Professor Shawn Kook | UNSW Research

My Expertise

Internal Combustion Engines, Petrol (Gasoline) Engines, Diesel Engines (Propulsion as well as Power Generation), Gasoline Compression Igntion (GCI) Engines, Dual-Fuel Engines, and Fuel Injection Systems;

Optical Engines, High-speed Imaging, Laser-based Imaging Diagnostics, and Performance and Emissions Testing;

In-cylinder Flow Fields and Turbulence, In-cylinder Combustion Process, Pollutants Formation: Soot, Particle Morphology, NOx, HC, CO, CO2;

Alternative Fuels: Hydrogen, Ethanol, Biodiesel, Natural Gas, Kerosene, Gas-To-Liquid; and,

Teaching Internal Combustion Engines, ICE-Electric Hybrid (plugin or non-plugin), and Battery and Fuel Cell Electric-Drive Technologies.

Fields of Research (FoR)

Mechanical engineering, Automotive combustion and fuel engineering, Turbulent flows, Chemical and thermal processes in energy and combustion

SEO tags

Energy Conservation and Efficiency in Transport

Renewable Energy

Hydrogen-based Energy Systems (incl. Internal Hydrogen Combustion Engines)

Biography

Professor Kook directs the UNSW Engine Research Laboratory where new powertrain technologies for carbon neutral fuel combustion are experimentally investigated for various applications. These include new diesel compression-ignition (CI) and petrol spark-ignition (SI) engines developed for high efficiency and low air-polluting emissions and co-operation with other means of power generation such as gasoline-electric hybrids. His carbon neutral fuel research includes hydrogen, ethanol, methanol, jet fuel, biodiesel and any fuels produced from renewable sources. Please find more about his research from the Engine Research Laboratory website. For accelerated commercialisation of new technologies, he has founded DeCarice Pty Ltd, a UNSW spinout company where he is a co-founder and chief technology officer.