KIChE-US Chapter was founded in 2002 to promote constructive and mutually beneficial interactions among Korean Chemical Engineers in the US and facilitate international collaboration between engineers in US and Korea. The Chapter currently consists of

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• ~150 members 

• ~50 professors in universities in the United States

• ~15 researchers in industry & national labs

• ~20 postdocs

• ~60 Ph.D. students

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Prof. Hyun-Tae Hwang (University of Kentucky) is the President of the Chapter. Former Presidents are Prof. Younjin Min (UC Riverside, 2023-2024), Prof. Su Ha (Washington State, 2021-2022), Prof. Hyunmin Yi (Tufts, 2019-2020), Dr. Jaehun Chun (PNNL, 2017-2018), Prof. Daeyeon Lee (U Penn, 2015-2016), Prof. You-Yeon Won (Purdue, 2014-2015), Prof. Seong H. Kim (Penn State, 2012-2014), Prof. Jae W. Lee (the City University of New York, 2010-2012), Prof. Yong Lak Joo (Cornell, 2008 – 2010), Prof. Gyeong Soon Hwang (Texas, 2006-2008), Prof. Kyu Yong Choi (Maryland, 2004 – 2006), and the late Prof. James M. Lee (Washington State, 2002 – 2004).