Professor

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In Cheol Bang (방인철)

Professor

Department of  Nuclear Engineering

– Innovative Thermal-hydraulic Design of Nuclear and Energy Systems

– Boiling Heat Transfer

– Nanofluids Science and Technology

– NPP Diagnostic Technology based on AI

Tel: 2915 / Office: Bldg 112 Rm 501-9 / Lab. : Bldg 112 Rm 507

Curriculum Vitae

  • 2024.09 ~ 2026.08: UNIST 교무처장
  • Dean of Academic Affairs, UNIST
  • 2025.03 ~           : 국가과학기술자문회의 정책조정전문위원회 위원
  • Member of the Policy Coordination Expert Committee, Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology
  • 2025.03 ~           : 국가과학기술자문회의 에너지,원자력,자원전문위원회 위원
  • Member of the Energy, Nuclear and Resources Expert Committee, Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology
  • 2022.12 ~           : 혁신형 소형모듈원자로(iSMR) 기술개발 사업단 이사
  • Board member of Innovative Small Modular Reactor Development Agency
  • 2022.12 ~ 2026.09: 새울원자력안전협의회 위원
  • Expert Member of Saeul Nuclear Safety Council
  • 2022.01 ~ 2024.02: 한국연구재단 국책연구본부 원자력분야 기획 전문위원
  • Program Director for Nuclear Energy, National Research Foundation of Korea
  • 2021.06 ~ 2025.07: 원자력안전위원회 전문위원회 위원
  • Expert Member of Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (Reactor Safety Division)
  • 2020.09 ~ 2024.08: UNIST 원자력공학과 학과장
  • Head of Department of Nuclear Engineering, UNIST, Rep. of Korea
  • 2020.09 ~ 2021.08: 한국원자력학회 홍보이사
  • Public Relations Director of Korean Nuclear Society
  • 2018 ~ 2020: 해오름동맹 원자력혁신센터 센터장
  • Director of Haeorum Alliance Nuclear Innovation Center
  • 2018.02 ~           : UNIST 교수
  • Professor, UNIST, Rep. of Korea
  • 2016 ~ 2019: UNIST 기획처장
  • Dean of Budget and Planning, UNIST, Rep. of Korea
  • 2015 ~ 2020: BK21 plus 미래원자력 시스템 소통형 창의인재양성팀 팀장
  • Team leader of BK21Plus: Development of Communicative and Creative Human Resource for Future Nuclear System
  • 2013.03 ~ 2017.02: UNIST 부교수
  • Associate Professor, UNIST, Rep. of Korea
  • 2009.02 ~ 2012.02: UNIST 조교수
  • Assistant Professor, UNIST, Rep. of Korea
  • 2007.03 ~ 2009.02: 도쿄공업대학 조교수
  • Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  • 2005.10 ~ 2007.02: MIT 박사 후 연구원
  • Postdoc. MIT, USA
  • 2004.09 ~ 2005.10: KAIST 박사 후 연구원
  • Postdoc. KAIST, Rep. of Korea
  • 2004.02: KAIST 원자력 및 양자공학과 박사
  • Ph. D. Nuclear & Quantum Engineering, KAIST, Rep. of Korea
  • 2000: KAIST 원자력 및 양자공학과 석사
  • M. S. Nuclear & Quantum Engineering, KAIST, Rep. of Korea
  • 1998: KAIST 원자력 및 양자공학과 학사
  • B. S. Nuclear & Quantum Engineering, KAIST, Rep. of Korea

Awards/Honors/Memberships

  • Named an author with one of the most cited paper in 2002~2005, Int. J of Heat and Mass Transfer, Elsevier.
  • 2009- :Marquis Who’s Who in the World
  • 1998-:Member of Korean Nuclear Society
  • 2006-:American Nuclear Society
  • 2008 : Atomic Energy Society of Japan
  • User of High Temperature Materials Lab in Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) (USA, 2006)
  • User of Center for Nanoscale System (CNS) in Harvard University (USA, 2006)
  • Academic Excellence Prize at 2019 Korean Nuclear Society Autumn Meeting

Research Interests

  1.  Design of ultimate safe small modular reactor systems with heat pipe technology
  2.  Design of advanced nuclear safety systems and engineered features
  3.  Development for Critical Heat Flux enhancement techniques
  4.  Development of real-time nuclear system diagnostic technology based on artificial intelligence

Research Publications (selected)

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  1.  S.Chun, I.C. Bang, Y. Choo, C. Song, “Heat transfer characteristics of Si and SiC nanofluids during a rapid quenching and nanoparticles deposition effects”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 54, Issues 5-6, 2011, Pages 1217-1223
  2.  S.W. Lee, S.D. Park, S. Kang, I.C. Bang, J.H. Kim, “Investigation of viscosity and thermal conductivity of SiC nanofluids for heat transfer applications”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 54, Issues 1-3, 15, 2011, Pages 433-438
  3.  S.D. Park, S.W. Lee, S. Kang, I.C. Bang, J.H. Kim, H.S. Shin, D.W. Lee, and D.W. Lee, “Effects of nanofluids containing graphene/graphene-oxide nanosheets on critical heat flux”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 023103, 2010
  4.  I.C. Bang and J.H. Kim, “Thermal-fluid characterizations of ZnO and SiC nanofluids for advanced nuclear power plants”, Nuclear Technology, Vol. 170. Apr. 2010, Pages 16-27.
  5.  I.C. Bang, G. Heo, Y.H. Jeong and S. Heo, “An Axiomatic Design Approach of Nanofluid-Engineered Nuclear Safety Features for Generation III+ Reactor”, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Volume 41, Number 9, 2009, Pages 1157-1170
  6.  I.C. Bang, G. Heo, “An axiomatic design approach in development of nanofluid coolants”, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 29, Pages 75-90, 2009
  7.  I.C. Bang, J. Buongiorno, L.W. Hu, H. Wang, “Measurement of Key Pool Boiling Parameters in Nanofluids for Nuclear Applications”, JSME Journal of Power and Energy Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2008

Patents (selected)

  1.  “Rotating mixing vane attached to nuclear fuel rod spacer grid”, Korean patent no. 10-0456500
  2.  “Plasma core cooling device and fusion reactor”, Korean patent no. 10-0871286