Professor Cho Hong-hyun of Chosun University Awarded Excellent Research Professor by the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Chosun University announced on the 25th that Professor Cho Honghyun of the Department of Mechanical Engineering received the Excellent Research Professor Award from the Korea Society of Facility Engineering.

According to Chosun University, Professor Cho was recognized for his outstanding research achievements and received the award at the regular general meeting of the Korea Society of Facility Engineering held on the 18th at the Korea Science and Technology Center in Seoul.

The Excellent Research Professor Award is one of the most prestigious awards given by the society to professors who have greatly contributed to academic and technological development through excellent research and achievements in the field of facility engineering and have contributed to the advancement of the society.

Professor Cho was recognized for his significant contributions to the academic development of the mechanical facility field by publishing over 100 original academic papers in various journals.

Professor Cho received his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Korea University, worked at Samsung Electronics Home Appliance Research Center and the U.S. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), and has been serving at Chosun University since 2008.

He has been consistently recognized for his research excellence both domestically and internationally, receiving the New Faculty Award from the Korea Society of Facility Engineering in 2014, the Best Paper Award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers in 2015, the Academic Award from the Korea Society of Facility Engineering in 2016, and the Best Paper Award from IJACR (International Journal of the Korea Society of Facility Engineering) in 2017.

Additionally, Kim Ui (master’s course, Department of Mechanical Engineering) and Shin Myungjae (undergraduate course, Department of Mechanical Engineering), researchers at the Renewable Energy Laboratory operated by Professor Cho, received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 2022 Winter Academic Conference of the Korea Society of Facility Engineering, recognizing the research achievements of the laboratory members.

The Korea Society of Facility Engineering, established in 1971, is one of South Korea’s leading academic societies specializing in research related to residential comfort in buildings, energy product production, and environmental studies. It is known as the most active industry-academia-research cooperation society jointly operated by mechanical and architectural engineering.

Recently, it has gained attention for its diverse research fields closely related to greenhouse gas emission reduction, energy saving, renewable energy development, and smart grids. Currently, more than 9,500 individual members and over 600 corporate and organizational members are active.

Furthermore, it is a distinguished society contributing to the promotion of academic research and technological development in the facility field in Korea, having received an A grade in the domestic academic journal evaluation by the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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