Overview
Dr. Yang-Seon Kim has strong expertise in building energy modeling (both statistical approach and EnergyPlus); indoor air quality; occupants鈥 perception and impact on building energy and environment. She also had experiences in the large field studies: protocol development, data analyzing and recruiting buildings. She has around 10 years of experience in the building science research field.
Information
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2014
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea 2010
- B.S., Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea 2008
Research Interests:
As part of a sustainable environment, buildings play an important role in both energy use and human well-being. In the United States, buildings account for more than 40% of the total energy consumption, and people spend 90% of their time in indoor environments. Given the pressing need to understand the energy performance of buildings to improve energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality, I see critical research needs to understand how the tradeoffs between energy use and indoor air quality, and the co-benefits of the two. Broadly, I am eager to carry out experimental and numerical studies on energy and health impacts of the building environment.
Relevant Topics:
Residential & Commercial building indoor air quality and ventilation study
Campus building energy analysis with occupants鈥 behavior
Dormitory building energy challenges
- ME398 Thermodynamics I, Spring 2021
- ME 740- Indoor air pollution and simulation, Fall 2021
- ME850A Modeling and optimization of building energy , Spring 2020
- ME398 Thermodynamics 1, Spring 2020
- ME522 Heat Transfer, Fall 2020
- ME398 Thermodynamics 1, Fall 2020
- ME398 Thermodynamics I, Spring 2019
- ME740 Indoor air pollution and simulation, Fall 2019
- ME398 Thermodynamics I, Fall 2018
- Kim, M., Kim, Y.-S., Srebric, J., Impact of correlation of plug load data, occupancy rates and local weather conditions on electricity consumption in a building using four back-propagation neural network models, Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol 62, 2020
- Singer, B., Chan,W., Kim, Y.-S., Offermann, B., and Walker, I., Indoor air quality in California homes with code-required mechanical ventilation, Indoor Air, Vol 30, Issue 5, 2020
- Kim, M., Kim, Y.-S.*, and Srebric, J., Predictions of electricity consumption in a campus building using occupant rates and weather elements with sensitivity analysis: artificial neural network vs. linear regression, Sustainable Cities and Society, Vol 62, 2020
- Sohn, M.D., Delp, W.W., Fry, R.N., and Kim, Y.-S.* Analysis of a series of urban-scale chlorine dispersion experiments and implications on indoor health consequences, Atmospheric Environment, 83-89, Vol 212, 2019 (*corresponding author)
- Kim, Y.-S., Walker, I.S. and Delp, W.W. Development of a standard capture efficiency test method for residential kitchen ventilation, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 176-187, Vol 24, 2018
Assistant Professor 麻豆传媒映画出品 (KS, USA) August 2018 - Current
- Mechanical Engineering Department
Postdoctoral Fellow Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA, USA) March 2016 鈥 July 2018
- Building Technology and Urban Systems Division
- Supervisor: Iain S. Walker, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow University of Maryland (MD, USA) January 2015 鈥 February 2016
- Mechanical Engineering Department
- Advisor: Jelena Srebric, Ph.D
Sponsored Research
- Ambient temperature reduction inside
the Coleman facility, Phase one (05/21 鈥11/21) for $25,000 - Faculty connection and mentorship
through an integrated EM curriculum (02/21 鈥 01/23)- for $100,000 - Estimate indoor air pollution and exposure levels based on the integration
of satellite-derived air quality data and building physics (06/21-04/22) for $18,456 - Understanding the energy use in buildings, and the link between occupant鈥檚 knowledge and behavior changes to energy savings (07/19- 06/20) for $3,246
- University Research/Creative Projects Award (URCA), 麻豆传媒映画出品, 2019
- NASEM Travel Grant Award, Microbiomes of the Built Environment Meeting, National
Academy of Sciences, 2016 - Global research internship program, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF),
December 2010 - 2nd Yonsei Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Symposium - Excellence
award, Yonsei University, December 2008 - Brain Korea 21(BK21) Research Scholarship, August 2008 - January 2009
- Yonsei Honorary Scholarship, Yonsei University, Fall 2006
- Airborne microbial measurement apparatus and measurement method using the
microorganism dissolution system and ATP-luminescence, 10-2011-0007570 (20110126)
Profession Membership
鈥 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Journal manuscript review work
鈥 Science and Technology for the Built Environment
鈥 Building and Environment
鈥 Applied Thermal Engineering
鈥 International Journal of Ventilation