Publications

2026

15. Chanhee You; Hyeon Yang;  Sunghoon Kim, and Jiyong Kim, “System-level analysis of fuel production pathways from steelworks residue gases: Superstructure-based optimization and techno-economic assessment”, Journal of CO2 Utilization. (Under review)

14. Avan Kumar, Sunghoon Kim, and Bhavik R Bakshi*, "Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Chemical Industry Transition to a Sustainable, Circular, and Net-Zero Future," Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 51 (2026): 101234 

2025

13.  Sunghoon Kim, and Bhavik R. Bakshi. "Discovering Net-Zero Chemical Processes and Pathways by Developing Circular Reaction Networks and Their Hierarchical Screening." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 64.22 (2025): 10928-10949. 

2022

12. Sunghoon Kim, Adam Beier, H Brett Schreyer, Bhavik R Bakshi*, "Environmental life cycle assessment of a novel cultivated meat burger patty in the United States," Sustainability, Vol. 14, 16133 (2022)

2021

11. Haejin Hwang, Sunghoon Kim, Alvaro González García, Jiyong Kim*,  "Global sensitivity analysis for assessing the economic feasibility of renewable energy systems for an off-grid electrified city," Energy, Vol. 216 Pages 119218 (2021). 

2020

10. Junyoung Lee, Sunghoon Kim,  Yong Tae Kim, Geunjae Kwak*, Jiyong Kim*, "Full carbon upcycling of landfill gas into methanol by integrating CO2 hydrogenation and methane reforming: Process development and techno-economic analysis," Energy, Vol.199, 117437 (2020). 

09. Sunghoon Kim, Jiyong Kim*,  "The optimal carbon and hydrogen balance for methanol production from coke oven gas and Linz-Donawitz gas: Process development and techno-economic analysis,"  Fuel, Vol. 266, 117093 (2020).  

2019

08. Seolhee Cho, Sunghoon Kim, Jiyong Kim*,  "Life-cycle energy, cost, and CO2 emission of CO2-enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) recovery framework," Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, Vol. 70, 102953 (2019).  

07. Sunghoon Kim, Minsoo Kim, Jiyong Kim*,  "Techno-economic evaluation and comparative analysis of the CO2 separation processes using different piperazine-mixed amine absorbents," Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Vol. 52, Pages 625-637 (2019). 

06. Seulki Han, Sunghoon Kim, Yong Tae Kim, Geunjae Kwak, Jiyong Kim*,  "Optimization-based assessment framework for carbon utilization strategies: Energy production from coke oven gas," Energy Conversion and Management, Vol.187, Pages 1-14 (2019). 

05. Sunghoon Kim, Minsoo Kim, Young Tae Kim, Geunjae Kwak, Jiyong Kim*, "Techno-economic evaluation of the integrated polygeneration system of methanol, power and heat production from coke oven gas," Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 182, Pages 240-250 (2019). 

2018

04. Sunghoon Kim, Daeho Ko, Junyoung Mun, Tae-hyun Kim, Jiyong Kim*, "Techno-economic evaluation of gas separation processes for long-term operation of CO2 injected enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM)," Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol 35, Pages 941-955 (2018). 

03. Seolhee Cho, Wangyun Won, Seulki Han, Sunghoon Kim, Chanhee You, Jiyong Kim*,  "An optimization-based design and analysis of a biomass derived hydrogen energy system,"  Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol. 44, Pages 1573-1578 (2018). 

2017

02. Minsoo Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Jiyong Kim*, "Optimization-based approach for design and integration of carbon dioxide separation processes using membrane technology,"  Energy Procedia, Vol. 136 pages 336-341 (2017). 

2016

01. Sunghoon Kim, Daeho Ko, SungWook Row, Jiyong Kim*, "Techno-economic evaluation of hybrid systems of pressure swing adsorption and membrane processes for coalbed methane separation," Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Vol. 115 Pages 230-240 (2016). 

Oral Presentation

10.   Sunghoon Kim, Shuanxiu Ma, Patricia Pereira, Phillip Savage, Li-Chiang Lin, and Bhavik R. Bakshi, “A Multi-Disciplinary Framework for Sustainable Process Synthesis: Linking Experiments, Molecular Dynamic Simulation, Process Optimization, and Life Cycle Analysis”, 2025 AICHE, Boston, United states, Nov. 06 (2025)

09. Avan Kumar, Sunghoon Kim, George Stephanopoulous, and Bhavik R. Bakshi, “A Customized Large Language Model for Creating Circular Reaction Networks for Discovering Sustainable Chemical Processes”, 2025 AICHE, Boston, United states, Nov. 05 (2025)

08.   Sunghoon Kim, and Bhavik R. Bakshi, “Design and Discovery of Reaction Networks for a Circular Economy: A Case Study of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)”, 2025 AICHE, Boston, United states, Nov. 03 (2025)

07.   Sunghoon Kim, and Bhavik R. Bakshi, “Discovering new processes For Sustainable net-zero emissions”, 2025 annual TGKC (The Global Kaiteki center) meeting, Arizona, United states, May. 15 (2025)

06.   Sunghoon Kim, and Bhavik R. Bakshi, “Discovering Chemical Reaction Pathways and Processes for Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, 2024 AICHE, San Diego, United states, Oct. 29 (2024)

05.   Sunghoon Kim, and Bhavik R. Bakshi, “Discovering new processes for net-zero emissions”, 2024 annual TGKC (The Global Kaiteki center) meeting, Arizona, United states, May. 20 (2024)

04.  Sunghoon Kim, and Bhavik R. Bakshi, “Early-Stage Screening of Reaction Pathways for Innovation Toward a Sujstainable and Circular Chemical Industry”, 2023 AICHE, Florida, United states, Nov. 8 (2023)

03. Sunghoon Kim, Adam Beier, H. Brett Schreyer, Bhavik R. Bakshi, “Comparative Life Cycle Analysis for burger patty production using novel cultivated meat in the United States” 2022 ACLCA, online, Nov 09 (2022)

02. Sunghoon Kim, Minsoo Kim, Jongmin Lee, Hyo Yang, Junghoon Lee, Hyungjoon Yoon, Jiyong Kim “Thermodynamic and economic analyses of the polygeneration system of methanol, power and heat from residue gases of a steel industry” 2018 ICPSE, Vienna, Austria, Nov 20 (2018).

01. Sunghoon Kim, Seulki Han, Minsoo Kim, Jiyong Kim “Smart energy supply systems using renewable energy sources for the sustainable residential sector” 2017 SWG, Incheon, Korea, Nov 3 (2017).

Poster Presentation

05. Sunghoon Kim, Minsoo Kim, Jiyong Kim, “Techno-economic evaluation of the integrated system for the value-added chemical production from cokeoven gas and linz-donawitz gas”, 2018 KIChE autumn meeting, Daegu, Korea, Oct 24-26 (2018).

04. Sunghoon Kim, Jiyong Kim, “Techno-economic evaluation of CO2 separation process using different absorbents for CO2-ECBM application”, 2018 KIChE spring meeting, Changwon, Korea, April 25-27 (2018).

03. Sunghoon Kim, Chanhee You, Jiyong Kim, “Integration and techno-economic evaluation of energy and chemical production processes from residue gases of a steel industry”, 2017 KIChE autumn meeting, Daejeon, Korea, Oct 25-27 (2017).

02.  Sunghoon Kim, Jiyong Kim, “ Techno-economic evaluation of CO2 separation using mixed amine solutions ” 2017 KIChE spring meeting, Jeju, Korea, April 26-28 (2017).

01. Sunghoon Kim, Jiyong Kim, “Techno-economic evaluation of a coalbed methane separation systems under differnent site and market scenarios”, 2016 KIChE autumn meeting, Dajeon, Korea, Oct 19-21 (2016).