Sengkwan Choi is reader at the School of the Built Environment in Ulster University.  He obtained BSc of Civil Eng. from Inha University in Korea and MSc of Structural Eng. from UMIST. After a short period in practice, he completed his doctorate in a field of structural fire safety in 2005 at the University of Sheffield.Prior to take up an appointment of a lecturer at Ulster University, he worked for three years as a senior researcher of structure fire engineering at Korean Institute of Construction Technology.  He has maintained a close working relationship with industries such as steel construction, fire protection and structural consultancy.  His research work initially involved various aspects of fire safety engineering, from experiments to numerical analyses, conceptual applications and the development of new design concept. Since 2017, his research has been further driven by industries such as automotive industry and battery manufacturer to investigate the fire safety of Li-ion battery in application of electric vehicles and energy storage systems. He has published over 60 research papers and secured awards of over 2.0m GBP in research grant funding.

Development of Emergency Response Training Facilities

Choi, S.

Korean National Fire Agency: £330,000.00

1/10/19 → 30/06/24

Development of Optimum Firefighting Strategy for Battery Electric Cars

Choi, S.

Korean National Fire Agency: £133,053.00

1/05/20 → 31/01/25

Fire Safety Evaluation technology and infrastructure development project for high energy lithium rechargable batteries.

Choi, S.

Korea Testing Certification: £52,678.00

1/12/20 → 30/09/24