Baehyun Min

Prof. Dr. Baehyun Min

Climate and Energy Systems Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Biography

Dr. Baehyun Min is an Associate Professor in the Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering at Ewha Womans University in South Korea. He was a former department head by July 2024 before coming to the University of Houston to spend his 1-year sabbatical. He received a B.S. and a M.S. in Civil, Urban, and Geosystems Engineering from Seoul National University in the Republic of Korea in 2005 and 2007, respectively, and Ph.D. in Energy Systems Engineering from Seoul National University in 2013. From January 2014 to February 2017, he served as a postdoctoral fellow and a research associate in the Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering and the Center for Subsurface Modeling of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests span geoenergy engineering, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), and stochastic analysis based on evolutionary optimization and data-driven technologies. As of now, he has published 53 journal papers, 1 book, 4 patents, and presented 109 technical presentations. He is a member of several geoenergy societies such as SPE, AGU, SIAM Geosciences, and IAMG. Currently, he serves as the Social Activities Chair of the SPE Korea Section and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Korean Society of Petroleum Engineers (KSPE).

Affiliations

Ewha Womans University

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Climate and Energy Systems Engineering

Honors and Awards

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SPE 2021 Outstanding Technical Reviewer Award

Society of Petroleum Engineers

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2022 KSMER Early Career Award

Korean Society of Mineral and Energy Resources Engineers

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2022 Research Excellence Award

Ewha Womans Univeristy

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2024 Ewha Early-Career Fellow

Ewha Womans Univeristy

Experience

University Educator/Researcher

Ewha Womans University

01 Mar 2017 - present

Institute, Department or Faculty Head

Ewha Womans University

01 Aug 2023 - 01 Jul 2024

Post Doctoral Researcher

The University of Texas at Austin

01 Jan 2014 - 01 Feb 2017