Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation

Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation publishes papers of high quality through critical reviews and is intended to become a quality international journal in the field of mechanical engineering and automation. The journal features a mix of experimental, numerical, and theoretical articles dealing with all aspects of the field.


Jeongmin Ahn

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation

Assistant Professor, Syracuse University, USA

Research Areas

Energy Conversion, Combustion, Thermal Management, Power Mems

Education

2001M.S.E.Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1999B.S.Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Experience

2010-presentAssistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2010-presentAdjunct Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2006-2010Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2006Research Associate, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
2001-2005Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
1999-2001Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Academic Achievement

Nominated for the CEA Reid Miller Excellence Award, 2009
Recipient of WSU MME Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008-2009
Awarded in WSU Faculty Excellence Recognition Program, 2008
Selected one of 8 finalists in The 2007 ASME Innovation Showcase (I-Show) Competition, 2007

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  David C. Walther, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Advances and Challenges in the Development of Power Generation Systems at Small Scales", Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 37, Issue 5, pp. 583-610 (2011).
[2]  Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, and Jeongmin Ahn, "High Performance Direct Flame Fuel Cell Using a Propane Flame", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 33, Issue 2, pp. 3431-3437 (2011).
[3]  Kang Wang, Jeongmin Ahn, and Zongping Shao, "A No Chamber Fuel Cell Using Ethanol as Flame", Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells V, Vol. 30, Issue 4, pp. 53-62 (2010).
[4]  Oscar Marin-Flores, Timothy Turba, Caleb Ellefson, Kang Wang, Joe Breit, Jeongmin Ahn, M. Grant Norton, and Su Ha, "Nanoparticle Molybdenum Dioxide: A High Activity Catalyst for Partial Oxidation of Aviation Fuels", Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 98, Issues 3-4, pp. 186-192 (2010).
[5]  Jeong-Hyun Cho, ChienShung Lin, Cecilia D. Richrds, Robert F. Richards, Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Demonstration of an External Combustion Micro-Heat Engine", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 32, Issue 2, pp. 3099-3105 (2009).
[6]  Jeongmin Ahn, Paul D. Ronney, Zongping Shao, and Sossina M. Haile, "A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell", Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 041004 (2009).
[7]  Kang Wang, Jeongmin Ahn, and Zongping Shao, "A High-Performance Flame Fuel Cell Using Ethanol as Fuels", ASME Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3, IMECE2008-67504, pp. 361-367 (2008).
[8]  Chunming Zhang, Yao Zheng, Ran Ran, Zongping Shao, Wanqin Jin, Nanping Xu, Jeongmin Ahn, "Initialization of a Methane-Fueled Single-Chamber Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell with NiO+SDC Anode and BSCF+SDC Cathode", Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 179, Issue 2, pp. 640-648 (2008).
[9]  Hongxia Gu, Ran Ran, Wei Zhou, Zongping Shao, Wanqin Ji, Nanping Xu, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Operated on In-Situ Catalytic Decomposition Products of Liquid Hydrazine", Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 177, Issue 2, pp. 323-329 (2008).
[10]  Zongping Shao, Sossina M. Haile, Jeongmin Ahn, Paul D. Ronney, Zhongliang Zhan and Scott A. Barnett, "A Thermally Self-Sustained Micro Solid-Oxide Fuel-Cell Stack with High Power Density", Nature, Vol. 435, pp. 795-798 (2005).
[11]  Jeongmin Ahn, Craig D. Eastwood, Lars Sitzki and Paul D. Ronney, "Gas-Phase and Catalytic Combustion in Heat-Recirculating Burners", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30, Issue 2, pp. 2463-2472 (2005).
[12]  Kaoru Maruta, Koichi Takeda, Jeongmin Ahn, Kevin Borer, Lars Sitzki, Paul D. Ronney, and Olaf Deutschmann, "Extinction Limits of Catalytic Combustion in Microchannels", Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, Issue 1, pp. 957-963 (2002).
[13]  Pingying Zeng, Kang Wang, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Non-propulsive Miniature Power Device Based On SOFC And Combustion-driven Thermal Transpiration Pump", The 9th international Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Washington DC, August 2011.
[14]  Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Evaluation of methane-based flame fuel cell using anode supported solid oxide fuel cells", The 9th international Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Washington DC, August 2011.
[15]  Pingying Zeng, Kang Wang, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Non-propulsive Miniature Power Device Based On SOFC And Combustion-driven Thermal Transpiration Pump", The 9th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit (IECEC), San Diego, CA, July 2011
[16]  Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Evaluation of methane-based flame fuel cell using anode supported solid oxide fuel cells", The 9th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit (IECEC), San Diego, CA, July 2011.
[17]  Pingying Zeng, Kang Wang, Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Combustion-driven Thermal Transpiration based Miniature SOFC Power Device", The 7th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2011.
[18]  Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Evaluation of methane-based flame fuel cell using anode supported solid oxide fuel cells", The 7th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2011.
[19]  Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Evaluation of Methane-Based Flame Fuel Cell Using Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells", 1000 Island Energy Research Forum (TIERF), Alexandria Bay, NY, November 2010.
[20]  Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, and Jeongmin Ahn, "High Performance Direct Flame Fuel Cell", The 7th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings (IAQVEC) 2010, Syracuse, NY, August 2010.
[21]  Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, and Jeongmin Ahn, "High Performance Direct Flame Fuel Cell", Joint 65th Northwest/22nd Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (NORM/RMRM 2010), Pullman, WA, June, 2010.
[22]  Kang Wang, Pingying Zeng, and Jeongmin Ahn, "High Performance Direct Flame Fuel Cell Using Air/Propane Flames", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Boulder, CO, March 2010.
[23]  Abhimanyu Bhat, Cory Bloomquist, Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Thermal Transpiration Based Pumping and Power Generation Using Solid Oxide Fuel Cells", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Irvine, CA, October 2009.
[24]  Kang Wang, and Jeongmin Ahn, "A High-Performance Flame Fuel Cell", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Irvine, CA, October 2009.
[25]  Oscar Marin-Flores, Timothy Turba, Kang Wang, Joe Breit, Jeongmin Ahn, M. Grant Norton, and Su Ha, "A Novel Catalytic Material for the Reforming of Jet Fuel Via Partial Oxidation", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Irvine, CA, October 2009.
[26]  Abhimanyu Bhat, Cory Bloomquist, Jeongmin Ahn, Yongha Kim, and Dave Kim, "Thermal Transpiration Based Micro-Scale Pumping and Power Generation Devices", The 7th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit (IECEC), Denver, CO, August 2009.
[27]  Kang Wang, and Jeongmin Ahn, "A High-Performance No-Chamber Fuel Cell", The 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2009.
[28]  Kang Wang, Jeongmin Ahn, and Zongping Shao, "A High-Performance No-Chamber Fuel Cell Operated on Ethanol Flame", The 33rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, January 2009.
[29]  Jeong-Hyun Cho, ChienShung Lin, Cecilia D. Richrds, Robert F. Richards, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Demonstration of an External Combustion Micro-Heat Engine", The 8th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2008) and The 2nd MEMS (Micro Environmental Machine Systems) Symposium, Sendai, Japan, November 2008.
[30]  Kang Wang, Jeongmin Ahn, and Zongping Shao, "A High-Performance No-Chamber Fuel Cell Operated on Ethanol Flame", ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Boston, MA, November 2008.
[31]  Najmeddin Shafrei Tehrany, Chien Shung Lin, Cory Bloomquist, Konstantin Matveev, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Development of Combustion-Driven Small Thermoacoustic Engine", ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Boston, MA, November 2008.
[32]  Kang Wang, Jeongmin Ahn, and Zongping Shao, "A High-Performance No-Chamber Fuel Cell Operated on Ethanol Flame", The 6th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Denver, CO, June 2008.
[33]  Najmeddin Shafrei Tehrany, Chien Shung Lin, Jeongmin Ahn, and Konstantin Matveev, "Development of Combustion-Driven Small Thermoacoustic Engine", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Los Angeles, CA, March 2008.
[34]  Lindsay Sanford, Shuo-Yu Huang, Chien Shung Lin, Jungmin Lee, Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Plastic Mesoscale Combustors/Heat Exchangers", ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Seattle, WA, November 2007.
[35]  Patrick Hyland, Jungmin Lee, Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Effect of Ammonia Treatment on Pt Catalyst Used for Low-Temperature Reaction", ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Seattle, WA, November 2007.
[36]  Jeongmin Ahn, Paul D. Ronney, Zongping Shao, and Sossina Haile, "A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell", ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Seattle, WA, November 2007.
[37]  Jeonghyun Cho, Jungmin Lee, Chien Shung Lin, Lindsay Sanford, James Huang, Cecilla D. Richards, Robert F. Richards, and Jeongmin Ahn, "Demonstration of An External Combustion Micro-Heat Engine", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Livermore, CA, October 2007.
[38]  Jeongmin Ahn, Paul D. Ronney, Zongping Shao, and Sossina M. Haile, "A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell", The 5th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit (IECEC), St. Louis, MO, June 2007.
[39]  Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Plastic Mesoscale Heat Exchangers", The 5th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit (IECEC), St. Louis, MO, June 2007.
[40]  Jeongmin Ahn, Paul D. Ronney, Zongping Shao, and Sossina M. Haile, "A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell", The 5th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Brooklyn, NY, June 2007.
[41]  Jeongmin Ahn, Kevin Borer, Lars Sitzki and Paul D. Ronney, "Combustion and Power Generation in Microscale Heat-Recirculating Burners", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), San Diego, CA, March 2002.Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Effect of Wall Thermal Conductivity and Thickness on the Performance of Heat-Recirculating Reactors", The 5th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2007.
[42]  Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Effect of Ammonia Treatment on Pt Catalyst Used for Low-Temperature Reaction", The 5th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2007.
[43]  Younho Kim, Hwanil Huh, Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Effect of Scale and Fuel Type on Heat-Recirculation Combustor Performance", The 5th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2007.
[44]  Jeongmin Ahn, Paul D. Ronney, Zongping Shao, and Sossina M. Haile, "A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell", The 6th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2006), Berkeley, CA, November 2006.
[45]  Hwayoung Oh, Hwanil Huh, Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Effect of Scale on the Performance of Heat-Recirculating Reactors", The 4th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit, San Diego, CA, June 2006.
[46]  Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Effect of Wall Thermal Conductivity and Thickness on the Performance of Heat-Recirculating Reactors", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Stanford, CA, October 2005.
[47]  Jeongmin Ahn, Paul D. Ronney, Zongping Shao, and Sossina M. Haile, "A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell", The 4th Joint meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
[48]  Jeongmin Ahn, and Paul D. Ronney, "Plastic Mesocombustors", The 4th Joint meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005.
[49]  Jeongmin Ahn, Craig Eastwood, Paul D. Ronney, Zongping Shao, and Sossina M. Haile, "A Thermally Self-Sustaining Miniature Solid Oxide Fuel Cell", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Davis, CA, April 2004.
[50]  Sossina M. Haile, Chan Kwak, Jeongmin Ahn, Craig D. Eastwood, and Paul D. Ronney, "Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Portable Applications", Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2003.
[51]  Jeongmin Ahn, Craig D. Eastwood, and Paul D. Ronney, "Extinction Limits of Heat-Recirculating Burners", The Western States Section of the Combustion Institute (WSSCI), Los Angeles, CA, October 2003.
[52]  Jeongmin Ahn, Craig D. Eastwood, Kevin Borer, Lars Sitzki and Paul D. Ronney, "Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Combustion in Heat-Recirculating Burners", The 3rd Joint meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Chicago, IL, March 2003.
[53]  Kaoru Maruta, Koichi Takeda, Jeongmin Ahn, Kevin Borer, Lars Sitzki and Paul D. Ronney, Olaf Deutschmann, "Extinction Limits of Catalytic Combustion in Microchannels", Mini-Symposium MS10-Numerical Modeling of Microscale Combustion, Italy, May 2002.