KIChE-US Chapter Open Forum (Invited Talks) - AIChE 2026
Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM
Room M100F (Mezzanine Level, Minneapolis Convention Center)
Chair: Tae Jin Kim
Co-chairs: Ji Young Kim, Janghoon Ock, Won Min Park
3:15 PM - Molecular Engineering of Ion-Conducting Polymers: Synthesis, Properties, and Electrochemical Energy Applications
Chulsung Bae, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
3:45 PM - Data-Driven Optimization and Control of Slot-Die Coating Edge Profiles for Battery Electrode Manufacturing
Jaewook Nam, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
4:15 PM - Systems and Synthetic Biology: Constructing Smart and Programmable Microbes and Microbiota to Address Global Problems
Tae Seok Moon, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA
4:45 PM - TBA
Seongmin Heo, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
5:15 PM - Concluding Remarks