
Dr. Kim Presents to Universitat Rovira i Virgili (CiTQ Multidisciplinary Seminar Series)
Our group has introduced a “Fuel property first” design approach to reduce emissions and increase performance. Traditional approaches for developing these mechanistic models require many years for each new molecule, a pace that is poorly suited to the large-scale search for new bioderived blendstocks. We have developed a quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) model for sooting tendency based on the experimental yield sooting index (YSI), developed by collaborators at Yale (Prof. L. Pfefferle and Dr. C. McEnally). This is the first fuel property predictive tool using ML (Machine Learning) approaches in combustion research. We have started to build kinetic mechanisms of soot precursor formation during combustion using DFT and flow reactor experiments (collaboration with Dr. R. McCormick, NREL) to show how the fundamental chemistry affects this practical engineering problem..
Dr. Raul Perez Soto joined as a new postdoc
Raul visited our group in 2021 summer, and he has joined our group as a postdoc since October 2022! Welcome back, Raul!
Raul was born in Granada, Spain. He finished his undergrad studies in chemical engineering in 2016. He then moved to the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and the Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ) where he carried out his M.S. and PhD studies focusing on computational chemistry. Under the supervision of Prof. Feliu Maseras and Dr. Maria Besora he successfully defended his PhD in 2022. His PhD focused on the study of the formation mechanism of organic cage compounds, specifically the CC1 Imine cage. In his spare time, he enjoys learning new languages and reading.
Kim Lab hosts Visiting Summer Researchers
The Kim group is hosting two summer researchers: Collin Hansen, an incoming CSU Chemistry graduate student, and Olivia Harman, an undergraduate at Florida Gulf Coast University. Collin is working on generating data for solubility models, while Olivia is continuing research on predicting bond dissociation enthalpies. Welcome Olivia and Collin, we’re happy to have you join us!
Kim Research Group
Colorado State University
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Email: seonah.kim@colostate.edu