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Harrison Hyung Min Kim
(Ph.D. 2001, Univ. of Michigan, M.S. 1997 KAIST, B.S. 1995 KAIST)
Harrison Kim is an award-winning educator, researcher, and designer in engineering systems design, analytics, systems engineering, and energy and environmental sustainability. He is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Academic Co-Director of the Hoeft Techonology and Management (T&M) program. He also holds appointments with the Beckman Institute, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and the Computational Science and Engineering Program at the University of Illinois.
Prof. Kim’s research ($15M to date) focuses on a variety of areas of complex systems -
energy systems engineering; AI-based sustainable product design; environmental life cycle
analysis and costing; renewable energy and vehicle electrification; multidisciplinary,
multilevel optimization; green product portfolio design. Application areas are automotive,
consumer electronics, heavy-duty equipment, national security, commercial/military system of
systems, and information technology. Research sponsors and collaborators include the National
Science Foundation (NSF), US Department of Energy (DOE), DOE REMADE Institute, Sandia National
Labs (SNL), Caterpillar Inc., Deere and Co.,
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Brunswick, and Hyundai Motor Company.
Dr. Kim has received numerous recognitions including the National
Science Foundation's CAREER Award, Dean’s Award in Excellence in
Research (formerly Xerox Award; Associate Professors with highest
research accomplishments for the last five years), Best Paper Award in
ASME Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle Conference, Gold, Silver
and Bronze medals in national design competitions (Lincoln Arc Welding
Award as a faculty advisor), and news media coverage in the USA Today
and the Chicago Tribune.
Harrison Kim earned his Ph.D. degree at the University of Michigan in
2001 in the area of Engineering System Design and Optimization in
Mechanical Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Panos
Papalambros. He joined the University of Illinois in 2005 after
postdoctoral training under Prof. Wei Chen (NAE Member) at Northwestern University
and has been leading the Enterprise Systems Optimization Lab. Prior to
joining Illinois, he held positions in research and consulting -- the
US Army Automotive Research Center, Northwestern University, and a
Business-IT consulting company.
Yilan Jiang
(B.S. 2020, Applied Mathematics, B.A. 2020, Economics, University of California, San Diego; M.S. 2021, Data Science, Columbia University)
Yilan Jiang earned her double bachelor's degrees in Applied Mathematics and Economics from University of California, San Diego, and her master's degree in data science from Columbia University. She is currently working on the topics about data mining and its applications to sustainable design.
Kangcheng Lin
(B.S. 2017, Applied Mathematics, B.S. 2017, Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles; M.S. 2019, Statistical Science, Duke University)
Kangcheng earned his double B.S. degrees in Applied Mathematics and Statistics at University of California, Los Angeles, and his M.S. degree in Statistical Science at Duke University. He joined the ISE department as a Ph.D student in 2019, where he is currently working on the topics of product design system analytics and machine learning.
Seyoung Park
(M.S. 2020, Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Seyoung Park earned her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), and her M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently working on the topic of data-driven product design as a Ph.D. student.
Michael Saidani
(Ph.D. 2018 Design Engineering, Centrale Supélec)
Michael Saidani joined Prof. Kim's group as a postdoc in 2019 after completing his Ph.D. in Centrale Supélec, France 2018. He is currently working on the topic of sustainable product design and circular economy.
Research opportunities are available. Refer to the Research page.
Christopher Barbaro
(B.S. 2012 General Engineering, University of Illinois)
Joanna Bechtel(B.S. 2007, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois)
Ignacio Belanche Guadas
(M.S. 2022)
Sheng Chen
(B.S. 1997, M.S. 2000 Xian Jiaotong University, China)
Hyeongmin Han
(B.S. 2012, Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University; M.S. 2014, Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin)
Hyeongmin Han earned a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering at the Seoul National University, M.S. in Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, and joined the ISE department as a Ph.D. student in 2014. He is currently working on the topic of data-driven product portfolio optimization.
Jessica Hidalgo
(Lecturer in Universidad San Francisco, de Quito, Ecuador; M.S. 2006
Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois;
B.S. 2004, Industrial Engineering, Universidad San Francisco, de
Quito, Ecuador)
Mary Beth Howard
(B.S. 2015, General Engineering, University of Illinois)
Jean Jiang
(B.S. 2016, Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois)
Ian Jin
(B.S. 2014, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois)
Jun Jiang
(B.S. 2008, Computer Engineering, University of Illinois)
Aswin Kannan
(B.E. 2008, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy,
Chennai, India; M.S. 2010 Industrial Engineering, University of
Illinois)
Jinju Kim
(B.S. 2008, Industrial Engineering, Korea Air Force Academy; M.S. 2012, Industrial Engineering and Naval Architecture, Seoul National University)
Jinju Kim is an Assistant Professor at the Korea Air Force Academy and currently pursuing PhD at the University of Illinois. She is currently working on the topic of sustainable product design and market-driven green design and remanufacturing.
Louis Kim
(B.S. 2012 General Engineering, University of Illinois)
Joseph Kirsh
(B.S. 2015, Idustrial Engineering, University of Illinois)
Katie Koritz
(B.S. 2012, General Engineering, University of Illinois; M.S. 2014, Systems Engineering, University of Illinois)
(Assistant Professor at Soongsil University; B.S. 2005, M.S. 2007, Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; Ph.D. 2012, Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois)
Shen Lu
(B.E. 2003, Automation, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. M.E.
2006, Control Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing,
China, Ph.D. 2012, Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois)
(B.S. 2002, Statistical Information Analysis, Korea Military Academy, M.S. 2008, Industrial Engineering, Penn State)
Jungmok Ma, a Ph.D. student in ISE, received his B.S. degree in
Statistical Information Analysis from the Korea Military Academy and
M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Penn State in 2002 and
2008. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as an instructor at the OR
department in the Korea Army Academy. His current research is on data
driven engineering design and machine learning.
Erik Pan
(B.S. 2019, Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Erik Pan earned a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently working on the topics about sustainable product design as a MS student.
Shalu Pandey
(B.S. 2009, Computer Science, University of Illinois)
Gregory Pastorek
(B.S. 2015, Computer Science, University of Illinois)
Inaki Planas Estan
(M.S. 2022)
Ning Quan
(B.Eng. 2011 Industrial and Systems Engineering, National University of Singapore)
Ning Quan earned a B.Eng. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the National University of Singapore and joined the ISE department as a Ph.D. student in 2012. As an undergraduate, Ning Quan did research on the use of Kriging metamodels in simulation optimization. He is currently working on the topic of modularity in product design.
Alvaro Rojas
(B.S. 2003, Mechatronics, Universidad Autonoma de Occidente in Cali,
Colombia; M.S. 2008 Industrial Engineering, Rochester Institute of
Technology, Rochester, NY, USA, M.S. 2011, Systems Engineering,
University of Illinois)
Sukolsak Sakshuwong
(B.S. 2012 Computer Science, University of Illinois)
Obaid Sarvana
(B.S. 2012 General Engineering, University of Illinois)
Nathan Schroeder
(B.S. 2009, General Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA, M.S. 2011, Systems Engineering, University
of Illinois)
Dedy Suryadi
(M.S. 2009 Industrial Engineering, National Tsing Hua University)
Dedy Suryadi earned a B.S. degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Parahyangan Catholic University, M.S. in Industrial Engineering at the National Tsing Hua University, and joined the ISE department as a Ph.D. student in 2014. He is currently working on the topic of product design analytics and machine learning.
Nadezhda Tkach
(B.S. 2009, Computer Science, University of Illinois)
Conrad S. Tucker
(B.S. 2004, Mechanical Engineering with Minor in Economics,
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN, USA, M.S. 2007,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, Ph.D. 2011, Systems
Engineering, University of Illinois)
Aukrit Unahalekhaka
(B.S. 2010, Computer Science, University of Illinois)
Nicole Yang
(B.S. 2015, Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois)
Eric Ye
(B.S. 2015, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois)
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