Jun-Ki Choi

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Professor Choi works in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering/Renewable and Clean Energy Engineering (RCL) Graduate Program at the University of Dayton. Professor Choi developed a research program in sustainable design and manufacturing, energy and resource efficiency, life cycle management, circular economy, and macroeconomic modeling for energy/environmental policies. He has conducted numerous seminars for consultants, utilities, academia, industry and government organizations in the U. S. and internationally. Professor Choi serves as a director of the University of Dayton Industrial Training and Assessment Center (UD-ITAC) funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. UD-ITAC was recognized in 2003 and 2015 as a Center of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr. Choi published 100+ journals and refereed conference papers in diverse topical areas and has managed a total of $10M in research projects as PI/Co-PI. Before joining UD, he worked as a scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory and worked as a postdoctoral research director at the Center for Resilience at the Ohio State University.

• MEE 344 Manufacturing Process
• MEE 410 Heat Transfer
• MEE 472/RCL 572 Design for Environment
• MEE 590 Special Topics in Energy Efficient Manufacturing
• MEE 595 Advanced Topics in Sustainable Manufacturing
• MEE 695 Advanced Topics in Life Cycle Assessment
• MEE 699 Advanced Topics in Desalination

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2006
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1999
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, 1997

• Sustainable manufacturing process, energy efficiency
• Design for environment, life cycle assessment
• End-of-life management, circular economy
• Sustainable energy infrastructure design
• Economic systems modeling (general & partial equilibrium models)
• Energy/environmental policy design