Sukchun Moon

Sukchun Moon is a Research Fellow at the School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong. He holds a PhD (2015) and Master of Research from the University of Wollongong, and a BSE from Hanyang University. His career includes collaboration with industries like POSCO and NUCOR.

• Research Focus: Casting and hot-rolling technologies, solidification and peritectic phase transitions, high-temperature materials characterization, and novel experimental technique development (e.g., HT-LSCM, DTA/DSC).
• Awards:
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds Best Paper Awards (2024)
  • Best Manuscript Award, Advanced Real Time Imaging Symposium (2020, 2019)
  • Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award (2017)
  • Richard J. Fruehan Award (2016)
  • Examiners’ Commendation for Outstanding PhD Thesis (2015)
• Publications: 15 most recent works span topics like peritectic phase transitions, high-temperature characterization, ultrafine-grained materials, semisolid processing of alloys, and thermal energy storage systems, appearing in journals such as Materials and Design, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, and Materials Characterization.
• Techniques: Expertise in high-temperature laser-scanning confocal microscopy (HT-LSCM), neutron diffraction, and synchrotron X-ray analysis.