Jaehoon Hwang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Dr. Jaehoon Hwang is an Assistant Professor in the area of Environmental Engineering at Concordia University. Dr. Hwang received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. at Yonsei University in South Korea. Before coming to Concordia University, he served as a postdoctoral research fellow at Arizona State University (2014-2015) and University of Central Florida (2015-2022), as well as an adjunct professor (2021-2022) at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Hwang also worked as a senior process engineer in the industry (2022-2023).
Dr. Hwang has gained more than 15 years of research experience in industrial and academic environment, exploring water-energy nexus and resource recovery, CO2 neutralization, high bio-alcohol production, smart water management based on real time monitoring using microsensor and machine learning, and nanomaterial application for emerging contaminant removal.
Employment History
8/2023 – Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia
University, Canada
3/2022 – 6/2023, Senior Fermentation Process Engineer, MSAT, Kula bio, USA
8/2021 – 12/2021, Adjunct Professor, Environmental Engineering, University of Central Florida, USA
12/2015 – 3/2022, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environmental Engineering, University of Central Florida,
USA
12/2013 – 2/2015, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, USA
9/2013 – 11/2013, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea
7/2011 – 10/2012, Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Honors and Awards
NSF travel award for 2019 IcRS (International Conference on Resource Sustainability) Cities, 2019 ($3,000)
UCF P3 Program award for post-doctoral scholarship, University of Central Florida, 2018-2020
15th Annual P3 Award (Phase II): A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), 2020 *only 3 awards for Phase II per year
14th Annual P3 Award (Phase II): A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet, U.S. EPA, 2018 *only 3 awards for Phase II per year
15th Annual P3 Award (Phase I): A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), 2018
14th Annual P3 Award (Phase I): A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), 2017
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award in Marquis Who’s Who, 2017- 2019
Marquis Who’s Who in the world 2017-2020
2nd Place Award for the poster presentation in the US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2017
US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2017 travel award, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), 2017
Marquis Who’s Who in America 2016-2018
Sustainable Energy Awards in prosperity and the planet (P3) Design Competition, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), 2016
KSEA Florida young professional development award, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), 2016
Project for future academic generation, National Research Foundation (NRF), Korea, 2014
Best Dissertation Award (Ph.D.) for contributing to the academic field of Applied Natural Science, Yonsei University, 2013
Best Article Award for contributing to the academic field of Applied Natural Science, Yonsei University, 2010
Mentor award, 3rd Place Award for the oral presentation in the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), held on August 6, 2010, Yonsei University, South Korea
Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Scholarship, National Research Foundation of Korea, 2009 -2013
Best Article Award in the Korean Society for New and Renewable Energy Conference, Conference hall of Jeollabuk-do, November 25-27, 2009
Research Assistant Fellowship, Yonsei University, 2009-2012
Best Presentation Award for the oral presentation in the Korea Society of Environ Engineers Conference, held on May 1-2, 2008, Ulsan University, South Korea.
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