a Compression-Ignition Engine,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (35), 18678-18696.
  • Pandal, A., Ningegowda, B.M., Rahantamialisoa, F.N.Z., Zembi, J., Im, H.G., Battistoni, M., 2021, “Development of a Drift-Flux Velocity Closure for a Coupled ?-Y Spray Atomization Model,” International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 103691.
  • Guo, J., Tang, Y., Raman, V., Im, H.G., 2021, “Numerical Investigation of Pressure Effects on Soot Formation in Laminar Coflow,” Fuel, 292, 120176.
  • Goussis, D.A., Im, H.G., Najm, H.N., Paolucci, S., Valorani, V., 2021, “The Origin of CEMA and Its Relation to CSP,” Combustion and Flame, 227, 396-401.
  • Keser, R., Ceschin, A., Battistoni, M., Im, H.G., Jasak, H., 2020, “Implicitly Coupled Phase Fraction Equations for Polydisperse Flows,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 93 (5), 1627-1644.
  • Lipatnikov, A.N., Sabelnikov, V.A., Hernandez Perez, F.E., Song, W., Im, H.G., 2021, “Prediction of Mean Radical Concentrations in lean Hydrogen-Air Turbulent Flames at Different Karlovitz Numbers Adopting a Newly Extended Flamelet-Based Presumed PDF,” Combustion and Flame, 226, 248-259.
  • Zhang, J., Luong, M.B., Hernandez Perez, F.E., Han, D., Im, H.G., Huang, Z., 2021, “Exergy Loss Characteristics of DME/Air and Ethanol/Air Mixtures with Temperature and Concentration Fluctuations under HCCI/SCCI conditions: A DNS Study,” Combustion and Flame, 226, 334-346.
  • Jin, H., Guo, J., Li, T., Zhou, Z., Im, H.G., Farooq, A., 2021, “Experimental and Numerical Study of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Formation in Ethylene Laminar Co-flow Diffusion Flames,” Fuel, 289, 119931.
  • Kim, Y.J., Lee, B.J., Im, H.G., 2020, “Effects of Differential Diffusion on the Stabilization of Unsteady Lean Premixed Flames Behind a Bluff-body,” Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 106 (4), 1125-1141.
  • Sabelnikov, V.A., Lipatnikov, A.N., Nishiki, S., Dave, H.L., Hernandez Perez, F.E., Song, W., Im, H.G., 2021, “Dissipation and Dilatation Rates in Premixed Turbulent Flames,” Physics of Fluids, 33, 035112.

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