Scholarship & Awards

- Best Publication Award, POSTECH, Fall, 2025

- POSTECHIAN Fellowship, POSTECH, Spring, 2025

- Best Oral Presentation Award, KIChE, Fall, 2023

Main Research Achievements

1. Lee, Y.‡, Ha, B.‡, Hwangbo, S.*, Generative model-based hybrid forecasting model for renewable electricity supply using long short-term memory networks: A case study of South Korea's energy transition policy. Renew. Energy. 2022, 200, 69-87.

2. Kim, T.‡, Lee, Y.‡, Hwangbo, S.*, Research on Forecasting Framework for System Marginal Price based on Deep Recurrent Neural Networks and Statistical Analysis Models. Clean. Tech. 2022, 28.2, 138-146

3. Lee, S.‡, Kim, J.‡, Byun, J.‡, Joo, J., Lee, Y., Kim, T., Hwangbo, S.*, Han, J.*, Kim, S.*, Lee, J.*, Environmentally-viable utilization of chicken litter as energy recovery and electrode production: A machine learning approach. Appl. Energy. 2023, 350, 121782

4. Lee, Y., Choi, H., Oh, H., Chung, S., Park, J., Han, J.*, Economic Feasibility Evaluation of Bioleaching-Based Tungsten Recycling of Semiconductor Industry Waste. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2024, 12.25, 10229-10238.

5. Lee, H., Lee, Y.‡, Yang, E., Yoo, J., Choi, S., Hwangbo, S., Suh, Y., Beak, J., Han, J.*, Kim Y.*, Environmentally friendly process design for furan-based long-chain diester production aiming for bio-based lubricants. Green Chem. 2025, 27.3, 607-622. 

6. Lee, Y.‡, Ko, J.‡, Kwon, O., Park, H., Lee, H., Jeong, S., Ha, B., Hwangbo, S.*, Han J.*, Biological-chemical conversion process design and machine learning-related life cycle assessment: Bio-lubricant production in a real case study of South Korea. J. Environ. Manage. 2025, 379, 124877.

7. Kim, K.‡, Ko, J.‡, Lee, Y., Lee, H., Jeong, S., Yoo, J., Lee, S., Gong, G., Suh, Y., Lee, S.*, Han, J.*, Hwangbo, S.*, High-yield oleic acid production through glucose-xylose co-fermentation process from lignocellulosic biomass: Techno-economic analysis and environmental evaluation on a large-scale case study. Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 510, 161171. 

8. Lee, Y., Lee, W., Chang, M. H., Lee, J. U.*, Han J.*, Modeling and validation of a detritiation system with recombiner and wet scrubber for fusion fuel cycle: Steady-state analysis and dynamic control case study. Fusion Eng. Des. 2026, 222, 11542.

9. Choi, S., Yoo, J., Lee, Y., Suh, Y., S, J. G., Han, J.*, Sustainable production of 1-octanol using biomass-derived acetone and furfural. Chem. Eng. J. 2026, 527, 171866.