Choi, Kyu Yong
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1984
BACKGROUND
Kyu Yong Choi has been a member of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering since 1984, and was an affiliate of the Institute for Systems Research (ISR) from 1993 to 2004. He leads the Polymer Reaction Engineering Laboratory, which focuses on polymerization kinetics, polymerization reactor/process modeling, control, and optimization. Dr. Choi has won numerous awards, including the DuPont Young Faculty Award and the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award at the start of his career, and the Sigma Xi Contribution to Science Award more recently. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea and the Korean National Academy of Science and Technology. His work in industry includes collaborations with major corporations such as Exxon Chemical, DuPont, Dow, Eastman Chemical, Solvay, Honeywell, and Shell Chemical; as well as major chemical companies in Europe, Asia, and South America.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 1984 DuPont Young Faculty Award
- 1986 Presidential Young Investigator Award (National Science Foundation)
- 1992 Engineering Achievement Award (Washington Academy of Sciences)
- 2000 Elected to Membership, National Academy of Engineering of Korea
- 2001 Elected to Membership, Korean National Academy of Science and Technology
- 2001 Contribution to Science Award (Sigma Xi, University of Maryland Chapter)
- 2001 Cooperative Research Award (LG Chemical Company)
- 2006 Elected Fellow/Permanent Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology