Dr. Seungju Kim
Details
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College: School of Engineering
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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seungju.kim@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Dr Seungju Kim is ARC DECRA Fellow in Chemical Engineering.
Dr Kim is an expert in materials science and chemical engineering with a MS in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Energy Engineering at Hanyang University, Korea. He has recently focused on making polymer-MOF electrospun membranes for seawater desalination and CO2 separation.
Research fields
- 400409 Separation technologies
- 401609 Polymers and plastics
- 401605 Functional materials
- 400411 Water treatment processes
UN sustainable development goals
- 10 Reduced Inequalities
- 13 Climate Action
- 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Academic positions
- ARC DECRA Fellow
- RMIT University
- Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- , Australia
- 1 Sep 2022 – Present
- Research Fellow
- The University of Melbourne
- Chemical Engineering
- , Australia
- 1 May 2019 – 31 Aug 2022
- Assistant Professor
- Hanyang University
- Energy Engineering
- Seoul, Korea, Republic of
- 1 Jun 2018 – 30 Apr 2019
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Monash University
- Chemical Engineering
- , Australia
- 1 Jan 2015 – 31 Dec 2017
Supervisor projects
- Novel adsorbents for removing persistent organic contaminants from water and wastewater
- 30 Aug 2023
Teaching interests
PROC2128 Introduction to Chemcial Engineering, Co-lecturer
PROC2077 Chemical Engineering Fundamentals, Co-lecturer
PROC2088 Process Systems Design, Co-lecturer & Tutor
OENG1167 Engineering Capstone Projects
OENG1168 Engineering Capstone Projects
Research interests
Research activities:
- Membrane materials and processes for gas separation, seawater desalination (RO and FO), membrane distillation, nanofiltration, and wastewater treatment.
- Polymer nanofibre membranes for membrane gas absorption and membrane distillation.
- Polymer nanocomposite materials with graphene based and metal organic framework based materials.
- Membrane fabrication (casting, spin-coating, hollow fibre spinning).
Membrane separation, polymers, 2D materials, water desalination by RO and FO, gas separation, membrane distillation, CO2 separation
