@omaking81

Composite researcher for fire safety and prevention

 New Zealand
unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/nam-kim
Joined July 2011
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A pleasure to host Ms Signe Ratso from the European Commission yesterday. We celebrated concluding negotiations for NZ to Associate to Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme. Approval of the negotiated treaty is high on my agenda for the new year. – at Queenstown-Lakes District, New Zealand
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Hanwha Aerospace to develop hydrogen fuel cells for urban air mobility compositesworld.com/news/han… via @CompositesWrld

Hanwha Aerospace to develop hydrogen fuel cells for urban air mobility

The company aims to secure core technologies by improving performance and reducing system weight by 2025 with aid from a consortium comprising domestic companies and research institutes.

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Creating cotton that is fireproof and comfortable phys.org/news/2021-09-cotton… via @physorg_com

Creating cotton that is fireproof and comfortable

State-of-the-art flame retardant cotton textiles suffer from release of formaldehyde and are uncomfortable to wear. Empa scientists managed to circumvent this problem by creating a physically and...

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Fire safety in multi-storey apartments buildmagazine.org.nz/article…
COP26 climate change conference: James Shaw pushed for 54 per cent Glasgow emissions goal, net zero agricultural emissions by 2050, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/c…

Climate change conference: Shaw wanted 54 per cent cut, and net zero for farmers

James Shaw wanted a 54 per cent emissions target, and a net zero target for agriculture.

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Nam Kyeun Kim retweeted
Kaumera@KaumeraG1 Nov 2021
Congratulations! A wonderful step in the development of this application with Kaumera.
Biocatalysis@TUDelft@BiocatTUD1 Nov 2021
Replying to @BiocatTUD
a material that looks like leather as their entry for the BISC-E competition. Gijs Arnold is doing a Masters project with @DrMcMillan2 with a collaboration with @MarkvLoosdrecht #artificialleather #recycling #kaumera #waterskins @tudelft tudelft.nl/en/2021/tnw/makin…

Making artificial leather while processing wastewater

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COP26 climate change conference 2021 day 1: It's like the fall of the Roman Empire' - Boris Johnson, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/cop26-clim…

Climate change 'like the fall of the Roman Empire' - Boris Johnson

"Make or break for the planet": The Glasgow conference on the climate crisis has begun.

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Climate change conference: Emissions to be cut by 50 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/c…

Dramatic shift: NZ now aims to halve emissions in nine years

The Government will slash net emissions to 50 per cent of their gross 2005 level.

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I am pleased to announce that all articles of the Special Issue "Recent Advances in Flame-Retardant Polymers and Composites", which I was served as a guest editor, have now been published at mdpi.com/journal/molecules/s… . Thanks for all the authors and reviewers!

Recent Advances in Flame-Retardant Polymers and Composites | Molecules | MDPI

The flame retardant performance of materials has become an increasingly crucial factor for society across a broad range of applications in aircraft, automobil...

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NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch composite solar sail compositesworld.com/news/nas… via @CompositesWrld

NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch composite solar sail

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is expected to launch from Rocket Lab’s Electron carbon fiber composite launch vehicle in mid-2022.

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Insight on how biopolymers recovered from aerobic granular wastewater sludge can reduce the flammability of synthetic polymers - our second journal paper. Great work with a UoA team and Prof. Yuemei Lin and Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht at TUDelft! authors.elsevier.com/a/1do2G…
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Milan fire: Firefighters tackle blaze as flames engulf high-rise block of flats | World News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/milan-fir…

Milan fire: Firefighters tackle blaze as flames engulf high-rise block of flats

A huge plume of black smoke rose from the reinforced concrete building, named the Torre dei Moro, and was visible for miles.

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Natural fiber composites: Market share, one part at a time compositesworld.com/articles… via @CompositesWrld

Natural fiber composites: Market share, one part at a time

Suppliers and adventurous composites fabricators put the “feel good” aspect in the rearview mirror, winning customers by competing on price and performance.

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Mar-Bal fire-resistant composite wastebasket promotes fire safety compositesworld.com/news/mar… via @CompositesWrld

Mar-Bal fire-resistant composite wastebasket promotes fire safety

Made from thermoset composites reinforced with glass fiber, Waste-Safe is able to contain a fire without burning, melting or collapsing.

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The markets: Construction (2021) compositesworld.com/articles… via @CompositesWrld
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The obvious path vs. the right path: Experts discuss the PhD career conundrum crosstalk.cell.com/blog/the-…
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News from Science
@NewsfromScience9 Dec 2020
Human-sparked fires had always seemed more extreme than those caused by nature. Now, fire ecologists have undertaken an ambitious analysis of high-resolution satellite data from hundreds of California wildfires to see if that's the case. fcld.ly/sto3diu
Multifunctional epoxy formulations show potential for future composite manufacturing compositesworld.com/articles… via @CompositesWrld

Multifunctional epoxy formulations show potential for future composite manufacturing

Study results from Swinburne University show highly increased cure time as well as reduced cure temperatures. Further research hopes to enable faster, higher-volume composites 3D printing and other...

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🇰🇷 With 9,000 #hydrogen #FuelCell cars, South Korea is one of the most advanced countries in hydrogen mobility in the world. And the story continues, with #AirLiquide... 👇 @Hyundai_Global #BecauseOfYou #HydrogenNow
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Composites for Modern Architecture #building #facade #composite compositesworld.com/articles…

Composites in architecture: A hidden opportunity

Other opportunities for traditional composite materials may lie in seeking out creative applications.

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