Education
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
- M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California - Berkeley
Biography
Hong Yong Sohn received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in 1970 from the University of California - Berkeley. After working as a Research Engineer at Du Pont’s Engineering Technology Laboratory, he joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 1974. Professor Sohn’s work has been recognized through various awards: Distinguished Professor, 2014, University of Utah; 2014 Educator Award, TMS; 2012 Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award, University of Utah; 2012 Billiton Gold Medal, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, U.K.; TMS 2009 Fellow Award in recognition of outstanding contribution to the practice of metallurgical/materials science and technology; 2001 James Douglas Gold Medal Award from AIME for leadership and outstanding contributions in research and education of nonferrous extractive metallurgy and for work related to the modeling of gas-solid reactors and development of novel solvent extraction systems; Fellow Award from the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, 1998; 1993 TMS Champion H. Mathewson Gold Medal Award for the most notable contribution to Metallurgical Science in the 3-year period; 1990 TMS Extractive Metallurgy Lecturer Award in recognition as an outstanding scientific leader in the field of nonferrous extraction and processing metallurgy; TMS Extraction and Processing Science Award (1990, 1994, 1999 and 2007); Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer (1983); and Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award (1977). In 2006 TMS honored Dr. Sohn with the “Sohn International Symposium on Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials”.
Dr. Sohn has authored or co-authored 4 monographs, 21 ed. books, 23 book chapters, 530 papers, 5 patents, 37 technical reports, and has some 240 invited lectures, some 250 abstracts and presentations. He has served as Director of TMS, and delivered numerous plenary lectures. He was a DOE Fossil Energy Lecturer, 1978–81, and was appointed Advisor to LS-Nikko Copper Co., Korea in 2005.
His current research areas are Novel Flash Ironmaking Technology; Inorganic Nano-Material Synthesis; Gas-Solid Reaction Analysis; and Flash Smelting Processes.
Recently authored books
- H. Y. Sohn, Flash Ironmaking, Taylor & Francis, NY, 270 pp., 2023. https://www.routledge.com/Flash-Ironmaking/Sohn/p/book/9781032377759
- H. Y. Sohn, Fluid–Solid Reactions, Elsevier, Cambridge, MA 02139, 536 pp., 2020. https://www.elsevier.com/books/fluid-solid-reactions/sohn/978-0-12-816466-2
- H. Y. Sohn, Chemical Vapor Synthesis of Inorganic Nanopowders, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY 11788, 2011.
Selected Works
- Haitao Wang and H. Y. Sohn, “Effect of CaO and SiO2 on Swelling and Iron Whisker Formation during the Reduction of Iron Oxide Compact,” Ironmaking Steelmaking, 38, 447-452 (2011). Published, 08/2011.
- Haitao Wang and H. Y. Sohn, “Effects of Firing and Reduction Conditions on Swelling and Iron Whisker Formation during the Reduction of Iron Oxide Compact,” ISIJ Intl., 51, 906–912 (2011). Published, 06/2011.
- H. Y. Sohn, N. Dyussekenov, and S. S. Park, “Penetration Behavior of an Annular Gas-Solid Jet Impinging on a Liquid Bath,” World of Metallurgy – ERZMETALL, 64, No. 1, 31-38 (2011). Published, 01/2011.
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H. Y. Sohn and Silvia Perez-Fontes, “Application of the Law of Additive Reaction Times to Fluid-Solid Reactions in Porous Pellets with Changing Effective Diffusivity,” Metall. Mater. Trans. B, 41B, 1261-1267 (2010).
Published, 08/2010.
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Y. J. Choi, J. Lu, H. Y. Sohn, and Z. Z. Fang, “Reaction Mechanisms in the Li3AlH6-LiBH4 and Al-LiBH4 Systems for Reversible Hydrogen Storage - Part 1: H-capacity and Role of Al,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 115 (13), 6040–6047 (2011).
Published, 03/2011.
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Georgina De Micco, Ana Bohe, and H. Y. Sohn, "Intrinsic Kinetics of Chlorination of WO3 Particles with Cl2 Gas Between 973 and 1223 K (700ºC and 950ºC)," Metall. Mater. Trans. B, Metall. Mater. Trans. B, 42B, 316-323 (2011).
Published, 01/2011.
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H. Y. Sohn, M. Olivas-Martinez, S. Perez-Fontes, and T. A. Ring, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Nanopowder Production by Chemical Vapor Synthesis Process,” Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy (TIMM C), 120, 224-228 (2011).
Published, 11/2011.
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Y. J. Choi, J. Lu, H. Y. Sohn, Z. Z. Fang, Chul Kim, R. C. Bowman Jr., and Sonjong Hwang, “Reaction Mechanisms in the Li3AlH6-LiBH4 and Al-LiBH4 Systems for Reversible Hydrogen Storage - Part 2: Solid State NMR studies,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 115 (13), 6048–6056 (2011).
Published, 03/2011.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jp109113f - H. Y. Sohn and S. Emami,” Kinetics of Dehydrogenation of the Mg-Ti-H Hydrogen Storage System,” Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36, 8344-8350 (2011). Published, 06/2011.
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Haruka K. Pinegar, Michael S. Moats, and H. Y. Sohn, “Process Simulation and Economic Feasibility Analysis for a Hydrogen-Based Novel Suspension Ironmaking Technology,” Steel Res. Int’l., 82, (8), 951–963 (2011).
Published, 04/2011.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/srin.20... - Jae Woo Ahn, Dong Wha Chung, Ki Woong Lee, Jong-Gwan Ahn, and H. Y. Sohn, “Nitric Acid Leaching of Base Metals from Waste PDP Electrode Scrap and Recovery of Ruthenium Content from Leached Residues,” Material Transactions, 52, 1063-1069 (2011). Published, 03/2011.
- Haruka K. Pinegar, Michael S. Moats, and H. Y. Sohn, “Flow Sheet Development, Process Simulation and Economic Feasibility Analysis for a Novel Suspension Ironmaking Technology Based on Natural Gas: Part I. Flow Sheet and Simulation for Ironmaking with Reformerless Natural Gas,” Ironmaking Steelmaking, accepted. Accepted, 09/2011.
- Haruka K. Pinegar, Michael S. Moats, and H. Y. Sohn, “Flow Sheet Development, Process Simulation and Economic Feasibility Analysis for a Novel Suspension Ironmaking Technology Based on Natural Gas: Part II. Flow Sheets and Simulation for Ironmaking Combined with Steam-Methane Reforming,” Ironmaking Steelmaking, accepted. Accepted, 09/2011.
- Haruka K. Pinegar, Michael S. Moats, and H. Y. Sohn, “Flow Sheet Development, Process Simulation and Economic Feasibility Analysis for a Novel Suspension Ironmaking Technology Based on Natural Gas: Part III: Economic Feasibility Analysis,” Ironmaking Steelmaking, accepted. Accepted, 09/2011.
- H.Y. Sohn (2024). Many. Many. Published, 02/14/2024.
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S. E. Perez-Fontes and H. Y. Sohn, “Three Dimensional CFD-Population Balance Simulation of a Chemical Vapor Synthesis Reactor for Aluminum Nanopowder: Nucleation, Surface Growth and Coagulation,” Metall. Mater. Trans. B, accepted.
Accepted, 09/2011.
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Asad H. Sahir, JoAnn S. Lighty, and H. Y. Sohn, “Kinetics of Copper Oxidation in the Air Reactor of a Chemical Looping Combustion System using the Law of Additive Reaction Times,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., accepted.
Accepted, 10/2011.
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