Professor
Hyunchul Ju (주현철)
■ Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Inha University
100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, 22212, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Tel. +82-32-860-7312
Fax. +82-32-868-1716
E-mail. hcju@inha.ac.kr
■ Education
Ph.D.,Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park,2006
M.S.,Mechanical Engineering, The University of Nevada, Reno, 2001
B,S.,Mechanical Engineering, Inha University,1999
■ Professional Positions
2018-Present Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Republic of Korea
2017-2019 Associate Dean of College of Engineering, Inha University, Republic of Korea
2013-2018 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Republic of Korea
2015-2016 Visiting scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA, U.S.
2008-2013 Assistance Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, Republic of Korea
2007-2008 Assistance Professor, Chungju National university, Republic of Korea
2006-2007 Post-Doctoral Scholar of mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, U.S.
■ Affiliations
2025-Present Associate Editor. ASME Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (JEECS)
2021-Present Editorial Board member, Scientific Reports
2014-Present Editor-in-Chief and Vice President of The Korean Hydrogen and New Energy Society (KHNES)
2010-Present General Affairs Director, Korean Society for Fluid Machinery (KSFM)
2018-2023 Industry-Academic Cooperation Director, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME)
2018-2023 Editorial Board member, The Korean Society for New and Renewable Energy (KSNRE)
■ Research interests
Future energy conversion/storage systems
- Fuel cells (modeling and detailed diagnostics)
- Regenerative fuel cells (RFCs)
- Hydrogen storage systems
- Portable and electric vehicle batteries (modeling and simulations)
- Alkaline water electrolyzer
- Redox flow batteri
- Optimization study
■ Teaching interests
Thermodynamics, CFD, Multiphase flow, Electrochemical systems
