2015
2015/12: New Grant (KETEP)
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MEL receives 3 years of research funding from the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP).
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Topic: Development of bio oil gas turbine combustion system for a distributed power generation (subtopic: bio-oil purification technology)

2015/11~12: International Collaboration (with University of Lyon & CNRS, France)
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Professors Ybert Christophe, Cottin-Bizzone Cecile, Pirat Christophe and Joly Laurent from CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) and University of Lyon, France have visited MEL for a research collaboration.

2015/11: New Grant (BK21plus: 2nd phase)
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MEL successfully renewed the BK21+ and will continue to receive the 2nd phase BK21+ funding.

2015/11: Conference (KSME)
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MELers had a lab outing at the Jeju island with giving three talks in KSME fall conference
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Improved Corrosion Resistance of Nanostructured Superhydrophobic Aluminum Surfaces (presented by Kyungwhan)
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Heat and Mass Transfer Performance of Nanostructured Evaporator Wicks Combined with Porous Metal Liquid Supply Structures (presented by Seunggeol)
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Water Harvesting Performance of Nano-Engineered Water Repellant Tube Type Condensers (presented by Donghyun)

2015/10: New Paper (International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer)
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Congratulations to Hyunsik for a publication in the prestigious heat transfer journal International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
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Title: Condensation Behaviors and Resulting Heat Transfer Performance of Nano-Engineered Copper Surfaces. Link

2015/09: New Affiliation
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Prof. Nam was nominated as an Associate Editor of Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology.
2015/09: New Grant (Samsung Electronics)
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MEL receives 5 years of research funding from Samsung Electronics Semiconductor division.
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Title: Advanced thermal packaging techniques for mobile application processors

2015/08: New Paper (Energy)
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Congratulations to Young Jun and coauthors for a publication in the prestigious energy journal Energy.
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Title: Study on a numerical model and PSA (pressure swing adsorption) process experiment for CH4/CO2 separation from biogas Link
2015/07: Foreign Conference (InterPACK/ICNMM 2015)
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Seunggeol presents paper at InterPACK/ICNMM 2015, San Francisco, California, USA, 2015

2015/06: New Paper (Soft Matter)
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Congratulations to Prof.Nam and coauthors for a publication in the prestigious surface science journal Soft Matter.
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Title: Two types of Cassie-to-Wenzel wetting transitions on superhydrophobic surfaces during drop impact Link

2015/05: New Grant (NRF)
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MEL receives 3 years of extended young researcher funding (2nd phase) from National Research Foundation (NRF).
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Topic: Smart heat transfer surfaces with reversible wetting characteristics
2015/04: Conference (KSME)
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MELers attended KSME conference in Haeundae, Busan and gave 3 talks.
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High energy density thermodynamic battery for space applications
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Water harvesting performance of nano-engineered tube type condensers.
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Nano-engineered surfaces for energy and environmental applications

2015/04: Award (Young Researcher Award)
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Congratulations to Prof. Nam for receiving the "Young Researcher Award" from the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME).
2015/04: Media
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One of MEL's projects "High energy density thermophotovoltaic battery for space applications" was featured as R&D Innovation by Seoul Finance Newsletter. Link

2015/04: New Grant (Doosan Heavy Industry)
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MEL receives new research funding from Doosan Heavy Industry.
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Topic: Advanced power plant condensers with high heat transfer performance.

2015/02: New patents
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Congratulations to Donghyun, Seunggeol and Prof.Nam for registering new patents
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#10-1492823: Water harvesting systems with micro/nano hybrid surfaces
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#10-1486413: Capillary-driven microfluidics with micropost arrays

2015/02: MEL Lab Outing
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MELers had lots of fun in Hyundai Sungwoo resort.

2015/02: Domestic Conference
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Kyounghwan and Junghun present posters at The 48th Winter Annual Conference of the Korean Vacuum Society, Hoengseong, Korea, 2015

2015/01: New Grant (KRISO)
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MEL receives a research funding from Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO).
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Topic: Anti-fouling & anti-corrosion nano surfaces for ocean power plants

2015/01: New Paper (Soft matter)
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Congratulations to Donghyun and coauthors for a publication in the prestigious surface science journal Soft Matter.
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Title: Droplet Coalescence on Water Repellent Surfaces Link

2015/01: Foreign Conference (GRC)
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Donghyun and Hyunsik present papers at Gordon Research Conference, Galveston, Texas, USA, 2015

2015/01: International Collaboration (Tokyo University of A & T)
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MEL established a MOU (Memorandum of understanding) with Tokyo University of A & T to promote mutual academic cooperation including faculty & student exchange and academic forums.
2014
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2014/12: Congratulations to Donghyun and coauthors for a publication in Langmuir.
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Influence of Geometric Patterns of Microstructured Superhydrophobic Surfaces on Water-Harvesting Performance via Dewing. Link

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2014/11: Donghyun and Hyunsik present papers at PowerMEMS 2014 14th conference, Hyogo, Japan, 2014

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2014/10: Congratulations for a publication in Optics Express.
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The Role of Spectral Non-Idealities in the Design of Solar Thermophotovoltaics. Link

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2014/10: Congratulations to Donghyun and coauthors for a publication in Soft Matter.
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Droplet Coalescence on Water Repellent Surfaces. Link
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2014/09: Kyounghwan Song presents a paper at Eurosensors Conference, Brescia, Italy, 2014

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2014/09: MEL receives 5 years of nano materials core technology funding from NRF.
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Nanofabric materials with energy generation and storage for wearable applications 2014~2019

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2014/09: MEL receives a funding from TS Engineering
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Thermal Analysis for High Temperature Energy Conversion Systems
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2014/08: Seunggeol presents a paper at IHTC 15th conference, Kyoto, Japan, 2014

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2014/07: Congratulations for a publication in Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering.
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Nano- and Micro-structures for Thin Film Evaporation – A Review. Link

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2014/07: Congratulations to Hyunsik and coauthors for a publication in Langmuir.
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Drop Impact Dynamics on Oil-Infused Nanostructured Surfaces. Link

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2014/06: [Talk] MEL presents two papers at SAREK Summer Conference, Korea.
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Water Harvesting Performance via Condensation presented by Donghyun Seo
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Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer on Nanostructured Copper Surfaces presented by Hyunsik Kim
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2014/06: [Grant] MEL receives a 5 years of space technology funding from National Research Foundation (NRF).
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High Energy Density Thermophotovoltaic Batteries for Space Applications 2014~2019.06

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2014/06: [Grant] MEL receives a research funding from LG Electronics Corporation.
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Advanced Heat Exchangers with High Heat Transfer and Anti-Freezing Performances 2014~2015

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2014/06: [Talk] Kyunghwan's work was accepted for the presentation at the Eurosensers, Italy, Septemper, 2014
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Nanostructured Shape Memory Alloy for Vascular Devices

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2014/06: [Grant] MEL receives research funding from SM Business Administration.
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Development of Nanostructured Shape-Memory Alloys 2014~2015
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2014/06: [Grant] MEL collaborates with the Doosan Heavy Industry.
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Nano Engineered Surfaces for New Power Generation Systems 2014

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2014/04: [Grant] MEL receives research funding from Kyung Hee University.
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High Efficiency Thermophotovoltaic Batteries 2014
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2014/04: [Talk] MEL presents three papers at KSME spring conference, Jeju, Korea
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Water Harvesting Performance of Scalable Nano-Engineered Cu Surfaces presented by Donghyun Seo
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Condensation Heat Transfer Performance of Nano-Engineered Cu Surfacs presented by Hyunsik Kim
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Solar Thermophotovoltaic Devices with Nanophotonic Absorbers and Emitters presented by Youngsuk Nam
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2014/03: [Grant] MEL receives BK21+ funding from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF).
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Nano-engineered high efficiency energy conversion systems 2014~max.2019

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2014/03: Congratulations to Seunggeol and wonchul for a publication in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.
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Heat transfer and capillary performance of dual-height superhydrophilic micropost wicks. Link

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2014/02: Congratulations for a publication in Nature Nanotechnology.
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A nanophotonic solar thermophotovoltaic device. Link (highlighted in MIT news and DOE Office of Science)

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2014/01: Congratulations to Prof.Nam and coauthors for a publication in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.
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Solar Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion Systems with Two-Dimensional Tantalum Photonic Crystal Absorbers and Emitters. Link
