Research Philosophy

Kim Research Group is dedicated to finding engineering solutions that satisfy three key factors, called the '3S: Sustainability, Smart, and Scalability'. We focus on a mathematical model-based approach utilizing advanced and classical computational techniques and tools to achieve these three goals.

Phenomenological modeling is a kind of artistic work bridging theory to the real world, connecting the experimental observations to practical implementation.

According to the book Sparks of Genius (생각의 탄생), modeling is one of the tools for the creative thinking. The thirteen tools are (1) observing, (2) imaging, (3) abstracting, (4) recognizing patterns, (5) forming patterns, (6) analogizing, (7) body thinking, (8) empathizing, (9) dimensional thinking, (10) modeling, (11) playing, (12) transforming, and (13) synthesizing.

본 연구실은 화학공학 기반의 수학적 모델링을 활용하여 실제 산업 현장에서 발생하는 엔지니어링 문제를 해결하는 "모델 기반 엔지니어링" 연구실로, 실험실 규모와 상업 공정 규모 간의 간극을 채우며 지속 가능하고 스마트하며 확장 가능한 해결책을 제안합니다.

[Keywords] Model-based; Sustainability; Smart; Scalablilty; Mathematical modeling.