Jihye Kim wins Scialog Award for funding of research in sustainable energy systems
Kim, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, won the award as part of a multi-university team working on electrodeposition of nickel, cobalt
Jihye Kim, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at Colorado School of Mines, is among the 18 early career researchers on six interdisciplinary teams to receive awards as part of Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials.
Supported by awards from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Kavli Foundation, this three-year initiative endeavors to make advances in the mining, design, manufacture and disposal of materials needed to achieve a more sustainable and low-carbon energy system.
Kim is part of a project titled “AI/ML-assisted Separation and Programmable Electrodeposition of Ni and Co.” Her collaborators include Shuwen Yue, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Cornell University, and Qi (Tony) Dong, assistant professor of chemistry at Purdue University.
Scialog, short for “science + dialog,” aims to accelerate breakthroughs by building a creative network of scientists that crosses disciplinary silos and by stimulating intensive conversation around a scientific theme of global importance. It was created in 2010 by RCSA.
Kim’s research interests are focused on extractive metallurgy, carbon sequestration and waste management. She leads the Kim Research Group, which specializes in sustainable metallurgical processing for resource recovery and recycling. Kim holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Seoul National University and a PhD in chemical engineering and applied chemistry from University of Toronto.
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