Name : Jimin Seo

Program: Master’s degree (2025.03 - 2027.02)

Industry Placement: Intern-to-Hire Program at HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (2026.09 - 2026.12)

Research Topic:
1. Sustainable Gas Hydrate Production Process
2. OCCS Processes

Publications:
1. Sustainable Fire Suppression: A Techno-Economic Assessment of Gas-Hydrate-Based Agents.
2. LT-MED Desalination with CO2 Liquefaction Waste Heat Recovery: Process Integration and Multi-objective Optimization — submitted (2026.06).

Location: Science Building, Room 461

Name : Hyewon Yang

Program: Master’s degree (2026.03 - 2028.02)

Research Topic:
1. Electrochemical CO2 Conversion Processes

Publications:

Location: Science Building, Room 461

Name : Yoon Hye Lee

Program: Master’s degree (2026.09 - 2028.08)

Research Topic:
1. Process Optimization Using Local Large Language Models

Publications:

Location: Science Building, Room 461

Name : Min Seo Hong

Program: Internship (2026.07 - Present)

Research Topic:

Publications:

Location: Science Building, Room 461

Alumni

▶ Sanghyun Lee (2020.03-2022.02)
◦Current workplace: Soneium
◦Publications:
1. Optimization and Economic Analysis for Small‐Scale Movable LNG Liquefaction Process with Leakage Considerations
2. Conceptual design and economic analysis of a novel cogeneration desalination process using LNG based on clathrate hydrate
3. Conceptual Design of a Sustainable Hybrid Desalination Process Using Liquefied Natural Gas Cold Energy
4. LNG 냉열 기반 담수화 공정의 설계 및 분석

▶ Jungmin Lee (2021.03-2023.02)
◦Current workplace: Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
◦Publications:
1. Environ-economic analysis of high-temperature steam electrolysis for decentralized hydrogen production
2. Techno-economic analysis of hydrogen production electrically coupled to a hybrid desalination process

▶ Suhyun Lee (2022.09-2024.08)
◦Current workplace: CJ Cheiljedang
◦Publications:
1. Life Cycle Assessment of aPHA Production
2. Life cycle assessment of a hybrid reverse osmosis hydrate-based desalination process

▶ Yeonji Choi (2023.03-2025.02)
◦Current workplace: Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO)
◦Publications:
1. Four-bed vacuum pressure swing adsorption for xenon recycling from semiconductor waste gas

▶ Jieun Lee (2024.03-2026.02)
◦Current workplace: Ph.D. program at Georgia Institute of Technology
◦Publications:
1. 강화학습을 이용한 천연가스 액화 공정 최적화에 관한 연구(2025)
2. Deep Reinforcement Learning‑Based Optimization Framework with Continuous Action Space for LNG Liquefaction Processes(2025)