Jin Yong Choi - Department of Environmental Engineering
Assistant Professor
406-496-4446
jchoi@mtech.edu
Science & Engineering Building (S&E) 318
Education
Ph.D. | Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (2014)
M.S.E. | Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (2009)
B.E. | Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering (Minor, Business Administration)
INHA University, Incheon, South Korea (2006)
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor | Department of Environmental Engineering
Montana Technological University, Butte, MT (2022-Present)
Assistant Researcher | Institute of the Environment & Sustainability (IoES)
University of California, Los Angeles, CA (2020-2021)
Postdoctoral Research Associate | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles, CA (2016-2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin, TX (2014-2015)
Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant | Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin, TX (2008-2014)
Non-Academic Experience
Airport Railroad Co., Ltd., Incheon, South Korea | Station Agent, Department Management (2006 - 2007)
Republic of Korea Army, Chulwon, South Korea | Sergeant discharge, Artillery Specialist, Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (2000 - 2003)
Service Activities
Search Committee Member for Lab Director | Montana (2022)
Curriculum Review Committee Member | Montana (2022 - Present)
Publications and Presentations from the Past Five Years
Choi, J. Y., Kaufmann, F., Rahardianto, A., and Cohen, Y.* (2021) “Desupersaturation of RO concentrate and gypsum removal via seeded precipitation in a fluidized bed crystallizer”, Water Research 190 (15), 116766
Yang, Z., Muhammad, B., Choi, J. Y., and Cohen, Y.* (2021) “Machine learning modeling of water use patterns in small disadvantaged communities”, Water 13 (16) 2321
Cohen, Y.*, Choi, J. Y.*, Rahardianto, A. (2020) “Chapter 10: Water Reclamation, Remediation and Cleaner Production with Nanofiltration”, in: Schafer, A. I., Fane, A.G., Waite, (2nd Eds.), Nanofiltration: Principles, Applications, and New Materials, Wiley-VCH
Choi, J. Y., Lee, T., Cheng, Y., and Cohen, Y.* (2019) “Observed crystallization induction time in seeded gypsum crystallization”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 58 (51), 23359-23365
Lee, T., Choi, J. Y., and Cohen, Y.* (2019) “Gypsum scaling propensity in semi-batch RO (SBRO) and steady-state RO with partial recycle (SSRO-PR)”, Journal of Membrane Science 588, 117106
Choi, J. Y., Lee, T., Aleidan, A., Rahardianto, A., Glickfeld, M., Kennedy, M., Chen, Y., Haase, P., Chen, C., and Cohen, Y.* (2019) “On the feasibility of small communities wellhead RO treatment for nitrate removal and salinity reduction”, Journal of Environmental Management 250, 109487
Choi, J. Y., Kinney, K. A., and Katz, L. E.* (2019) “Effect of CaCO3(S) nucleation modes on algae removal from alkaline water”, Environmental Science & Technology 53, 11694-11703
Professional Development Activities
Attend national and international conferences
Non-Academic Activities
Family, Soccer, Baseball, and Traveling