- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Stephanie Sneed Langenstein '89 Faculty Fellow
- Phone: 979-862-5930
- Email: kwonx075@tamu.edu
- Office: 206 CHEN/ERB 331
- Website: Research Website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles – 2015
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania – 2011
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities – 2009
- B.S., Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities – 2009
Research Interests
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Methodology development:
- Multiscale modeling
- Digital twin
- Hybrid modeling (machine learning + first principles)
- Sparse model identification
- Fault prognosis
- Systems biology
- Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation
Applications:
- Pulp and paper industry (pulping, pretreatment, fractionation)
- Oil and gas industry (hydraulic fracturing, flowback and produced water management, FPSO)
- Electrochemical industry (Li-ion battery, quantum dots)
- Food and pharmaceutical industry (crystallization, multivalent binding, biofermentation, cell signal pathway)
Awards & Honors
- 2021 Hanwha Non-Tenure Faculty Award
- 2020 Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research (PI: Dr. El-Halwagi), TAMU
- 2020 Engineering Genesis Award for Multidisciplinary Research (PI: Dr. Akbulut), TAMU
- 2020 Young Investigator Grant, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)
- 2020 TEES Young Faculty Fellow Award, TAMU
- 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award, Chemical Engineering, TAMU
- 2019 President Young Investigator Grant, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE)
Selected Publications
- A. Narasingam and J. S. Kwon, "Development of local dynamic mode decomposition with control: Application to model predictive control of hydraulic fracturing,'' Comp. & Chem. Eng., 106, 501-511, 2017.
- P. Siddhamshetty and J. S. Kwon, "Modeling of hydraulic fracturing and design of online optimal pumping schedule to achieve uniform proppant concentration,'' Comp. & Chem. Eng., in press (A Special Issue dedicated to FOCAPO/CPC 2017).
- A. Narasingam and J. S. Kwon, "Temporal clustering for order reduction of nonlinear parabolic PDE systems with time-dependent spatial domains: Application to a hydraulic fracturing process,'' AIChE J., 63, 3818-3831, 2017.
- P. Siddhamshetty, S. Liu, P. Valko, J. S. Kwon, "Feedback control of proppant bank heights during hydraulic fracturing for enhanced productivity in shale formations,'' AIChE J., submitted.
- S. Yang, P. Siddhamshetty and J. S. Kwon, "Optimal pumping schedule design to achieve a uniform proppant concentration level in hydraulic fracturing,'' Comp. & Chem. Eng., 101, 138-147, 2017.