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KIM, TAE HYUN, Ph.D.


Professor Tae Hyun Kim is Assistant Professor of Dep't of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering and Natural Resources Ecology & Management at Iowa State University. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Han Yang University in Seoul, Korea in 1994. Dr. Kim then has worked as a Process Engineer at two companies for more than 5 years; Samsung Engineering Inc., and LG Chemical Inc. He came to U.S. in 1999 to pursue his Ph.D. degree. He studied under Professor Y.Y. Lee at Auburn University and received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2004. In 2005, he started his first professional career in the U.S. as a Chemical Engineer at USDA-ARS-ERRC (Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center) in Wyndmoor, PA. In 2007, Dr. Kim became Assistant Professor and this position is for full time research (50%) and teaching (50%). Dr. Kim has devoted himself to the biofuels and biorenewable research for over 10 years.
Dr. Kim’s research interest has been in Biochemical Engineering in the area of novel pretreatment, fractionation and bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass and grains into fuels, value added chemicals, food and bio-based products. Dr. Kim has developed novel pretreatment and fractionation methods for biomass using thermochemical methods including Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia (SAA), Low-liquid ARP (ammonia recycle percolation), multi-stage fractionation process using hot water and ammonia, etc. Dr. Kim has authored or co-authored a book chapter, and numerous peer-reviewed papers and presentations.

Educational Achievements

  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 2004
  • B.S.   Chemical Eng., Han Yang University, Seoul, Korea, 1994

Professional Careers

  • 2005-2007   Research Chemical Engineer, USDA-ARS-ERRC, Wyndmoor, PA
  • 2000-2004   Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University
  • 1999-2000   Graduate Teaching Assistant, Auburn University
  • 1995-1999   Process Engineer, Samsung Engieering Inc., Korea
  • 1994-1994   Engineer, LG Chemical Inc., Korea
  • 1989-1990   Millitary Service, Korea

Award

  • 2009 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine (Oscars of Invention), MycoFuel
  • Grand Prize, University Research from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Single cell bio-oil from an integrated fungal lignocellulosic biorefinery, J. (Hans) van Leeuwen, Samuel Beattie, Tae Hyun Kim, David Grewell, Lawrence Johnson, Earl Hammond, Anthony Pometto III, Diliara Iassonova, Prachand Shrestha and Micky Vincent. March 2009
  • Outstanding Research Effort Award from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company, December 4, 2007
  • Recipient of Presidential Graduate Fellowship at Auburn University
  • Omega Chi Epsilon (The honor society of Chemical Engineer)

Professional Activities

  • Session Chair and Co-chair, Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass I and III, AIChE Annual Meeting 2009, Nashville, TN.
  • Chair, Symposium on Renewable Energy and Sustainability (RES) at UKC 2009 (US-Korea Conference), Raleigh, NC, July 18, 2009.
  • Chair, Energy R&D Workshop (EWS) at UKC 2009 (US-Korea Conference), Raleigh, NC, July 17, 2009.
  • Session Co-Chair, Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Interactions with Other Processing Steps I & II (T4004 & T4013), AIChE Annual Meeting 2008, Philadelphia, PA.
  • 2008     Session Co-Chair, Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass and Interactions with Other Processing Steps I & II (T4004 & T4013), AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2008     Symposium Chair, Renewable Energy and Sustainability (RES), UKC 2008, San Diego, CA
  • 2008     Workshop Chair, Energy R&D Workshop for Renewable Energy, UKC 2008, San Diego, CA
  • 2003-Present    American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2002-Present    Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE in U.S.)
  • 2001-Present    American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

Publications

  • Tae Hyun Kim, Frank Taylor, John Nghiem, Kevin Hicks, Consolidated Conversion of Whole Barley, Submitted for publication, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnolog, 2009.
  • Ja Kyong Ko, Jin Seop Bak, Min Woo Jung, Hee Jin Lee, In-Geol Choi, Tae Hyun Kim, Kyoung Heon Kim, Ethanol Production from Rice Straw using Optimized Aqueous-Ammonia Soaking Pretreatment and Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation Processes, Bioresource Technology, 100, pp. 4374-4380, 2009.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, John P. Nghiem, Kevin B. Hicks, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover using Soaking in Ethanol and Aqueous Ammonia, Published online Jan 29, 2009, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2009.
  • Taylor, Frank, Tae Hyun Kim, Charles A. Abbas, Kevin B. Hicks, Liquefaction, Saccharification, and Fermentation of Ammoniated Corn to Ethanol, Biotechnology Progress, Vol. 24, No 6, 1267-1271, 2008
  • Rajesh Gupta, Tae Hyun Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Substrate Dependency and Effect of Xylanase Supplementation on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Ammonia-Treated Biomass, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 148, 59–70, 2008
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Frank Taylor, Kevin B. Hicks, Bioethanol production from Barley Hull using SAA (Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia) Pretreatment, Bioresource Technology, 99, 5694–5702, 2008
  • Tae Hyun Kim and Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia at Moderate Temperature. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 136-140, 81-92, 2007.
  • Frank Taylor, Tae Hyun Kim and Neil M. Goldberg, Uniformity of distribution of anhydrous ammonia into shelled corn in a continuous ammoniator. T. ASABE (American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers). 50(1):147-152, 2007.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Changshin Sunwoo, and Jun Seok Kim, Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Low-liquid Ammonia Percolation Process. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 133 (1), 41-58, 2006.
  • Yongming Zhu, Tae Hyun Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Rongfu Chen, and Richard T. Elander, Enzymatic Production of Xylooligosaccharides from Corn Stover and Corn Cobs treated with Aqueous Ammonia. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 130 (1-3), 586-598, 2006.
  • Tae Hyun Kim and Y.Y. Lee, Fractionation of Corn Stover by Hot-Water and Aqueous Ammonia Treatment, Bioresource Technology. 97, 224-232, 2006.
  • Tae Hyun Kim and Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover by Ammonia Recycle Percolation (ARP) Process. Bioresource Technology, 96, 2007-2013, 2005.
  • Tae Hyun Kim and Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 124, 1119-1132, 2005.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Jun Seok Kim, Changshin Sunwoo and Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Aqueous Ammonia. Bioresource Technology, 90, 39-47, 2003.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Frank Taylor, and Kevin Hicks, Improved Enzymatic Saccharification of Barley Hull by Aqueous Ammonia. Submitted for Publication, Bioresource Technology. 2007.
  • Parag Garhyan, Tae Hyun Kim, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, and Y.Y. Lee, SSF (Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation) Modeling of Ammonia Pretreated Corn Stover into Ethanol. In preparation.

Book Chapters and Other Publications

  • Book title: Methods in Molecular Biology Book Series: Biofuels, Chapter: Pretreatment of biomass by aqueous ammonia for bioethanol production, Tae Hyun Kim, Rajesh Gupta, Y.Y. Lee, The Humana Press Inc. Totowa, New Jersey 07512-1165 USA
  • Pamphlets; Title: Present and Future of Bioethanol (65 pages), Tae Hyun Kim, published by Daishin Securities, Seoul, Korea, July 12, 2007

Conference Proceedings

  • Tae Hyun Kim, J. N. Nghiem, K.B. Hicks, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover using SEAA (soaking in ethanol and aqueous ammonia), Presented at the AIChE 2007 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov 5-Nov 9, 2007
  • Tae Hyun Kim and Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia, Proceedings of AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting, Nov. 2003 at San Francisco, CA, TH 163b.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Changshin. Sunwoo and Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn stover with Aqueous Ammonia, Proceedings of AIChE 2002 Annual Meeting, Nov. 2002 at Indianapolis, IN, T4 26e.
  • Jun Seok Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Ammonia Recycled Percolation, Proceedings of Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Fall Symposium (ChuKe HakSul DaHoe), October 2003 at KOEX, Seoul, Korea, P 147.

Invited Presentations

  • Featured speaker-Bioenergy, ‘Technology Expo’ sponsored by SMBA (Small and Medium Business Administration), KOEX, Seoul, Korea, September 3, 2009.
  • Special Lectures, Challenges of Lignocellulosic Conversion to Bio-based Products, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea, August 3, 2009.
  • Invited speaker, Special Seminar, sponsored by Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Biofuels and Bio-based Products from Biomass, Ulsan, Korea, July 27, 2009.
  • Featured speaker-Bioenergy, the 22nd invited speaker at ULTRA Round Table Program (http://www.ultra.or.kr) sponsored by KOFST (The Korean Foundation of Science and Technology Societies), Raleigh, NC, July 18, 2009.
  • Invited speaker, GST (Green Science and Technology) Workshop at UKC 2009, Demonstration of Biorefinery Concept using Novel Lab-scale Fractionation Process, Raleigh, NC, July 17, 2009.
  • Invited speaker & Panelist, Gyongnam Bio-Forum, Pretreatment of Cellulosic Feedstock for Ethanol Production, Changwon, Korea, January 22, 2008
  • Featured speaker, Symposium on Biofuels as a Future Alternative, Present and Future of Bioethanol (Bioethanol Coming to the Market Place), Sponsored by Daishin Securities, Seoul, Korea. July, 2007.
  • Invited speaker & Panelist, Symposium on Future Alternative fuels and National Energy Security, Hosted by The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (KSAE), Seoul, Korea, July, 2007.

Patents

  • Process for Converting Whole Barley into Fermentable Sugars, Tae Hyun Kim, Frank Taylor, Kevin B. Hicks, April 2009, U.S. Patent Application APPL. NO. 12/381,890.
  • Process for Converting Whole Barley into Fermentable Sugars, Tae Hyun Kim, John P. Nghiem, Kevin B. Hicks, 4/11/2008, U.S. Provisional Patent Application APPL. NO. 61/044,238.
  • Pretreatment Method for Maxium Preservation of Carbohydrates in Lignocellulosic Biomass, Tae Hyun Kim, John P. Nghiem, Kevin B. Hicks, 8/20/2008, U.S. Provisional Patent Application APPL. NO. 12/194,821.
  • Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia at Moderate Temperature for Improvement of Enzyme Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Y.Y. Lee and Tae Hyun Kim, 2004, U.S. Provisional Patent Application APPL. NO. 60/558,846.

Conference Presentations

  • Chang Geun Yoo, Tae Hyun Kim, Fractionation of Corn Stover using Multi-stage Treatment, UKC 2009, RES (Renewable Energy and Sustainability) Symposium, July 17-18, 2009, Raleigh, NC.
  • Xuan Li, Tae Hyun Kim, Two phase bioconversion process for effective utilization of hexoses and pentoses in corn stover, UKC 2009, RES (Renewable Energy and Sustainability) Symposium, July 17-18, 2009, Raleigh, NC.
  • Chang Geun Yoo, Tae Hyun Kim, Fractionation of Corn Stover using Multi-stage Treatment, ASABE Annual International Meeting, June 21‐24, 2009, Reno, NV.
  • Xuan Li, Tae Hyun Kim, Integrated Bioconversion Process of Corn Stover for the Production, ASABE Annual International Meeting, June 21‐24, 2009, Reno, NV.
  • Chang Geun Yoo, Tae Hyun Kim, Fractionation of Corn Stover using How-water and Aqueous Ammonia, The 31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, May. 2009, San Francisco, CA.
  • Xuan Li, Tae Hyun Kim, Integrated Bioconversion Process of Corn Stover for the Production of Ethanol using Aqueous Ammonia Pretreatment and Two-Phase Fermentation, 2009 BIGMAP Symposium, April 21‐22, 2009, Ames, IA.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Frank Taylor, K.B. Hicks, Bioethanol production from barley hull using SAA (soaking in aqueous ammonia) pretreatment, AIChE Annual Meeting, Nov. 2008, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, John Nghiem, Kevin B. Hicks, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover using Soaking in Ethanol and Aqueous Ammonia (SEAA), The 30th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, New Orleans, LA, May, 2008.
  • John Nghiem, Tae Hyun Kim, Kevin B. Hicks, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover using Soaking in Ethanol and Aqueous Ammonia (SEAA), The 5th World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, April 27-30, 2008, Chicago, IL.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, J. N. Nghiem, K.B. Hicks, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover using SEAA (soaking in ethanol and aqueous ammonia), UKC-2008, RES Symposium, Aug, 2008, San Diego, CA.
  • Chi Woo Lee, Young Joon Yang, Tae Hyun Kim, A Plan of Research and Production of Cellulosic Ethanol in Gyeongnam Province in Korea, UKC-2008, RES Symposium, Aug, 2008, San Diego, CA.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Technologies in Cellulosic Ethanol, Gyongnam Bioenergy Forum, January 22, 2008, presented as an invited speaker at Changwon, Korea.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, John Nghiem, Kevin, B. Hicks, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover using SEAA (Soaking in Ethanol and Aqueous Ammonia, AIChE Annual Meeting Conference, Nov 5-9, 2007 at Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, The state of cellulosic ethanol, presented as an invited speaker at the National Energy Security Conference, Seoul, Korea, July 13. 2007.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Bioethanol moving to the market place, featured seminar at Korea Securities Dealers Association (KSDA), Seoul, Korea, July 12, 2007.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Frank Taylor, Kevin B. Hicks, Consolidated Conversion of Hulled Barley Into Ethanol Using Chemo, Thermo, and Enzymatic Treatment (CTE), The 29th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Denver, CO, April 29-May 3, 2007.
  • Rajesh Gupta, Tae Hyun Kim, Y. Y. Lee, Substrate Dependency on the Effect of Pretreatment by Aqueous Ammonia, AIChE Annual Meeting Conference, Nov 2006 at San Francisco, CA.
  • Rajesh Gupta, Tae Hyun Kim, Y. Y. Lee, Production of Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass, AIChE Annual Meeting Conference, Nov 2006 at San Francisco, CA.
  • Kevin B. Hicks, Tae Hyun Kim, Andrew J. McAloon, Frank Taylor, David B. Johnston, Akwasi A. Boateng, Robert A. Moreau, Fuel Ethanol from Barley - A Research Update, 16th annual EPAC Conference: Renewable Fuels - Making Progress in America, June 2006 at Whitefish, MT
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Frank Taylor, Kevin B. Hicks, Enzymatic Saccharification of Barley Hull using Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia Pretreatment, 28th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, May 2006 at Nashville, TN.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Yongming Zhu, Y. Y. Lee, Pretreatment Strategy in Simultaneous Saccharification and Co-Fermentation of Lignocellulosic Biomass, International High-Level Forum in Bioeconomy, September 13-16, 2005, Beijing, China
  • Yongming Zhu, Tae Hyun Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Rongfu Chen, Richard T. Elander, Enzymatic Production of Xylooligsaccharides from Corn Stover and Corn Cobs treated with Aqueous Ammonia, 27th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, May 2005 at Denver, CO.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia for Pretreatment of Corn Stover, AIChE Annual Meeting Conference, Nov. 2004 at Austin, TX.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Y. Y. Lee, Pretreatment Strategy in Simultaneous Saccharification and Co-Fermentation of Corn Stover, 26th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, May 2004 at Chattanooga, TN.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Parag Garhyan, Y. Y. Lee, S.S.E.H. Elnashaie, Modeling of Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation as Applied to Conversion of Corn Stover to Ethanol, 26th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, May 2004 at Chattanooga, TN.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia, AIChE Annual Meeting Conference, Nov. 2003 at San Francisco, CA.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Low-Liquid Ammonia Percolation Process, 25th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, May 2003 at Breckenridge, CO.
  • Tae Hyun Kim Y.Y. Lee, Effect of Lignin on Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose, 25th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, May 2003 at Breckenridge, CO.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Changshin Sunwoo, Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment and Fractionation of Corn Stover by Aqueous Ammonia, AIChE Annual Meeting Conference, Nov. 2002 at Indianapolis, IN.
  • Tae Hyun Kim and Y.Y. Lee, Fractionation of Corn Stover by Two-Stage Percolation Process, 24th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Apr. 2002 at Gatlinburg, TN.
  • Tae Hyun Kim, Jun Seok Kim, Y.Y. Lee, Pretreatment of Corn Stover by Ammonia Recycle Percolation Process, AIChE Annual Meeting Conference, Nov. 2001 at Reno, CA.













Schedule for 2009

The 31th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, San Fransisco, May 1-May 3, 2009.

ASABE Annual International Meeting, Reno, NV, June 21-24, 2009

UKC 2009, Raleigh, NC, July 16-19, 2009

KITECH & Chonnam National University, Korea, Seminar and Lectures, July 27-Aug 3, 2009

Advanced High Tech Fair, KOEX, Seoul, Korea, Sep 3, 2009

AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov, 2009
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