Invited Flash Presentation. “General technoeconomic analysis for electrochemical coproduction coupling carbon dioxide reduction with organic oxidation”. Nov. 13th, Emerging Junior Investigator Open Innovation Forum’, Hanwha Travel Award at 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, USA
Invited Seminar. “Computational science approach for applying artificial intelligence to process systems engineering field”. Feb. 29th, 2019. Yonsei University, Seoul Republic of Korea
SNU-KIST joint Seminar, Invited speaker. “General techno-economic analysis for paired electrolysis of CO2 reduction and anodic oxidation”. Feb. 15th, 2019. Seoul National University, Seoul Republic of Korea
NTNU-SNU-KIST joint Seminar, Invited speaker. “Stochastic model development using Bayesian inference and its applications”. Oct. 19th, 2018. Seoul National University, Seoul Republic of Korea
Invited Seminar. “Current issues on autoclave reactor multi-scale modeling and simulation for polyethylene and its copolymers (EVA, EAA)”. Oct. 1st, 2018. SK Innovation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Invited Seminar. “Toxic gas release modeling for real-time analysis using variational autoencoder with convolutional neural networks”. Aug. 8th, 2018. Process Systems & Safety Engineering Laboratory, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Invited Lecturer. “Introduction to process systems engineering and related software (Aspen Plus, Hysys, Fluent)”, Apr. 20th, 2016. Engineering Development Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Invited Seminar.“Derivative-free optimization using modified DIRECT algorithm for black-box models with hidden constraints”. Mar. 28th, 2016. Offshore Process Systems Engineering Laboratory, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
KSASF in Korea Science Academy, Invited sectional lecturer. “What are Differences between Science and “Engineering”: How Your Course Works Can Be Applied in The Real Engineering Industry?”. Aug. 16th, 2015. Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Republic of Korea
Conference talks
AIChE Orlando, FL, United States. Nov. 2019. “General Techno-Economic Analysis for Electrochemical Coproduction of CO2 Reduction and Anodic Oxidation”
AIChE Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Oct. 2018. “Stochastic Multiscale Model-Based Predictive Control Via Polynomial Chaos Theory: Manufacturing of Thin Films for Pharmaceutical Applications”
PSE ASIA Tokyo, Japan. Jul. 2016. “Derivative-Free Optimization Using Modified DIRECT Algorithm for Black-Box Models with Unknown Infeasible Region”
AIChE Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Nov. 2015. “Multi-Objective Optimization for High Heat Removal and Productivity in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Microchannel Reactor Using Discrete Catalyst Dilution Zone”
ESCAPE Budapest, Hungary. Jun. 2014 “Simultaneous Optimization Models for Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis with Multiple Utilities: A New Strategy by Using Utility Sub-stage”
KIChE Daegu, Republic of Korea. Oct. 2018 “The electrochemical CO2 reduction process using solar energy: multi-scale simulation, techno-economic analysis, and pilot plant”
KIChE Changwon, Republic of Korea. Apr. 2018. “Toxic gas release modeling for real-time analysis using variational autoencoder with convolutional neural networks”
KIChE Daejun, Republic of Korea. Oct. 2016. “A Model of Mineral Carbonation Kinetics for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Technology”
KIChE Busan, Republic of Korea. Apr. 2016. “Developing simultaneous design procedure for carbonation reactor and CCU process using integrated platform of process simulator and CFD”
KIChE Jeju, Republic of Korea. Apr. 2015. “Multi-Objective Optimization in Discrete Catalyst Dilution Zone of Fischer-Tropsch Microchannel Reactor”
KIChE Daejeon, Republic of Korea. Oct. 2014. “Text Analytics in Chemical Accident Databases for Extracting Knowledge”
KIChE Changwon, Republic of Korea. Apr. 2014. “Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of Channel Geometric Effect for Fischer-Tropsch Microchannel Reactor”
KIGAS Jeju, Republic of Korea. Nov. 2013. “Quantitative Analysis of Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis for Applying Theoretical Networks to the Gas Industry”
KIChE Daegu, Republic of Korea. Oct. 2013. “Simultaneous Optimization Models for Multiple Utility Heat Exchanger Networks”
Research Experience
Power ultrasound separation process project, Carnegie Mellon University (July. 2019 – Present)
Periodic ultrasound modeling with acoustic ultrasonic vibration
e-chemical process development project, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Mar. 2018 – Jun. 2019)
Technoeconomic analysis using autonomous process modeling and mixed integer non-linear programming
DFT-KMC-CFD multi-scale approach for modeling and simulation of electrochemical CO2 reduction reactor
End-to-End Electrochemical CO2 reduction pilot plant demonstration (Design – Construction – Operation)
Continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing development , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2018)
Multi-scale thin film dryer modeling and experiment
Design of Experiment (DoE) & parameter estimation under uncertainty
Stochastic optimal control for start-up procedure and setpoint tracking
Uncertainty quantification using non-intrusive polynomial chaos expansion and stochastic collocation methods
Multi-scale polymer reactor modeling project, Seoul National University & Hanwha Chemical (Mar. 2017 – Feb. 2018)
CFD-compartment model for reducing the reactor dimension for transient simulation
Kinetic Monte Carlo-continuum multi-scale reactor modeling for polyethylene/ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) polymerization
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) project, Seoul National University & Daewoo E&C (Jun. 2015 – Feb. 2018)
Developed computational fluid dynamics based 3-phases carbonation reactor model
Developed rigorous reaction kinetics of the targeted carbonation reaction with black-box DoE and Bayesian parameter estimation
Formulating the dynamic optimization problem of the CCUS process with Stochastic model predictive control (SMPC)
Deep Variational Autoencoder with Convolutional Neural Network for Developing Surrogate model, Seoul National University (Mar. 2017 – Feb. 2018)
The gas leak models of industrial scale using CFD is developed.
Variational autoencoder is used for data reducing and feature extraction.
Deep neural network is used for mapping the variable space into the latent space.
2D contour of probability of death is generated by surrogate model.
Proposed surrogate model can predict CFD result with superior performance
Modified derivative-free algorithm for process with hidden constraints development, Seoul National University (Apr. 2015 – Aug. 2017)
Derivative-free optimization based on the DIRECT algorithm is suggested
The hidden constraints can be handled efficiently with the sub-dividing step
The sub-dividing step divides the edge of the constraint better than other algorithms
Optimal SMR NG liquefaction process provided a 18.9% better solution than the base case
Compact Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) project, Seoul National University & Korea Gas Corporation (Mar. 2013 – Dec. 2016)
Designed and fabricated the pilot scale (1 bpd) Fischer-Tropsch microchannel reactor; Operated the compact GTL pilot plant successfully
Developed the optimal design procedure of the FT microchannel reactor
Text mining based hazard identification (TM-HAZID), Seoul National University (Mar. 2014 – Jan. 2017)
Novel hazard identification (HAZID) procedure was developed by using text mining
Enormous text reports from chemical accident database were processed with natural language processing
Pre-processed dataset was clustered for extract important cause-and-effect relationship
Novel Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis Model for Multiple Utilities, Seoul National University (Mar. 2013 – Jun. 2015)
Modified heat exchanger network synthesis is developed for considering multiple utilities.
The novel mathematical model renders better solution for multiple utilities problems.
Utility substage superstructure increases an effectiveness of searching solutions.
Teaching Experience
Mentorship/Adviser
Carnegie Mellson University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Adviser, MS. students (Swapnil Agrawal, Lihan Liu, Kanishk Mair, Muyi Song, Yao Zhao) graduation projects related to “black-box optimization”, Jul. 2019 – Present.
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Adviser, Ph.D. candidates (Donggu Han, Hee Won Lee, Michael Shincheon Jee) projects related to “electrochemical CO2 reduction and C1 chemicstry”, Mar. 2018 – Jun. 2019.
Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Co-Adviser with Prof. Won Bo Lee, Seung Jae Kwak, Jan. 2019 – Present.
Co-Adviser with Prof. Won Bo Lee, Changjoon Ko, Jan. 2019 – Present.
Adviser, MS. Exchange program by EDRC, Mar. 2016 – Jul. 2016.
Adviser, process design Olympiad by KIChE, Jun. 2015 – Aug. 2015.
Adviser, process design Olympiad by KIChE, Jun. 2014 – Aug. 2014.
Teaching assistant
Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Chemical & biological engineering process experiment, Spring 2015.
Chemical & biological engineering basic experiment, Fall 2014.
EDRC (Engineering Development Research Center), Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Thermodynamics for chemical engineering, Apr. 2016.
Advanced oil&gas process design, Mar. 2016.
Advance reactor design, Aug. 2015.
Conceptual design and techno-economic analysis, Jan. 2015.