University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Harrison Hyung Min Kim

Harrison Hyung Min Kim
Harrison Hyung Min Kim
Professor
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Education

  • B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 1995
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 1997
  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2001 (Advisor: Panos Papalambros (ME; NAE Member), Committee: John Birge (IOE), Huei Peng (ME), Tao Jiang (Ford), Nestor Michelena (ME))
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University, 2003-2004 (Advisor: Wei Chen (NAE Member))

Biography

About

Harrison Kim is an award-winning educator, researcher, and designer in systems design engineering, data-driven product design, and energy and environmental sustainability. He is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Co-Director of the Hoeft Technology and Management (T&M) program. He also holds appointments with the Beckman Institute, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and the Computational Science and Engineering Program at the University of Illinois.

Prof. Kim’s research ($15M to date) focuses on a variety of areas of systems design engineering - energy systems engineering; AI-based sustainable product design; environmental life cycle analysis and costing; renewable energy and vehicle electrification; multidisciplinary, multilevel optimization; green product portfolio design. Application areas are automotive, consumer electronics, heavy-duty equipment, national security, commercial/military system of systems, and information technology. Research sponsors and collaborators include the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Department of Energy (DOE), DOE REMADE Institute, Sandia National Labs (SNL), Caterpillar Inc., Deere and Co., National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Brunswick, and Hyundai Motor Company.

Prof. Kim’s teaching focuses on the fundamentals on engineering design and product development at the undergraduate and graduate levels – systems engineering, technology management, product development, optimization, and six sigma. He also leads the Technology and Management education efforts at the integration of engineering and business by serving as the T&M Co-Director leading the university minor curriculum. He advises a variety of industry-sponsored capstone projects ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small startups.

Dr. Kim has received numerous recognitions including the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award, Dean’s Award in Excellence in Research (2014; formerly Xerox Award; Associate Professors with highest research accomplishments for the last five years), Best Paper Award in ASME Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle Conference, Franklin Sharp Teaching Award, Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in national design competitions (Lincoln Arc Welding Award as a faculty advisor), and news media coverage in the USA Today and the Chicago Tribune. He lives in Champaign with his wife Elise (Critical Care Pharmacist and Director of Residency Program at Carle Foundation Hospital) and two daughters.

Academic Positions

  • Professor in the Dept. of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 2016 - Present
  • Donald Biggar Willett Scholar 2015 - Present, College of Engineering, University of Illinois
  • Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, February 2020 – Present
  • Co-Director, Hoeft Technology and Management (T&M) Program, 2020 - Present
  • Professor, Beckman Institute
  • Associate Professor in the Dept. of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 2012 - 2016
  • Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, 2005 - 2012
  • Faculty Affiliate in Computational Science and Engineering, U of I, 2006 - Present

Professional Registrations

  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016
  • Executive Committee Member, Design Automation Committee, ASME (2014-2019)
  • Advisory Board Member (elected), Design Society (2015-2021, 2021-2027)
  • Senior Member of AIAA (2005 - present)

Professional Highlights

  • NSF CAREER Award 2010
  • ASME Kos Ishii - Toshiba Award, 2019
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016
  • Donald Biggar Willett Scholar 2015, College of Engineering, University of Illinois
  • John Deere Innovation Award 2015
  • Guest Editor and Associate Editor for Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design
  • UIUC Dean's Award in Excellence in Research (formerly Xerox Award) 2014
  • J. Franklin Sharp Teaching Award 2013
  • Highly cited paper in design optimization: Target Cascading in Optimal System Design [ASME Transactions: Journal of Mechanical Design]
  • Reviewers' choice award in ICED13, ICED19, ICED21 conference (top 10% out of more than 300 papers)
  • Best paper award in 2009 ASME Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle conference
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 06, Fall 06, Spring 07, Fall 07, Spring 08, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2022)
  • Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals in the Lincoln Arc Welding National Design Competition (advisor, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) based on Senior Capstone Design Course

Research Interests

  • Design engineering and optimization for complex systems
  • Design for environment, life cycle design
  • AI-based sustainable product design
  • Energy systems engineering: renewable energy, vehicle electrification, resilience
  • Green, sustainable product design, manufacturing and remanufacturing

Chapters in Books

  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M., "Product Family Design and Recovery for Lifecycle," Advances in Product Family and Product Platform Design, (Edited by Simpson, T., Jiao, R., Siddique, Z. and Holtta-Otto, K.), Springer, 2013.
  • Kumar, D.K.D., Kim, H. M., and Chen, W., "Multi-level Optimization for Enterprise Driven Decision-Based Product Design," Decision Making in Engineering Design (Edited by Lewis, K., Chen, W. and Schmidt, L.), ASME Press, 2005.
  • Kokkolaras, M., Fellini, R., Kim, H. M., and Papalambros, P.Y. "Analytical Target Cascading in Design of Product Families," Product Platform and Product Family Design: Methods and Applications (Edited by Simpson, T.W., Siddique, Z., Jiao, J.), Kluwer Academic Publishing, New York, 2005.

Selected Articles in Journals

  • Park, S. and Kim, H. M. "Extracting product design guidance from online reviews: An explainable neural network-based approach," Expert Systems with Applications, 236, 121357, 2024.
  • Joung, J. and Kim, H. M. "Interpretable machine learning-based approach for customer segmentation for new product development from online product reviews," International Journal of Information Management, 70 (2023) 102641, 2023.
  • Park, S. and Kim, H. M. "Analysis of brand effects in data-driven design based on online reviews," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 145 (12): 121704, 2023.
  • Park, S. and Kim, H. M. "Finding Social Networks Among Online Reviewers for Customer Segmentation," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2022.
  • Saidani, M., Joung, J., Kim, H. M., and Yannou, B. "Combining life cycle assessment and online customer reviews to design more sustainable products - Case study on a printing machine," Procedia CIRP, 109 (2022) 604-609, 2021.
  • Park, S., Joung, J. and Kim, H. M. "Spec guidance for engineering design based on data mining and neural networks," Computers in Industry, 2023.
  • Saidani, M., Cluzel, F., Leroy, Y., Pigosso, D., Kravchenko, M., and Kim, H. M., "Nexus Between Life Cycle Assessment, Circularity, and Sustainability Indicators—Part II: Experimentations," Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2022.
  • Saidani, M., and Kim, H. M., "Nexus Between Life Cycle Assessment, Circularity, and Sustainability Indicators—Part I: a Review," Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2022.
  • Kim, J., Park, S., and Kim, H. M. "Optimal Modular Remanufactured Product Configuration and Harvesting Planning for End-of-Life Products," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(4): 042001, 2022.
  • Joung, J. and Kim, H. M. "Explainable neural network-based approach to kano categorisation of product features from online reviews,"International Journal of Production Research, 60:23, 7053-7073, 2023.
  • Saidani, M., Cluzel, F., Yannou, B., and Kim, H. M. "Circular economy as a key for industrial value chain resilience in a post-COVID world: what do future engineers think?," Procedia CIRP, 103 (2021) 26–31, 2021.
  • Park, S. and Kim, H. M. "Phrase Embedding and Clustering for Part-level Feature Extraction from Online Data," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2021.
  • Kim, J., Park, S., and Kim, H. M. "Analysis of Dynamic Changes in Customer Sentiment on Product Features After the Outbreak of COVID-19 Based on Online Reviews," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 144(2): 024501, 2022.
  • Saidani, M., Kim, J., and Kim, H. M., "Designing Optimal COVID-19 Testing Stations Locally: A Discrete Event Simulation Model Applied on a University Campus" PLoS ONE, Vol. 16, No. 6, 2021.
  • Joung, J. and Kim, H. M., "Approach for Importance–Performance Analysis of Product Attributes From Online Reviews" Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2021.
  • Joung, J. and Kim, H. M., " Automated Keyword Filtering in Latent Dirichlet Allocation for Identifying Product Attributes From Online Reviews" Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2021.
  • Li, J., Akdeniz, N., Kim, H.M., Gates, R., Wang, X., and Wang, K., "Optimal manure utilization chain for distributed animal farms: model development and a case study from Hangzhou, China," Agricultural Systems, 2021.
  • Saidani, M., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y. Cluzel, F., and Kim, H. M., "Multi-tool methodology to evaluate action levers to close the loop on critical materials – Application to precious metals used in catalytic converters," Sustainable Production and Consumption, Accepted, Jan. 2021.
  • Saidani, M., and Kim, H. M., "A Discrete Event Simulation-Based Model to Optimally Design and Dimension Mobile COVID-19 Saliva-Based Testing Stations," Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare: April 2021 - Volume 16 - Issue 2 - p 151-152, 2021.
  • Saidani, M., Pan, E., Kim, H. M., Wattonville, J., Greenlee, A., Shannon, T., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y. and Cluzel, F. "Comparative life cycle assessment and costing of an autonomous lawn mowing system with human- operated alternatives: implication for sustainable design improvements," International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 2021.
  • Kim, J., Saidani, M., and Kim, H. M. "Designing an optimal modular-based product family under intellectual property and sustainability considerations," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, April, 2021.
  • Saidani, M. and Kim, H. M. "Quantification of the environmental and economic benefits of the electrification of lawn mowers on the U.S. residential market," International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, April 2021.
  • Li, J., Akdeniz, N., Kim, H.M., Gates, R., Wang, X., and Wang, K., "Optimal manure utilization chain for distributed animal farms: model development and a case study from Hangzhou, China," Agricultural Systems, Nov. 2020.
  • Li, J., Wang, X., Kim, H.M., Gates, R., and Wang, K., "Optimal Design of Manure Management for Intensive Swine Feeding Operation: A Modeling Method Based on Analytical Target Cascading," Journal of Cleaner Production, Oct. 2020.
  • Saidani, M., Pan, E., Kim, H. M., Greenlee, A., Wattonville, J., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y., and Cluzel, F. "Assessing the environmental and economic sustainability of autonomous systems: A case study in the agricultural industry," Procedia CIRP, 2020.
  • Kim, J. and Kim, H. M., "Impact of Generational Commonality of Short Life Cycle Products in Manufacturing and Remanufacturing Processes," Accepted, Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2020.
  • Kim, H.M., Cluzel, F., Leroy, Y., Yannou, B. and Bertoluci, G., "Research perspectives in sustainable design," Design Science Journal, Vol. 6, E7, 2020.
  • Suryadi, D. and Kim, H. M., "A Data-Driven Approach to Product Usage Context Identification From Online Customer Reviews," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(12), 121104, 2019.
  • Suryadi, D. and Kim, H. M., "A Data-driven Methodology to Construct Customer Choice Sets Using Online Data and Customer Reviews" 141(11), 111103, 2019.
  • Han, H., Chang, S., and Kim, H. M., "Multiple Target Exploration Approach for Design Exploration Using a Swarm Intelligence and Clustering," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(9), 091401, 2019.
  • Suryadi, D. and Kim, H. M. "A Systematic Methodology Based on Word Embedding for Identifying the Relation Between Online Customer Reviews and Sales Rank," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 140, No. 12, 2018.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M. "Greedy Robust Wind Farm Layout Optimization With Feasibility Guarantee" Engineering Optimization Journal, September 2018.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M. "A Tight Upper Bound for Quadratic Knapsack Problems in Grid-Based Wind Farm Layout Optimization," Engineering Optimization Journal, 2017.
  • Avrithi, K. and Kim, H. M. "Optimization of Piping Supports and Supporting Structure," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 139, No. 4, 2017.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M. "A Mixed Integer Linear Programing Formulation for Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Optimization," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 138, 2016.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M. "Green Profit Maximization through an Integrated Pricing and Production Planning for a Line of New and Remanufactured Products," Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M. "Modeling Time-Varying Advantages of Remanufacturing: Is a ‘Reman’ Better than a ‘Brand New’?," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 138, 2016.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M. "Predictive Model Selection for Forecasting Product Returns," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol.138, 2016.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M. "Highly Customizable Product Family Design with Predictive, Data-Driven Family Design Method," Research in Engineering Design, pp. 1-17, September 2015.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M. "Predictive Usage Mining for Life Cycle Assessment," Transportation Research - Part D, Vol. 38, pp. 125-143, July 2015.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M. "Continuous Preference Trend Mining for Optimal Product Design with Multiple Profit Cycles," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 136, 2014.
  • Ma, J., Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M. "Demand Trend Mining for Predictive Life Cycle Design," Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 68, pp. 189-199, 2014.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M. "Design for lifecycle profit with a simultaneous consideration of initial manufacturing and end-of-life remanufacturing," Engineering Optimization Journal, Dec. 2013.
  • Lu, S. and Kim, H. M. "Wind Farm Layout Design Optimization Through Multidisciplinary Design Optimization with Complementarity Constraints," Engineering Optimization Journal, Vol. 46, No. 12, pp. 1669-1693, 2014.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M. "Market Positioning of Remanufactured Products with Optimal Planning for Part Upgrades," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 135, No. 1, 2013.
  • Kannan, A., Shanbhag, U.V. and Kim, H. M., "Addressing supply-side risk in uncertain power markets: stochastic Nash models, scalable algorithms and error analysis," Optimization Methods and Software, May 2012. DOI:10.1080/10556788.2012.676756
  • Kwak, M., Kim, H. M. and Thurston, D. "Formulating Second-Hand Market Value as a Function of Product Specifications, Age, and Condition," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 134, No. 3, 2012.
  • Tucker, C. and Kim, H. M. "Trend Mining for Predictive Product Design," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 133, No. 11, 2011.
  • Kwak, M., Behdad, S., Zhao, Y., Kim, H. M. and Thurston, D. "E-waste Stream Analysis and Design Implications," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 133, No. 10, 2011.
  • Rojas, A. and Kim, H. M. "Incorporating Security Considerations Into Optimal Product Architecture and Component Sharing Decision in Product Family Design," Engineering Optimization Journal, Vol. 44, No. 1, 2012.
  • Kannan, A., Shanbhag, U.V., and Kim, H. M., Strategic Behavior in Power Markets under Uncertainty, Journal of Energy Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2011.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M. "Assessing Product Family Design from an End-of-Life Perspective," Engineering Optimization Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 233-255, 2011.
  • Rojas, A. and Kim, H. M. "Optimal Component Sharing in a Product Family by Simultaneous Consideration of Minimum Description Length and Impact Metric," Engineering Optimization Journal, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 175-192, 2011.
  • Ramani, K., Ramanujan, D., Bernstein, W., Zhao, F., Sutherland, J., Handwerker, C., Choi, J., Kim, H. and Thurston, D., "Integrated Sustainable Life Cycle Design: A Review," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, No. 9, pp. 091004, 2010. (Special issue on sustainability)
  • Lu, S., Schroeder, N., Kim, H. M. and Shanbhag, U. "Hybrid Power/Energy Generation System Design through Multidisciplinary and Multilevel Design Optimization Problems with Complementarity Constraints," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, No. 10, pp. 101007, 2010.
  • Zhao, Y., Pandey, V., Kim, H. M. and Thurston, D. "Varying Lifecycle Lengths within a Product Take-Back Portfolio," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, No. 9, pp. 091012, 2010. (The conference version won the best paper award in 2009 ASME IDETC/CIE Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle Conference.)
  • Lu, S. and Kim, H. M. "A regularized Inexact Penalty Decomposition Algorithm for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Problem with Complementarity Constraints," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, No. 4, pp. 041005, 2010.
  • Kim, H. M., Lu, S., Kim, B.-D. and Kim, J.-S., "Parallel, Multistage Model for Enterprise System Planning and Design," IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 6-14, 2010.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M. "Evaluating End-of-Life Recovery Profit by a Simultaneous Consideration of Product Design and Recovery Network Design," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, No. 7, pp. 071001, 2010.
  • Behdad, S., Kwak, M., Kim, H. M. and Thurston, D. "Simultaneous Selective Disassembly and End-of-Life Decision Making For Multiple Products That Share Disassembly Operations," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, No. 4, pp. 041002, 2010.
  • Tucker, C., Kim, H. M., Barker, D., and Zhang, Y., "A ReliefF Attribute Weighting and X-Means Clustering Methodology for Top-Down Product Family Optimization," Engineering Optimization Journal, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 593 - 616, 2010.
  • Tucker, C. and Kim, H. M., "Data-Driven Decision Tree Classification for Product Portfolio Design Optimization," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 041004, 14 pages, December 2009.
  • Tucker, C. and Kim, H. M., “Optimal Product Portfolio Formulation by Merging Predictive Data Mining with Multilevel Optimization,” Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 130, pp. 991-1000, 2008.
  • Liu, H., Chen, W., Kokkolaras, M., Papalambros, P.Y., and Kim, H. M. "Probabilistic Analytical Target Cascading - A Moment Matching Formulation for Multilevel Optimization under Uncertainty," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 128, pp. 991-1000, 2006.
  • Kim, H. M., Kumar, D.K.D., Chen, W., and Papalambros, P.Y., "Target Exploration for Disconnected Feasible Regions in Enterprise-Driven Multilevel Product Design," AIAA Journal, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 67-77, 2006.
  • Cooper, A.B., Georgiopoulos, P., Kim, H. M., and Papalambros, P.Y., "Analytical Target Setting: An Enterprise Context in Optimal Product Design," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 128, No. 1, pp. 4-13, 2006.
  • Kim, H. M., Chen, W., and Wiecek, M., “Lagrangian Dual Coordination for Analytical Target Cascading,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 2197-2207, 2006.
  • Kim, H. M., Rideout, D.G., Papalambros, P.Y., and Stein, J.L., "Analytical Target Cascading in Automotive Vehicle Design," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 125, pp. 481-489, 2003
  • Kim, H. M., Michelena, N.F., Papalambros, P.Y., and Jiang, T., "Target Cascading in Optimal System Design," Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 125, pp. 474-480, 2003.
  • Kokkolaras, M., Fellini, R., Kim, H. M., Michelena, N.F., and Papalambros, P.Y., "Extension of the Target Cascading Formulation to the Design of Product Families," Journal of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 24, Issue 4, pp. 293-301, 2002.
  • Kim, H. M., Kokkolaras, M., Louca, L., Delagrammatikas, G., Michelena, N.F., Filipi, Z., Papalambros, P.Y., and Assanis, D., "Target Cascading in Vehicle Redesign: A Class VI Truck Study," International Journal of Vehicle Design, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 199-225, 2002.

Articles in Conference Proceedings

  • Park, S., Lin, K., Joung, J., and Kim, H. M. "Investigation of customer preference changes following COVID-19 market disruption using online review," ICED23, Bordeaux, France, 24-28 Jul, 2023.
  • Saidani, M., Liu, X., Huey, D., Kim, H., Wang, P., Anisi, A., Kremer, G., Greenlee, A., and Shannon, T., “Calculator for Sustainable Tradeoff Optimization in Multi-Generational Product Family Development Considering Re-X Performances,” REMADE CE Tech Summit & Conference, Washington D.C., USA, 20-21 Mar, 2023.
  • Park, S. and Kim, H. M., "Data-Driven Customer Segmentation Based On Online Review Analysis and Customer Network Construction", ASME IDETC/CIE, 2021.
  • Kim, J., Park, S., and Kim, H. M., "Optimal Modular Remanufactured Product Configuration and Harvesting Planning for End-of-Life Products", ASME IDETC/CIE, 2021.
  • Kim, J., Park, S., and Kim, H. M., "Analysis of customer sentiment on product features after the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on online reviews", ICED21, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16-20 Aug. 2021.
  • Lin, K., and Kim, H. M. "Investigate the Influence of Online Ratings and Reviews in Purchase Behavior using Customer Choice Sets Constructed with A Data-driven Methodology," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2021.
  • Lin, K., and Kim, H. M., "An Automated Method to Conduct Importance-Performance Analysis of Product Attributes from Online Reviews-An Extension with a Case Study," ICED21, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16-20 Aug. 2021.
  • Saidani, M., and Kim, H. M. "Design for Product Circularity: Circular Economy Indicators with Tools Mapped Along the Engineering Design Process," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2021.
  • Saidani, M., Kim, H. M., Ayadhi, N., and Yannou, B., "Can Online Customer Reviews Help Design More Sustainable Products? A Preliminary Study on Amazon Climate Pledge Friendly Products," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2021.
  • Saidani, M., Kravchenko, M., Cluzel, F., Pigosso, D., Leroy, Y., and Kim, H. M., "Comparing life cycle impact assessment, circularity and sustainability indicators for sustainable design: results from a hands-on project with 87 engineering students," ICED21, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16-20 Aug. 2021.
  • Saidani, M., Kim, H. M., and Yannou, B., "Can Machine Learning Tools Support the Identification of Sustainable Design Leads from Product Reviews? Opportunities and Challenges," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2021.
  • Saidani, M., Pan, E., Ng, K., and Kim, H. M. "New visualization tools for designers to identify bio-based plastic substitutes considering carbon footprint and material properties," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2020.
  • Park, S. and Kim, H. M., "Improving The Accuracy And Diversity Of Feature Extraction From Online Reviews Using Keyword Embedding And Two Clustering Methods," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2020.
  • Joung, J. and Kim, H. M., "Importance-performance analysis of product attributes using explainable deep neural network from online reviews," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2020.
  • Saidani, M., Pan, E., and Kim, H. M. "Switching from petroleum- to bio-based plastics: visualization tools to screen sustainable material alternatives during the design process," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2020.
  • Kim, J., Saidani, M. and Kim, H. M. "Optimal Product Family Architecture Design And Commonality Decision For Sustainability And Intellectual Property Protection," ASME IDETC/CIE, 2020.
  • Saidani, M., Kim, H. M., Cluzel, F., Leroy, Y., and Yannou, B. "Product circularity indicators: what contributions in designing for a circular economy?", DESIGN, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2020.
  • Saidani, M., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y. Cluzel, F., and Kim, H. M., "Multi-tool methodology to evaluate action levers to close-the-loop on critical materials – Application to precious metals used in catalytic converters," INFER2020, Online Symposium on Circular Economy and Sustainability, Alexandroupolis, Greece, 1-3 July, 2020.
  • Saidani, M., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y. Cluzel, F., and Kim, H. M., "How circular economy and industrial ecology concepts are intertwined? A bibliometric and text mining analysis," INFER2020, Online Symposium on Circular Economy and Sustainability, Alexandroupolis, Greece, 1-3 July, 2020.
  • El Ghzizal, A., Saidani, M., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y., and Kim, H. M., "Towards a framework to evaluate the life cycle sustainability performance of autonomous systems," eCONFERE20, 27ème colloque des Sciences de la conception et de l'innovation, 2020.
  • Saidani, M., Pan, E., Kim, H. M., Greenlee, A., Wattonville, J., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y., and Cluzel, F. "Assessing the environmental and economic sustainability of autonomous systems: A case study in the agricultural industry," Procedia CIRP, Accepted, 2020.
  • Saidani, M., Kim, H. M., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y. and Cluzel, F. "C-indicators: a web-based platform to monitor and improve the circularity potential of products," ASME IDETC, Design Tool Showcase, 2019.
  • Saidani, M., Kim, H. M., Yannou, B., Leroy, Y. and Cluzel, F. “Framing Product Circularity Performance For Optimized Green Profit,” ASME IDETC, DETC2019-98390, 2019.
  • Kim, J. and Kim, H. M., “Impact of generational commonality of short-life cycle products in manufacturing and remanufacturing processes,” ICED19, Delft, The Netherlands, 2019.
  • Han, H., Chang. S. and Kim, H. M., “A weighted set cover problem for product family design to maximize the commonality of products,” ICED19, Delft, The Netherlands, 2019.
  • Suryadi, D. and Kim, H. M., "Automatic Identification of Product Usage Contexts from Online Customer Reviews," ICED19, Delft, The Netherlands, 2019.
  • Ho, K., Chen, H. and Kim, H. M., “Value of Bootstrapping Staged Deployment of Infrastructure: Case Study in Space Infrastructure Deployment,” ASME IDETC, DETC2017-67610, 2017.
  • Suryadi, D. and Kim, H. M., "A Clustering and Word Similarity Based Approach for Identifying Product Feature Words," ICED17, Vancouver, Canada, 2017.
  • Han, H. and Kim, H. M., "Systematic Approach Of Identifying Set Of Feasible Designs," ASME IDETC, DETC2017-68003, 2017.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M., "Two Stage Mini-Max Algorithm For Grid-Based Wind Farm Layout Optimization," ASME IDETC, DETC2017-67535, 2017.
  • Suryadi, D. and Kim, H. M., “Identifying the Relations between Product Features and Sales Rank from Online Reviews,” ASME IDETC, DETC2016-60481, 2016.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M., “A Tight Upper Bound for Grid-Based Wind Farm Layout Optimization,” ASME IDETC, DETC2016-59712, 2016.
  • Suryadi, D. and Kim, H. M., “Identifying Sentiment-Dependent Product Features from Online Reviews,” Design Computing and Cognition (DCC), 2016.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M., “Predictive Modeling of Product Returns for Remanufacturing,” ASME IDETC, DETC2015-46875, 2015.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M., “A Mixed Integer Linear Programming Formulation for Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Optimization,” ASME IDETC, DETC2015-46876, 2015.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M., "Task-Based LCA for Environmental Impact Assessment of Multiple Heterogenous Systems, ICED15, Milan, Italy, 2015.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M., "Assessing Time-Varying Advantages of Remanufacturing: A Model for Products with Physical and Technological Obsolescence," ICED15, Milan, Italy, 2015.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M., “Massive-scale User Preference Clustering for Product Family Architecture Design, International Conference on Human Behavior in Design, Oct. 2014, Ascona, Switzerland.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M., “Iteration Complexity of the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers for Quasi-Separable Problems in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization,” ASME IDETC, DETC2014-35066, 2014.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M., “Predictive Usage Mining for Sustainability of Complex Systems Design,” ASME IDETC, DETC2014-34755, 2014.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M., “Predictive, Data-Driven Product Family Design,” ASME IDETC, DETC2014-34753, 2014.
  • Ma, J. and Kim, H. M., “Continuous Preference Trend Mining for Optimal Product Design With Multiple Profit Cycles,” ASME IDETC, DETC2013-12163, 2013.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M., “Green Profit Maximization Through Joint Pricing and Production Planning of New and Remanufactured Products,” ASME IDETC, DETC2013-12162, 2013.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M., “Design for lifecycle profit with a simultaneous consideration of initial manufacturing and end-of-life remanufacturing,” ICED13, Seoul, Korea, 2013.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H.M., "Economic and Environmental Impacts of Product Service Lifetime: A Life-Cycle Perspective," CIRP Product Service Systems 2013, Bochum, Germany, 2013.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H.M., "Exploring Opportunities to Improve Life Cycle Environmental Performance of a Complex Product," CIRP Design 2013, Bochum, Germany, 2013.
  • Quan, N. and Kim, H. M., "A Functionally-Aware Product Schematic Clustering Algorithm," ASME IDETC, DETC2012-71506, 2012.
  • Kwak, M., Kim, L., Kim, H. M., Finamore, P., and Hazewinkel, H., "Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Complex Heavy Duty Off-Road Equipment," ASME IDETC, DETC2012-70547, 2012.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M., "To Extend, or to Shorten: Optimal Lifetime Planning," ASME IDETC, DETC2012-70546, 2012.
  • Ma, J., Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M., "Pre-Life and End-of-Life Combined Profit Optimization With Predictive Product Lifecycle Design," ASME IDETC, DETC2012-70528, 2012.
  • Kwak, M., Kim, L., Sarvana, O., Kim, H. M., Finamore, P., and Hazewinkel, H., "Life Cycle Assessment of Complex Heavy Duty Equipment," ASME ISFA, ISFA2012-7180, 2012.
  • Tucker, C. and Kim, H.M., "Predicting Emerging Product Design Trend by Mining Publicly Available Customer Review Data," International Conference on Engineering Design, 2011.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H.M., "Modeling Time-Varying Value of an End-of-Life Product for Design for Recovery," International Conference on Engineering Design, 2011.
  • Lu, S. and Kim, H. M., "A Markovian Reliability Approach for Hybrid Power Generation System Design Optimization," ASME IDETC, DETC2011-48607, 2011.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M., "Market-Driven Positioning of Remanufactured Product for Design For Remanufacturing With Part Upgrade," ASME IDETC, DETC2011-48432, 2011.
  • Tucker, C., Kim, H. M., "Capturing Emergent Behavior In Systems Of Systems Design Through Data Trend Mining," 2010 AIAA MAO Conference, Sept. 2010, 12 pages.
  • Lu, S., Schroeder, N., Kim, H. M., Ha, C., Repalle, J. and Benanzer, T. "Hybrid Power Generation System Design via Multistage Mathematical Programming With Complementarity Constraints," 2010 AIAA MAO Conference, Sept. 2010, 14 pages.
  • Behdad, S., Kwak, M., Zhao, Y., Kim, H. M. and Thurston, D. "E-waste Stream Analysis and Design Implications," 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2010-28758, 17 pages.
  • Rojas, A. and Kim, H. M. "Incorporating Security Considerations Into Optimal Product Architecture And Component Sharing Decision In Product Family Design," 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2010-28515, 11 pages.
  • Tucker, C. and Kim, H. M. "Trending Mining For Predictive Product Design," 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2010-28364, 13 pages.
  • Lu, S., Schroeder, N. and Kim, H. M. "Hybrid Power/Energy Generation System Design Through Multistage Design Optimization Problem With Complementarity Constraints," 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2010-28362, 11 pages.
  • Kwak, M., Kim, H. M., and Thurston, D. "Effect of Product Design on Buyback Price of End-of-Use Consumer Electronics," 2010 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2010-28726, 9 pages.
  • Zhao, Y., Pandey, V., Kim, H. M. and Thurston, D. "Varying Lifecycle Lengths within a Portfolio For Product Take-Back," Proceedings of the 2009 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2009 - 87625, 13 pages. (The conference version won the best paper award in 2009 ASME IDETC/CIE Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle Conference.)
  • Tucker, C., Hoyle, C., Kim, H. M., and Chen, W., "A Comparative Study of Data-Intensive Demand Modeling Techniques In Relation To Product Design And Development," Proceedings of the 2009 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2009-87049, 13 pages.
  • Behdad, S., Kwak, M., Kim, H. M., and Thurston, D., "Selective Disassembly and Simultaneous End-of-life Decision Making For Multiple Products," Proceedings of the 2009 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2009-87405, 10 pages.
  • Lu, S. and Kim, H. M., "A Regularized Inexact Penalty Decomposition Algorithm for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Problem with Complementarity Constraints," Proceedings of the 2009 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2009-87278, 11 pages.
  • Kwak, M. and Kim, H. M., "Sustainable Product Design by a Simultaneous Consideration of Pre-life and End-of-life of Products," Proceedings of the 2009 ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC2009-86811, 13 pages.
  • Lu, S. Kim, H. M., Norato, J. and Ha, C. "Analytical Target Cascading for Multi-Mode Design Optimization: An Engine Case Study," Proceedings of the 2008 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, 2008, 11 pages.
  • Tucker, C. and Kim, H. M., "Product Architecture Design and Reconfiguration using Expectation Maximization and Decision Tree Classification," Proceedings of the 2008 AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Specialist Conference, 2008, 18 pages.
  • Lu, S. Shanbhag, U., Kim, H. M. "Multidisciplinary and Multilevel Design Optimization Problems with Equilibrium Constraints," Proceedings of the 12th AIAA/MAO Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, September, 2008, 14 pages.
  • Tucker, C., Barker, D., Kim, H. M., Zhang, Y. "Data-Mining Driven Reconfigurable Product Family Design Framework for Aerodynamic Particle Separators," Proceedings of the 12th AIAA/MAO Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada, September, 2008, 13 pages.
  • Tucker, C. and Kim, H. M., "Product Family Concept Generation and Validation through Predictive Decision Tree Data Mining and Multi-level Optimization," Proceedings of the 2007 ASME Design Automation Conference, 2007, 17 pages.
  • Kim, H. M., "System of Systems Engineering Model by Multistage Analytical Target Cascading," Proceedings of the INCOSE, 2007, 15 pages.
  • Kim, H. M. and Hidalgo, I. J., "Pseudo-Hierarchical Multistage Model For System Of Systems Design And Operations," Proceedings of the 2007 ASME Design Automation Conference, 2007, 15 pages.
  • Kim, H. M. and Hidalgo, I. J., "System of Systems Optimization Approach to System Design for Operations," Proceedings of the IERC, 2007, 6 pages.
  • Liao, K., Kim, H. M., and Ha, C., "Multilevel Optimization and Collaborative Reliability Analysis of Multi-disciplinary Structure and Control System," Proceedings of the 11th AIAA/MAO Conference, Portsmouth, VA, USA, September, 2006, 9 pages.
  • Kim, H. M. and Hidalgo, I. J., "System of Systems Optimization by Pseudo-Hierarchical Multistage Model," Proceedings of the 11th AIAA/MAO Conference, Portsmouth, VA, USA, September, 2006, 14 pages.
  • Kumar, D., Chen, W., and Kim, H. M., "Multilevel Optimization for Enterprise Driven Decision-Based Product Design," Proceedings of the 11th AIAA/MAO Conference, Portsmouth, VA, September 6-8, 2006.
  • Tucker, C. and Kim, H. M., "Optimal Product Portfolio Formulation: Merging Predictive Data Mining with Analytical Target Cascading," Proceedings of the 11th AIAA/MAO Conference, Portsmouth, VA, USA, September, 2006, 14 pages. (Finalist for the student best paper competition.)
  • Hidalgo, I. J. and Kim, H. M., "Two-stage System of Systems Model for System Design with Resource Allocation," Proceedings of the 2006 ASME Design Automation Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September, 2006, 12 pages.
  • Liu, H., Chen, W., Kokkolaras, M., Papalambros, P.Y., Kim, H. M., "Probabilistic Analytical Target Cascading - A Moment Matching Formulation for Multilevel Optimization under Uncertainty," Proceedings of ASME IDETC/CIE, DETC 2005-84928, Long Beach, CA, Sept. 2005.
  • Kim, H. M., Kumar, D.K.D., Chen, W., and Papalambros, P.Y., "Target Feasibility Achievement in Enterprise-Driven Hierarchical Multidisciplinary Design," Proceedings of the 10th AIAA/MAO Conference, Albany, New York, USA, Aug. 30 - Sept. 2, 2004, 9 pages.
  • Cooper, A.B., Georgiopoulos, P., Kim, H. M., and Papalambros, P.Y., "Analytical Target Setting: An Enterprise Context in Optimal Product Design," Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Design Automation Conference, DAC-48734, Chicago, Illinois, USA, September 2-6, 2003, 12 pages.
  • Kim, H. M., Rideout, D.G., Papalambros, P.Y., and Stein, J.L., "Analytical Target Cascading in Automotive Vehicle Design," Proceedings of the 2001 ASME Design Automation Conference, DAC-21079, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, September 9-12, 2001, 10 pages.
  • Kim, H. M., Michelena, N.F., Papalambros, P.Y., and Jiang, T., "Target Cascading in Optimal System Design," Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Design Automation Conference, DAC-14265, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, September 10-13, 2000.
  • Michelena, N.F., Kim, H. M., and Papalambros, P., "A System Partitioning and Optimization Approach to Target Cascading," Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering Design, Munich, Germany, August 24-26, 1999.

Patents

  • Kim, H.M., Tucker, C., Sakshuwong, S., "Method to Capture, Store Online Preference Data and Predict Future Trends," University of Illinois Invention Disclosure, TF10143, 2010.

Journal Editorships

  • Department Editor, IISE Transactions Design and Manufacturing (2017-Present)
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Engineering Optimization Journal, (2013-Present)
  • Associate Editor, asmejmd.org (2013-2017)
  • Guest Editor and Associate Editor, Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design (2013-2019)

Teaching Honors

  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Fall 22)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 20)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 19)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Fall 18)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 17)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Fall 16)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 14)
  • Lincoln Arc Welding Award (National Design Competition): Bronze Medal (faculty advisor of student group 2013)
  • J. Franklin Sharp Teaching Award 2013
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 12)
  • Lincoln Arc Welding Award (National Design Competition): Gold Medal (faculty advisor of student group 2011)
  • Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising 2011
  • Lincoln Arc Welding Award (National Design Competition): Gold Medal (faculty advisor of student group 2010)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 08)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Fall 07)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 07)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Fall 06)
  • List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring 06)
  • Lincoln Arc Welding Award (National Design Competition): Silver Medal (faculty advisor of student group 2005)

Research Honors

  • Reviewers’ Choice Award, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 2021) – Top 10% among papers accepted.
  • ASME Kos Ishii - Toshiba Award, 2019
  • Reviewers’ Choice Award, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 2019) – Top 10% among more than 400 papers accepted.
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016
  • Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar 2015, College of Engineering, University of Illinois
  • John Deere Supplier Innovator Award 2015, Design for Environment
  • Dean's Award in Excellence in Research 2014 (formerly Xerox Award; Associate Professors with highest research accomplishments for the last five years)
  • Reviewers’ Choice Award, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 2013) – Top 10% among 345 papers accepted.
  • NSF CAREER Award 2010
  • Finalist for the best paper award in the triennial Conference on Stochastic Programming, 2010 (as a faculty advisor)
  • NSF research outcome was selected by the program director as "NSF research highlights" 2010
  • USA Today noted Kim's research story as USA Today Recounts Top Scientific Stories Of 2009
  • Chicago Tribune highlighted Kim's research on Dec. 28, 2009 in a story: Illinois assistant professor: Consider cell phones' fate when designing them
  • Best paper award in 2009 ASME Design for Manufacturing and Life Cycle conference
  • NSF Engineering Design Workshop Series invitation, U of Michigan, Nov 2008, Northwestern U., Apr 2009, Stanford U., Sept. 2009, Northwestern U., Apr 2010
  • AIAA Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) Technical Committee (TC) Member since 2009: One of 40 members in MDO TC, which steers and disseminates intellectual contents related to MDO.
  • Finalist for the best student paper competition in the 11th AIAA/ISSMO MAO Conference, Sept., 2006 (as a faculty advisor, co-author)

Public Service Honors

  • Area Editor, IISE Transactions Design and Manufacturing (2017 - Present)
  • Associate Editor, Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design (2013-2016)
  • Associate Editor, asmejmd.org (2013-2016)
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Engineering Optimization Journal, (2013 - )
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 12th International Design Conference Design 2012.
  • Organizer of Design Frontiers Symposium: Crossing Boundaries, Creating Disciplines, May 2011, Ann Arbor, MI.
  • Co-organizer of 2010 NSF Workshop: Design Methods for Sustainability, August, 2010, Montreal, Canada. The workshop, fully funded by NSF, brought together leaders in sustainability research and practice from academia, industry and government.
  • Session Chair for 2010 AIAA MAO conference
  • Session Chair for 2008 AIAA MAO conference
  • Session Chair for 2008 SDM conference
  • Review Coordinator, Session Organizer, Session Chair for 2004 -- 2015 ASME IDETC/CIE conferences

Recent Courses Taught

  • BADM 461 (TMGT 461) - Tech, Eng, & Mgt Final Project
  • IE 431 - Design for Six Sigma
  • IE 513 - Optimal System Design
  • SE 310 - Dsgn of Structures & Mechanism