Professor, Inha Technical College (2012.03. – Present, 2026)
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Department name was changed in 2022.03.)
Chair, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Technology (2015.05.- 2017.04.)
- Curriculum development based on Korean National Competency Standards (NCS), 2016
Teaching & Lab Practice courses:
- Organic Chemistry (2021.03.~Present), Organic Chemistry Lab (2020.09.~Present)
- Concepts in Biology (2013.03.~2020.12.), Laboratory Practice for Basic Biotechnology (2013.03.~2020.12.)
- Science & Technology (liberal arts, 2020.03.~Present)
- Fine Chemical Industries, Practice of Chemical Industries
Director, Lifelong Education Center, Inha Technical College (2024.07. - Present, 2025.12)
Principal Research Scientist, SK Innovation Global Technology (2010.08. – 2012.02.)
Coal Gasification: Circulation Fluidized Bed Gasifier development
- Development of bench scale gasifier system
- Flash-type Coal dryer development
- Catalytic coal gasification
Postdoctoral fellow & Research Scientist, University of Utah (2004.08. – 2010.02.)
Oil Sands
- Bitumen extraction from oil sands ore
- Separation of solid-liquid using Hydrocyclone
Oil Shale
- Retort system set-up
- Kinetics of thermal decomposition
- Validation study on the process options by determining energy integration
Carbon Sequestration
- Assembled the high pressure vessel and analyzed the minerals using XRD, SEM
Petroleum Characterization
- Rheometer: yield stress, creep and modulus measurement
- Composition: SIMDIS, GCMS, CHNS, Spectroscopies (NIR, FT-IR)
Flow assurance
- Performed restart experiment and rheometer measurement
Flow Enhancement of Black wax oil
- Designed the thermal treatment assembly
- Analyzed chemical and physical properties of wax and oil product
- Dilution application to highly waxy oil
Research Assistant, University of Utah (1999.01. – 2004.07.)
Asphaltene
- Established the precipitation onset measurement using NIR spectroscopy
- Explored the analysis of asphaltene aggregation with respect to asphaltene concentration
- Examined the effect of solvent solubility parameters on the asphaltene solubility
Researcher, Samyang Corp. R&D Center , Taejon , Republic of Korea (1995.01. – 1997.08.)
Cation exchange resin
- Synthesized, characterized and performance test (water treatment)
Borates removal from sea-water
- Designed and performed the laboratory scale test (flow rates, pH, and cycle test)
Process development of ultra-pure water
- Performed the experimental test (flow-type conductivity, total organic carbon analyzer)
Research Assistant, Yonsei University , Republic of Korea (1993.01. – 1994.12.)
Sol-Gel method
- Obtained the lower temperature phase transition to rutile TiO2 (titania)
- Enhanced permeability performance of Nafion membrane by silica coating
Skills
Analysis: UV-Vis, FT-IR, Near-IR, GC, TGA, DSC, CHNS, VPO, Rheometer,
Experiment: Data acquisition, Assembly of equipment, Data analysis, PCR, Electrophoresis
Software: Matlab, MathCad, Microsoft Office, AspenPlus