Professor Kim Younghoon’s team in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Kwangwoon University received the Best Paper Award and 2 Excellent Presentation Awards at the 2022 Spring Meeting of the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.

A 2019 paper published in the Journal of Industrial Engineering Chemistry (SCIE, IF 6.064, Q1), the Society's English journal, was selected as the best-cited paper of the year and received the Best Paper Award. Professor Kim Younghoon's team was honored with the second award after winning the same one in 2020.

(BPA: J. Hong, D. K. Hwang, R. Selvaraj and Y. Kim, Facile synthesis of Br-doped g-C3N4 nanosheets via one-step exfoliation using ammonium bromide for photodegradation of oxytetracycline antibiotics, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 79, 473-481 (2019))

In addition, for the presentation of the research results conducted as a project of the National Institute of Environmental Sciences, master's degree research student Park Eunhae won the Best Poster Award. As a result of the research conducted as a research foundation project, Jo Sunhee, a master’s degree research student, received the Best Poster Award.

(Best Poster Award 1: Park Eunhae, Wi Eunsoo, Shin Hyukjin, Jeong Sohee, Hong Jaehwan, Kwon Jungtaek, Seo Doyeon, Lee Hyejin, Kim Younghun - "Estimation of the concentration of nano-carbon black in tire-wear particles using emission factors of PM10, PM2.5, and black carbon "

Best Poster Award 2: Jo Sunhee, Kim Younghun - "Super hydrophilic？underwater super oleophobic TiO2-coated mesh for separation of oil from oily seawater/wastewater")

The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry was established in 1990. It is currently organized into 8 branches, 12 committees, and 17 specialized subcommittees. As a major domestic society active, the English journal (JIEC) published by this society is a rare journal published in Korea and is listed in JCR Q1 in the chemical engineering field with a 2021 Impact Factor of 6.064.