Academic Profile

Selected Publications

• Hong, B., Venkataraman, V., Mihaescu, M., & Cronhjort, A. (2024). Crank angle-resolved mass flow characterization of engine exhaust pulsations using a Pitot tube and thin-wire thermocouples. Applied Thermal Engineering, 236, 121725. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121725
• Hong, B., Lius, A., Mahendar, S. K., Mihaescu, M., & Cronhjort, A. (2023). Energy and exergy characteristics of an ethanol-fueled heavy-duty SI engine at high-load operation using lean-burn combustion. Applied Thermal Engineering, 224, 120063. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120063
• Hong, B., Venkataraman, V., & Cronhjort, A. (2021). Numerical analysis of engine exhaust flow parameters for resolving pre-turbine pulsating flow enthalpy and exergy. Energies, 14(19), 6183. DOI: 10.3390/en14196183
• Hong, B., Mahendar, S. K., Hyvönen, J., Cronhjort, A., & Erlandsson, A. C. (2020). Quantification of losses and irreversibilities in a marine engine for gas and diesel fuelled operation using an exergy analysis approach. ICEF 2020. DOI: 10.1115/ICEF2020-2956

Conference Presentations

• 2020 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference (ICEF), online.
• 2018 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Changshu, China.
• 2017 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Yokohama, Japan.
• 2017 Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA.
• 2016 Transportation Research Board (TRB) 95th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA.

Academic Visits & Seminars

• 2022 Digital Innovation Hubs and Collaborative Platform for Cyber-Physical Systems (HUBCAP), Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
• 2022 Swedish Electromobility Centre Summer School, Lund University, Sweden.
• 2018 Integrated Transport Research Lab Summer School and Seminars, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
• 2016 Volvo Construction Climate Challenge Innovation Conference, Eskilstuna, Sweden.

Teaching

Teacher and teaching assistant at KTH (2018–2023):

• MF2047 Internal Combustion Engines I: Fundamentals
• MF2066 Internal Combustion Engines: Advanced Course
• MF2083 Internal Combustion Engines II: Combustion Process, Gas Dynamics, and Engine Simulation
• MF133X Degree Project in Mechatronics
• MF224X Degree Project in Mechatronics, Second Cycle

Doctoral Coursework

Selected Ph.D. courses at KTH (60 ECTS), 2018–2023:

• Engineering Thermodynamics
• Gas Dynamics and Turbomachinery
• Data-driven Methods in Engineering
• Applied Estimation
• Convex Optimization with Engineering Applications
• Writing Scientific Articles
• Research Questions and Literature Survey

Selected Licentiate courses at KTH (45 ECTS), 2016–2018:

• Applied Vehicle Dynamics Control
• Model Predictive Control
• Optimal Control Theory
• Reinforcement Learning
• Theory of Science and Research Method, Technological and Natural Sciences
• Topics in Transport Science