About US
The Eco-Energy Research Center, where interdisciplinary collaboration center for energy and environment science research, has been working on treatment and recovery of valuable resources and energy from the waste, biomass and wastewater. Confronting the era of depletion in energy sources and accelerated global warming that threaten the quality of human life, the sustainable environment management that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emission are getting weightier in environmental engineering fields. In this context, the Center has focused on the improvement of current situation within a technical view in Korea and further developing countries in Asia with well-proven experts in different environment and energy fields.
Research Areas
- Management of waste resource cycle
- Development for energy recovery from waste
- Technology development for waste biomass utilization
- Estimation of greenhouse gas emission in the environmental sector
- Physical, chemical and biological characteristic analysis of waste
- Publication of technical reports about eco energy
- Participation in global scholar seminars and symposiums
- 3D modeling and mapping of environmental noise
- Health impact monitoring and assessment of road-traffic pollution
Recent Activities
- A study on the composition analysis of MSW and direction to connection with CDM
- A pilot project study on garbage disposal
- A study on guidelines for ash recycling from MSW incineration plant
- Demonstration project for the application of disposal system
- International R&D collaborative research for the feasibility test of waste-to-energy technology in tropical developing countries (Thailand)
- Pilot-scale project of mechanical biological treatment (MBT) system applying bio-drying technology for the treatment of sorted organic destined to be landfilled in Korea
- Spatial statistical relations between road-traffic noise and urban forms in metropolitan areas
- A study on the effect of railway noise on the autonomic nervous and cardiovascular system through auditory experiments
- Environment and health impact assessment of military aircraft noise for lawsuit in court
Faculty
- Prof. Dong-Hoon Lee / Waste Management and Waste to Energy
- Prof. Hyo KIM / Thermofluid, Chemical safety engineering
- Prof. Joo-Sik KIM / Resource recovery of plastic wastes through pyrolysis and gasification
- Prof. Jinhee CHOI / Toxicology, Risk Assessment
- Prof. Seo-Il CHANG / Environmental Noise and Vibration Control
- Prof. Hyunwook KIM / Water quality retrofit