Hee Kyung Park | Environmental | Best Researcher Award

Ms. Hee Kyung Park | Environmental | Best Researcher Award

Post-master’s Researcher | Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology | South Korea

Ms. Hee Kyung Park is a Master’s Degree Researcher at the Department of Environmental Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, whose work focuses on the quantitative risk assessment and safety management of next-generation clean energy systems. Her research emphasizes decarbonized fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia, exploring their combustion behavior, explosion risks, and fire dynamics through both experimental and computational methods. She has conducted extensive studies involving cone calorimetry, toxicity testing, and fire dynamics simulation to enhance safety protocols in energy infrastructure. Her recent publications in leading KCI and SCI(E) journals address crucial topics, including consequence analysis of hydrogen leakage accidents, ammonia fuel risk evaluation in combined cycle power plants, and semi-quantitative safety management frameworks using the Bow-tie method. Additionally, she has contributed to major national research projects developing hydrogen turbine combustor testing methods and retrofitting technologies for gas turbines co-firing hydrogen. Through her interdisciplinary approach integrating thermal engineering, safety systems, and computational risk analysis, Ms. Hee Kyung Park plays a key role in advancing safer, sustainable, and high-efficiency energy technologies that align with global carbon neutrality goals. Her expertise and scholarly output, reflected in 15 citations by 14 documents across 8 publications with an h-index of 3, continue to contribute significantly to the evolution of hydrogen and ammonia-based energy systems within industrial safety and environmental research domains.

Profiles: Scopus | Orcid 

Featured Publications

Park, H. K. (2023, November). Consequence analysis on the leakage accident of hydrogen fuel in a combined cycle power plant: Based on the effect of regional environmental features. Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy.

Park, H. K. (2024, January). Experimental investigation on the measurement performance of high-speed ultrasonic wave thermometry in ambient- and high-temperature environments. Applied Thermal Engineering.

Park, H. K. (2024, April). Semi-quantitative risk assessment using Bow-tie method for the establishment of safety management system of hydrogen fuel storage facility in a combined cycle power plant. Journal of the Korean Society of Safety.

Park, H. K. (2024, April). Analysis of damage impact range according to the NG/NH3 mixing ratio when applying ammonia as fuel for a combined cycle power plant using an ALOHA program. Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas.

Park, H. K. (2024, March). Fire dynamics and evacuation simulation study on the library adapting BIPV based on the experimental data of a cone calorimeter. The Korean Institute of Fire Science & Engineering.

Haoyuan Zheng | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award

Mr. Haoyuan Zheng | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award

Beijing Forestry University | China

Mr. Haoyuan Zheng is a passionate researcher and Master’s scholar at the School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, with a strong academic focus on agronomy, climate change, and hydrological processes. His work primarily investigates the intricate relationship between climate change and water-sediment dynamics, addressing critical challenges in wetland ecosystem conservation and sustainable water resource management. He has actively contributed to national-level scientific projects and research programs, demonstrating his ability to integrate interdisciplinary approaches for impactful outcomes. His academic accomplishments include the publication of a peer-reviewed article in the journal Water, where he presented an innovative framework combining multi-source remote sensing data with advanced structural modeling to analyze the spatio-temporal dynamics of wetland ecosystems in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. His research revealed significant patterns of wetland expansion and highlighted the dominant role of human activities in shaping ecological transformations, offering valuable insights into ecosystem sustainability and conservation strategies. By integrating robust analytical methods with practical environmental applications, he has provided a transferable model for alpine wetland research that has relevance for global climate adaptation studies. Beyond academic achievements, he has demonstrated commitment to scientific advancement through active participation in research collaborations and contributions to innovative methodologies. His dedication reflects not only in scholarly publications but also in his vision to bridge scientific understanding with practical conservation measures. With expertise spanning climate change impacts, water resource dynamics, and ecosystem modeling, Mr. Haoyuan Zheng is emerging as a promising researcher whose work contributes meaningfully to sustainable environmental management and global climate resilience.

Profile: Orcid 

Featured Publications

Zheng, H., & Guan, Y. (2025). Spatio-temporal dynamics of wetland ecosystem and its driving factors in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau. Water, 17(18), 2746.