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Biography
Dr. Sungmin Youn is an environmental engineer with fundamental training in water and colloidal chemistry and water treatment. His doctoral research focuses on the fate and transport of nano-sized contaminants in water systems. Dr. Youn particularly enjoy collaborating with researchers from different disciplines to evaluate potential pollution sources in water and to identify their impacts on the surrounding environment. His strong passion for sharing engineering knowledge with others has motivated me to pursue a career in academia.
Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin, 2017 (Civil Engineering)
M.S. The University of Texas at Austin, 2013 (Civil Engineering)
B.S. Calvin College, 2011 (Engineering)
Environmental Engineering, Water and Wastewater Treatment Design, Water Chemistry, Engineering Computations, Differential Equations and The Engineering Profession.
Nanoparticles, Coagulation, Flocculation, Water Treatment Modeling, Adsorption, and Stormwater Quality.
Na, S., Lee, S., and Youn, S., 2021. Experiment on activated carbon manufactured from waste coffee grounds on the compressive strength of cement mortars., Symmetry 13(4), 619. Link
Lee, S., Na, S., Rogers, O.G., and Youn, S., 2021. Quantifying surface morphology of manufactured activated carbon and the waste coffee grounds using the Getis-Ord-Gi* statistic and Ripley’s K function. Sci Rep 11, 7543. Link
Mikelonis, A.M., Ratliff, K. and Youn, S., 2020. Laboratory results and mathematical modeling of spore surface interactions in stormwater runoff. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, p.103707. Link
Youn, S., & Lawler, D.F., 2019. The (relative) insignificance of G revisited to include nanoparticles. AWWA Water Science, 1(3), e1138. Link
Willis, A., Kayuha, C., Hoard, K.C., Geis, J. & Youn, S., (2019) Using Spent Coffee Grounds for Adsorption of Natural Organic Matter in Water Treatment. In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society (Vol. 257)., DC 20036 USA
Kim, I., Zhu, T., Youn, S., & Lawler, D.F., 2017. Polymer-capped Nanoparticle Transport in Granular Media Filtration: Deviation from the Colloidal Filtration Model. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 143(7). Link
Mikelonis, A.M., Youn, S., & Lawler D.F., 2016. DLVO Approximation Methods for Predicting the Attachment of Silver Nanoparticles to Ceramic Membranes. Langmuir, 32 (7), 1723–1731. Link
Lawler, D.F., Youn, S., Zhu, T., Kim, I., & Lau, B.L., 2015. Comprehensive Understanding of Nano-sized Particle Separation Processes Using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis. Water Science and Technology, 72(12), 2318-2324. Link
Lawler, D.F., Mikelonis, A.M., Kim, I., Lau, B. L., & Youn, S., 2013. Silver Nanoparticle Removal From Drinking Water: Flocculation/Sedimentation or Filtration?. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, 13(5), 1181-1187. Link
Marshall University Faculty Senate
Marshall University Environmental Committee
Mentor for Clean Water Science Network