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Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Recent News

2021

Apr. 11th, 2021

Sang-Hwan’s paper titled “Application of offset-free Koopman-based model predictive control to a batch pulp digester” was accepted in AIChE Journal.

Mar. 15th, 2021

Niranjan’s paper titled “CFD-based computational studies of quantum dot size control in slug flow crystallizers: handling slug-to-slug variation” was accepted in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Feb. 5th, 2021

Pallavi’s paper titled “Development of parametric reduced-order model for consequence estimation of rare events” was accepted in Chemical Engineering Research and Design.

Feb. 4th, 2021

Hyun-Kyu’s paper titled “Inferential model predictive control of continuous pulping under grade transition” was accepted in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Jan. 24th, 2021

Hyun-Kyu, Sang-Hwan, Dongheon, Niranjan, Bhavana, and Kaiyu’s conference proceedings have been accepted for oral presentation at the 2021 American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, which will be held on May 26-28.

Jan. 20th, 2021

Dr. Kwon has been invited to contribute to the fourth AIChE Journal Futures series.

2020

Nov. 26th, 2020

Niranjan’s paper (in collaboration with Dr. M. Abolhasani’s research group) titled “Multiscale modeling and optimal operation of microfluidic synthesis of perovskite quantum dots: towards size-controlled continuous manufacturing” was accepted in Chemical Engineering Journal.

Nov. 20th, 2020

Dr. Kwon has received two (!) 2020 Engineering Genesis Awards, one with Dr. El-Halwagi and the other with Dr. Akbulut, as Co-PIs.

Nov. 19th, 2020

Kaiyu has been selected as a finalist for the CAST poster award at the 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting. Great job!

Nov. 16th – 20th, 2020

Our group has given 25 oral and 3 poster presentations at the 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting. Great job!

Nov. 8th, 2020

Hyun-Kyu has been awarded the Brunner-Barnes Fellowship by Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering. Congratulations, Hyun-Kyu!

Nov. 1st, 2020

Hyun-Kyu has been awarded the 2020 Hanwha Travel Award by Hanwha Solution Corporation (HSC) and Hanwha Total Petrochemical (HTC). Congratulations, Hyun-Kyu!

Oct. 31st, 2020

Silabrata’s paper titled “Optimal pumping schedule with high-viscosity gel for uniform distribution of proppant in unconventional reservoirs” was accepted in Energy.

Oct. 26th, 2020

Dongheon’s paper titled “Development of a hybrid model for a partially known intracellular signaling pathway through correction term estimation and neural network modeling” was accepted in PLOS Computational Biology.

Sep. 28th, 2020

Sang-Hwan’s paper titled “Multiscale modeling and control of pulp digester under fiber-to-fiber heterogeneity” was accepted in Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Sep. 28th, 2020

A paper co-authored by Prashanth and Dr. Kwon titled “Impact of Proppant Pumping Schedule on Well Production for Slickwater Fracturing” was accepted in SPE Journal.

Sep. 16th, 2020

Niranjan’s paper titled “A computational approach to characterize formation of a passivation layer in Lithium metal anodes” was accepted in AIChE Journal.

Aug. 22nd, 2020

Yeon-Pyeong’s paper titled “Dynamic modeling and offset-free predictive control of LNG tank” was accepted in Fuel.

Aug. 17th, 2020

Hyun-Kyu has successfully defended his PhD proposal and passed his PhD preliminary exam. Congratulations, Hyun-Kyu!

July 10th, 2020

Bhavana’s paper titled “Operable adaptive sparse identification of systems (OASIS): application to chemical processes” was accepted in AIChE Journal.

July 1st, 2020

Kaiyu’s paper titled “Evaluating the spatiotemporal variability of water recovery ratios of shale gas wells and their effects on shale gas development” was accepted in Journal of Cleaner Production.

June 24th, 2020

Hyun-Kyu’s paper titled “Multiscale modeling and predictive control of cellulose accessibility in alkaline pretreatment for enhanced glucose yield” was accepted in Fuel.

June 10th, 2020

Dongheon successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dongheon! He will join Dr. You’s research group (Biomedical Engineering, Duke) as a postdoctoral researcher.

June 2nd, 2020

Dr. Ahn’s paper titled “Optimal design of supply chain network with carbon dioxide injection for enhanced shale gas recovery” was accepted in Applied Energy.

June 1st, 2020

Abhinav successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Abhinav! He will join KeyLogic Systems as a Research Scholar.

May 10th, 2020

Abhinav’s paper titled “Application of Koopman operator for model-based control of fracture propagation and proppant transport in hydraulic fracturing operation” was accepted in Journal of Process Control.

May 8th, 2020

Pallavi’s paper titled “Root cause analysis of key process variable deviation for rare events in the chemical process industry” was accepted in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

May 2nd, 2020

Prashanth’s paper titled “Multi-Size proppant pumping schedule of hydraulic fracturing: application to a MP-PIC model of unconventional reservoir for enhanced gas production” was accepted in Processes.

May 1st, 2020

Parth’s paper titled “Numerical study of the effect of propped surface area and fracture conductivity on shale gas production: application for multi-size proppant pumping schedule design” was accepted in Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering.

Apr. 15th, 2020

Niranjan’s paper titled “Kinetic Monte Carlo modelling of the equilibrium-based size control of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots in strongly confined regime” was accepted in Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Apr. 2nd, 2020

Professor Kwon joins the Editorial Board of Processes.

Mar. 25th, 2020

Harwinder’s paper titled “Approximate dynamic programming based control of proppant concentration in hydraulic fracturing” has been selected as the 3rd prize of “Best Paper Awards 2018” by Mathematics Journal.

Mar. 25th, 2020

Professor Kwon has been awarded the “2020 Young Investigator Grant” by Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA).

Mar. 13th, 2020

Hyun-Kyu’s paper titled “Multiscale modeling and multiobjective control of wood fiber morphology in batch pulp digester” was accepted in AIChE Journal.

Mar. 10th, 2020

Prashanth has been selected for “2020 Association of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Research“. Congratulations, Prashanth!

Mar. 10th, 2020

Hyun-Kyu and Kaiyu’s conference proceedings have been accepted for poster and oral presentations, respectively, at the 2020 MIT “A+B” Applied Energy Symposium on August 12-14, 2020.

Mar. 6th, 2020

Professor Kwon has been awarded the “2020 TEES Young Faculty Fellow Award” by the College of Engineering, Texas A&M University.

Mar. 6th, 2020

Dongheon, Hyun-Kyu, Niranjan, and Parth gave oral presentations at 7th Annual ChEGSA Research Symposium, Texas A&M University.

Mar. 5th, 2020

Parth successfully defended his MS thesis. Congratulations, Parth! He will join Intel as a Data Scientist.

Mar. 4th, 2020

Prashanth has been awarded the Paul & Ellen Deisler Fellowship by Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering. Congratulations, Prashanth!

Mar. 3rd, 2020

Bhavana successfully defended her MS thesis. Congratulations, Bhavana! She will continue her PhD degree in Dr. Kwon’s group and will be co-advised by Dr. Khan.

Mar. 1st, 2020

Dr. Sang Hwan Son (Ph.D. from Seoul National University, South Korea) has joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher. Welcome Sang Hwan!

Feb. 17th, 2020

Mr. Hyoung-Geon Lee has joined our group as a visiting scholar. He is currently a M.S. student at Inha University, South Korea. Welcome Hyoung-Geon!

Feb. 6th, 2020

Shuai successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Shuai! He will join Sealand Securities in China as an Equity Analyst.

Jan. 21st, 2020

Silabrata has passed the PhD program Qualifying Exam. Congratulations, Silabrata!

Jan. 14th, 2020

Prashanth successfully defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Prashanth! He will join Intel as a Data Scientist.

Jan. 14th, 2020

Dongheon’s paper titled “Identification of cell‐to‐cell heterogeneity through systems engineering approaches” was accepted in  AIChE Journal. This paper has been selected as AIChE Journal’s Editor’s Choice paper from the May 2020 issue.

2019

Dec. 22nd, 2019

Saad’s paper titled “Deep hybrid modeling of chemical process: Application to hydraulic fracturing” was accepted in Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Dec. 13th, 2019

Professor Kwon has been awarded the “2019 Distinguished Teaching Award” by the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University.

Nov. 14th, 2019

Shuai’s paper titled “Liquid flammability ratings predicted by machine learning considering aerosolization” was accepted in Journal of Hazardous Materials.

Nov. 13th, 2019

Mr. Yeon-Pyeong Jo has joined our group as a visiting scholar. He is currently a M.S. student at Inha University, South Korea. Welcome Yeon-Pyeong!

Nov. 10 – Nov. 15, 2019

Professor Kwon, Abhinav, Dongheon, Hyun-Kyu, Niranjan, Prashanth, and Saad attended 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL and gave eighteen oral and poster presentations on behalf of the entire research group (Please see “Contributed Presentations” section under Presentations for details).

Oct. 21th, 2019

Professor Kwon has been elected as 10E programming coordinator for the Computing & Systems Technology (CAST) Division in AIChE for 2022.

Oct. 18th, 2019

Silabrata and Parth have joined our group. Silabrata is a Ph.D. student and Parth is a M.S. student. Welcome all!

Oct. 11th, 2019

Bhavana has been selected to present her poster at the 8th Annual U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Women in Clean Energy Symposium and Awards, held in College Station, Texas on November 13-14, 2019 at Texas A&M University. Congratulations, Bhavana!

Sep. 27th, 2019

Professor Kwon joins the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering as an Associate Editor.

Sep. 26th, 2019

Professor Kwon (Co-PI) receives a DOE grant on “Dynamic Binary Complexes as Super-adjustable Viscosity Modifiers for Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids“. This project is in collaboration with Professor Akbulut (PI).

(Media Coverage: Akbulut and Kwon receive $1.8M DOE grant to study novel viscosifying agents)

Sep. 22nd, 2019

Prashanth’s paper titled “Enhancing total fracture surface area in naturally fractured unconventional reservoirs via model predictive control” was accepted in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering.

Sep. 4th, 2019

Bhavana’s paper titled “Machine learning based adaptive model identification of systems: Application to a chemical process” was accepted in Chemical Engineering Research & Design.

Aug. 16th, 2019

Professor Kwon delivered an invited presentation titled “Multiscale modeling of paper manufacturing” at US-Korea Conference 2019, Chicago, IL.

Aug. 19th, 2019

Hyun-Kyu and Abhinav have been selected for the Next-Gen Manufacturing Topical Conference Travel Award and the CAST Director’s Student Presentation Award at the AIChE Annual Meeting 2019, respectively. Congratulations, Hyun-Kyu and Abhinav!

July 30th, 2019

Abhinav’s paper titled “Koopman Lyapunov-based model predictive control of nonlinear chemical process systems” was accepted in AIChE Journal.

July 24th, 2019

Professor Kwon (Co-PI) receives a DOE grant on “Deploying Intensified, Automated, Mobile, Operable, and Novel Designs (DIAMOND) for Treating Shale Gas Wastewater“. At Texas A&M University, Professor Mahmoud El-Halwagi (PI) and Dr. Debalina Sengupta (Co-PI) will participate in this project.

(Media Coverage: Enhancing sustainability of natural gas extraction via technological innovations in wastewater management)

July 20th, 2019

Professor Kwon delivered an invited presentation titled “Application of Virtual Reality (VR) based learning platform to Hydraulic Fracturing” at Future of Cyber Assisted Chemical Engineering Education (CACHE 50th), Breckenridge, CO.

July 15th, 2019

Professor Kwon (Co-PI) receives an NSF grant on “A New Tool for the Analysis of Glycan Recognition in Lectin“. This project is in collaboration with Professor Wu (PI).

(Media Coverage: Wu and Kwon develop a new theory to predict pathogen infection pathway)

July 11th, 2019

Professor Kwon delivered a presentation titled “Multiscale modeling and model-based feedback control of pulp digester” at 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), Philadelphia, PA.

June 26th, 2019

Hyun-Kyu’s paper titled “Modeling and control of cell wall thickness in batch delignification” was accepted in Computers & Chemical Engineeringg.

June 20th, 2019

Kaiyu’s paper titled “Model-based controller design framework for hydraulic fracturing to optimize shale gas production and water usage” was accepted in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

June 9th – 12th, 2019

Professor Kwon delivered an invited presentation titled “An operator theoretic framework for data-driven identification and control of hydraulic fracturing” at Machine Learning in Science and Engineering (MLSE) Annual Data Science Forum, Atlanta, GA.

June 7th, 2019

Kaiyu successfully defended his MS thesis. Congratulations, Kaiyu! He will continue his PhD degree in Dr. Kwon’s group.

May 23rd, 2019

Professor Kwon delivered a presentation titled “Optimization framework for integration of shale gas supply chain network and dynamic model of hydraulic fracturing” at Applied Energy “A+B” symposium (AEAB2019), Boston, MA.

May 23rd, 2019

Dongheon has been selected for the 2019 KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship from Korea-American Scientists and Engineers Associations.

May 15th, 2019

Prashanth’s paper titled “Simultaneous measurement uncertainty reduction and proppant bank height control of hydraulic fracturing” got accepted in Computers & Chemical Engineering.

May 10th, 2019

Dr. Yuchan Ahn’s paper titled “Optimal design of shale gas supply chain network considering MPC-based pumping schedule of hydraulic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs” was accepted in Chemical Engineering Research & Design.

May 6th, 2019

Dongheon has successfully defended his PhD proposal and passed his PhD preliminary exam. Congratulations, Dongheon!

May 2nd, 2019

Abhinav has successfully defended his PhD proposal and passed his PhD preliminary exam. Congratulations, Abhinav!

Apr. 29th, 2019

Abhinav delivered a presentation titled “An operator theoretic framework for data-driven identification and control of a hydraulic fracturing process” at Data-Driven Model Reduction, Scientific Frontiers, and Applications Workshop at Texas A&M University.

Apr. 22nd, 2019

Shuai has successfully defended his PhD proposal and passed his PhD preliminary exam. Congratulations, Shuai!

Mar. 31st, 2019

Professor Kwon has been selected for the “2019 Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE) President Young Investigator Award”.

Mar. 8th, 2019

Abhinav, Dongheon, Hyun-Kyu, Saad, Prashanth, and Dr. Ahn gave oral and poster presentations at 6th Annual ChEGSA Research Symposium, Texas A&M University.

Feb. 28th, 2019

Saad successfully defended his MS thesis. Congratulations, Saad! He will continue his PhD degree in Dr. Kwon’s group.

Feb. 28th, 2019

Saad’s paper titled “Enlarging the domain of attraction of local dynamic mode decomposition with control technique: application to hydraulic fracturing” was accepted in industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Feb. 25th, 2019

Hyun-Kyu’s paper titled “Multiscale modeling and control of Kappa number and porosity in a batch pulp digester” was accepted in AIChE Journal.

Feb. 15th, 2019

Shuai’s paper titled “Experimental and thermodynamic study of aerosol explosions in a 36 L apparatus” was accepted in Fuel.

Feb. 15th, 2019

Hyun-Kyu’s paper titled “The influence of hetero-multivalency on lectin-glycan binding” was accepted in Glycobiology.

Feb. 14th, 2019

Dongheon’s paper titled “Identification of a time-varying intracellular signaling model through data clustering and parameter selection: application to NFκB signaling pathway induced by LPS in the presence of BFA” was accepted in IET Systems Biology.

Feb. 8th, 2019

Niranjan awarded with the Qualifying Exam Excellence award given to those who demonstrated a strong grasp of chemical engineering fundamentals and excellent analytical skills. Congratulations, Niranjan!

Feb. 1st, 2019

Shuai’s paper titled “Developing quantitative structure-property relationship models to predict the upper flammability limit using machine learning” was accepted in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Jan. 21st, 2019

Prashanth’s paper titled “Modeling and control of proppant distribution of multi-stage hydraulic fracturing in horizontal shale wells” was accepted in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Jan. 20th, 2019

Prashanth’s paper titled “Understanding well head ignition as a blowout response” was accepted in Fuel Journal.

2018

Nov. 14th, 2018

Prashanth has successfully defended his PhD proposal and passed his PhD preliminary exam. Congratulations, Prashanth!

Oct. 28 – Nov. 2, 2018

Abhinav, Dongheon, Prashanth, and Professor Kwon attended 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, and gave thirteen oral and poster presentations on behalf of the entire research group (Please see “Contributed Presentations” section under Publication for details).

Oct. 10th, 2018

Bhavana, Parth, and Niranjan have joined our group. Bhavana and Parth are M.S. students, and Niranjan is a Ph.D. student. Welcome all!

Sep. 24 – 26th, 2018

Abhinav, Hyun-Kyu, Saad, and Prashanth presented their research at 2018 Texas A&M Energy Conference.

Sep. 11th, 2018

Professor Kwon delivered  J.L. “Corky” Frank ’58 Graduate Seminar at Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Sep. 7th, 2018

Priscille’s paper titled “Incorporation of sustainability in process control of hydraulic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs” got accepted Chemical Engineering Research & Design.

Aug. 27th, 2018

Dr. Yu-Chan Ahn joins our group as a post-doctoral researcher. He was awarded with Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea, in 2015. Welcome Dr. Ahn!

Aug. 6th, 2018

Abhinav’s paper titled “Data-driven identification of interpretable reduced-order models using sparse regression” got accepted in Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Aug. 6th, 2018

Dongheon’s paper titled “Kinetic Monte Carlo modeling of multivalent binding of  CTB proteins with GM1 receptors” got accepted in Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Aug. 4th, 2018

Professor Kwon (Single PI) receives an NSF grant on “Enhancing Hydraulic Fracturing Productivity via Model-based Feedback Control“.

Aug. 1st, 2018

Harwinder’s paper titled “Approximate Dynamic Programming Based Control of Proppant Concentration in Hydraulic Fracturing” got accepted in Mathematics.

June 26 – 29th, 2018

Abhinav and Dongheon attended 2018 American Control Conference at Milwaukee, WI, and gave five oral presentations on behalf of the entire research group.

June 21st, 2018

The research proposal by Professor Kwon and Professor Kan Wu from Petroleum Engineering Department has been selected for funding under Fourth Annual “Energy Seed Grant” Research Proposal Call by Texas A&M Energy Institute.

June 11th, 2018

Prashanth’s paper titled “Optimization of simultaneously propagating multiple fractures in hydraulic fracturing to achieve uniform growth using data-based model reduction” got accepted in Chemical Engineering Research & Design.

June 6th, 2018

Priscille successfully defended her MS thesis. Congratulations, Priscille!

May 16th, 2018

Harwinder successfully defended his MS thesis titled “Model Order Reduction of Nonlinear Parabolic PDE Systems with Moving Boundaries Using Sparse Proper Orthogonal Decomposition: Application to Hydraulic Fracturing.” Congratulations, Harwinder!

May 16th, 2018

Our collaborative work with Professor Hung-Jen Wu (Chemical Engineering Department) and Professor Jeffrey D. Cirillo (Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology Department) titled “Hetero-Multivalency of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectin LecA Binding to Model Membranes” got accepted in Scientific Reports.

May 15th, 2018

Dongheon’s paper titled “An integrated numerical and experimental framework for modeling of CTB and GD1b ganglioside binding kinetics” got accepted in AIChE Journal. 

May 10th, 2018

Abhinav and Dongheon won Graduate Student Research and Presentation Grant funded by the Association of Former Students and the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies to attend 2018 American Control Conference at Milwaukee.

May 1st, 2018

Abhinav gave a talk at the workshop “Data-Driven Model Reduction, Scientific Frontiers, and Applications” at Texas A&M University

Feb. 26th, 2018

Abhinav’s paper titled “Handling of spatial heterogeneity using POD-based EnKF in model-based feedback control of hydraulic fracturing” got accepted in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Feb. 20th, 2018

Dongheon’s paper titled Mathematical Modeling and Parameter Estimation of Intracellular Signaling Pathway: Application to LPS-induced NFκB Activation and TNFα Production in Macrophages” got accepted in Processes.

Feb. 1st, 2018

Harwinder’s paper titled “Model order reduction of nonlinear parabolic PDE systems with moving boundaries using sparse proper orthogonal decomposition” got accepted in Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Feb. 1st, 2018

Prashanth’s paper titled “Model-based feedback control of oil production in oil-rim reservoirs under gas coning conditions” got accepted in​ Computers & Chemical Engineering.

Jan. 29th, 2018

Abhinav, Dongheon, Harwinder, and Prasanth’s conference proceedings submitted to 2018 American Control Conference are now accepted (Please see Conference Proceedings section under Publication for details).

Jan. 23rd, 2018

Abhinav, Dongheon and Prasanth’s conference proceedings submitted to 13th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering 2018 (PSE2018) are now accepted (Please see Conference Proceedings section under Publication for details).

2017

Nov. 4th, 2017

Professor Kwon (Co-PI) receives a DOE grant on “SYNOPSIS: Synthesis of Operable Process Intensification Systems“. At TAMU, Professors Stratos Pistikopoulos (PI), Sam Mannan (Co-PI) and Faruque Hasan (Co-PI) will participate in this project.

(Media Coverage: Texas A&M Energy Institute, led by Pistikopoulos, selected for $6.3M RAPID institute project.)

Aug. 2nd, 2017

Professor Kwon (Co-PI) receives a grant from Hilcorp Alaskar, LLC to begin a project on “Well Ignition as a Blowout Response”. This project is in collaboration with Dr. Abu Rashid Hasan.

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