• Achieving Carbon Neutrality: Technology Innovations and Research Needs in the Division of Groundwater and Soil

  • Jongbok Choi1·Younggyu Son1·Young-Soo Han2·Man Jae Kwon3·Seunghak Lee4·Kitae Baek5·Yongseok Hong6*

  • 1Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi 39177, Korea
    2Department of Environmental Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
    3Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
    4Water Cycle Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, Korea
    5School of Civil, Environmental, Resources and Energy Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
    6Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Korea University Sejong Campus, Sejong 30019, Korea

  • 탄소중립 달성을 위한 지하수토양분야 혁신기술 및 선도연구 소개

  • 최종복1·손영규1·한영수2·권만재3·이승학4·백기태5·홍용석6*

  • 1금오공과대학교 환경공학과
    2충남대학교 환경공학과
    3고려대학교 지구환경과학과
    4한국과학기술연구원 물자원순환연구단
    5전북대학교 토목환경자원에너지공학부
    6고려대학교 환경시스템공학과

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This Article

  • 2023; 28(S1): 40-54

    Published on Jan 31, 2023

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2023.28.S.040
  • Received on Nov 17, 2022
  • Revised on Dec 13, 2022
  • Accepted on Dec 29, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Yongseok Hong

  • Department of Environmental Systems Engineering, Korea University Sejong Campus, Sejong 30019, Korea

  • E-mail: yongseokhong@korea.ac.kr