Department of Mechanical Engineering

Song-Charng Kong

Assistant Professor

3028 Black Engineering Building
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
Tel: 515-294-3244
Fax: 515-294-3261

Links
E-mail: kong@iastate.edu
Personal Website

Education

  • 1994 PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 1992 MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 1987 BS, Power Mechanical Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan

Experience

  • 2005 - now, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University
  • 1998 - 2005, Associate Scientist, Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • 1994 - 1998, Associate Professor, Chung-Hua University, Taiwan

Research Area

  • Experimental engine combustion and emissions studies
  • Biorenewable energy utilization in internal combustion engines
  • Numerical combustion study and model development using detailed chemical kinetics with computational fluid dynamics
  • Optimization of engine performance via experiments and numerical models

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

  • Myers-Uyehara Meritorious Paper Award by UW-Madison, 1993
  • Combustion Institute
  • Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • Institute of Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ILASS)

Selected Publications

  • Li, Y.H. and Kong, S.-C. "Diesel Combustion Modelling Using LES Turbulence Model with Detailed Chemistry," Accepted for Combustion Theory and Modeling (2007)
  • Kong, S.C. “A Study of Natural Gas/DME Combustion in HCCI Engines Using CFD with Detailed Chemical Kinetics,” Fuel, Vol. 86, pp.1483-1489 (2007)
  • Kong, S.C. “Drop/Wall Interaction Criteria and Their Applications in Diesel Spray Modeling,” Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp.473-499 (2007)
  • Kong, S.C., Sun, Y. and Reitz, R.D. “Modeling Diesel Spray Flame Lift-Off, Sooting Tendency and NOx Emissions Using Detailed Chemistry with Phenomenological Soot Models,” ASME J. Engng Gas Turbines Power, Vol. 129, pp.245-251 (2007)
  • Kong, S.-C. “Study Diesel Spray Flame Structure and Emission Reduction Techniques Using Detailed Chemical Kinetics with CFD Models,” Chap.5, pp.187–208, New Developments in Combustion Research, Nova Publishers (2006)