Jaeweon Cho is Science Art Writer and Environmental Engineer studying communication signs. He teaches Science Humanities and Environmental Ethics at UNIST. He has directed the Convergence Research Center, named 'Science Walden', supported by National Research Foundation of Korea, with convergence of science and arts being focused, between 2015-2021. He contributed as science consultant for the off-Broadway play, "Science in Theatre Festival" with the theme of feces Standard Money (fSM) in 2022, with the BeeVi toilet. He is one of founding members of North Korea Water Society under the ministry of Unification, Korea, since 2015, to discuss what should be done for Korean re-unification and on potential ways to collaborate to solve water issues in both Koreas, between two Koreas. He has been providing small water purification units being operated without electricity (named ‘OngDalSaem’), to villages in various different countries. He is authors of books, “Honey Money: fSM a new money for a new society” (2020, art.earth, UK), “This is not a toilet” (2021), “Cyborg Thinks Sense Laboratory” (2022), and “Climate Change Humanities” (2015). He wrote columns in Seoul Newspaper, in “Eco-science of Jaeweon Cho” (2022-2023).

 

CHO, Jaeweon, Professor

Department of Civil, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering, UNIST, Ulsan, Korea

 

Experiences

2015-present Professor of Environmental Engineering, UNIST, Korea

2022-2025 Advisory Board Membership, NYU Abu Dhabi-Water Research Center

2022. 12.         Science Consultant for off-Broadway play "Science in Theatre Festival", at the Tank

2022-2023.      Columnist of "Eco-Science of Jaeweon Cho" in Seoul Newspaper

2019.3-2022.2 Member in Korea, of IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis)

2015.9-2022.2 Director of National Convergence Research Center (CRC), “Science Walden”, supported by the National Research Foundation of South Korea

2015-2016 Head of School of Urban and Environmental Engineering, UNIST

2015. 4- Founding member of North Korea Water Society

2013-2015 Underwood Distinguished Professor of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

2013-2014 UNESCO (Paris) Expert Group Member of Nanotechnology for Clean Water

1999-2013 Professor of Department of Environmental Engineering, GIST, Korea

2008-2009 Department Chair of GIST, Korea

2004 Guest Researcher of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Colorado, USA

 

Contribution to Journals

2016. 9~2021.3  Co-Editor of Desalination (Elsevier)

2005-Present   Associate Editor of Water Science & Technology, International Water Association

2015-2016       Guest Editor of Special Issue of PRO, Desalination

2008-Present   Topical Editor of Drinking Water Engineering and Science, Copernicus

2013-Present   Editorial board member of Desalination and Water Treatment

 

Summary of the Publications

~193 Publications of International Papers, with h-index of 54 and citations of 10,217

 

Research Projects

• National Convergence Research Center (CRC) of Korea, titled Science Walden, supported by National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Korea, 2015-2022.2
• Aquatic Surface Chemistry for Colloids and Natural Organic Matter (NOM), supported by National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Korea, 2016-2018
• Fundamental research of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) and Total Organic Carbon (TOC), for potential water quality regulation, supported by National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Korea, 2012-2015
• Fouling of MD (membrane distillation) membrane, supported by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, 2013-2015
• Desalination using NF followed by RO membranes, supported by Daewoo Corporation, 2013
• Performance evaluation of engineered constructed wetlands for zero discharge system, supported by Hankook Engineering, 2013
• Evolution of Natural Organic Matter (NOM), National Research Laboratory supported by the KOSEF, 2007-2012
• Chemical and Biological Characterizations of Wetlands, supported by GIST, 2007~2009
• Desalination Process, with respect to Membranes and Toxicity, Supported by KOSEF, 2006-2009
• Processes Development for Wastewater Reclamation, supported by Doosan Heavy Industry, 2009~2010
• Analysis of Emerging Pharmaceuticals in Youngsan River, Korea, supported by DOE, Korea, 2009~2012 

International Projects

• Technical Advisor for the AwwaRF 4159 “Role of Bromamines on Disinfection By-product Formation and impact on Application of Chloramination and Ozonation” (2008-2010)
• Technical Advisor for the WRF-06-006 “Comparisons of Chemical Composition of Reclaimed and Conventional Waters” (2007-2008) 

Books

2020 Honey Money: fSM-new money for a new society, art.earth (UK)

2015 Book ‘Forward Osmosis’ ASCE, Chapter 5 Draw Solutes of Forward Osmosis Processes, by Ho Kyong Shon, L. Chekli, S. Phuntsho, J. Kim, Jaeweon Cho

2015 Climate Change Humanities (in Korean)

2012 (Section Editor Work of Book) Robert A. Meyers (Editor-in-Chief), Jaeweon Cho (Section Editor of Sustainability in Water), Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Vol. 1~18, Springer

2012 (Book Chapter) Jaeweon Cho, J.A.L. Raminez, H.K. Shon, K. Park, M. Park, Sustainable Water Treatment Using Nanofiltration and Tight Ultrafiltration Membrane, Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, edited by Rober A. Meyers (editor-in-chief), and Jaeweon Cho (section editor), Vol. 14, pp. 10530-10542, Springer

2012 (Book Chapter) Eunkyung Lee, Sungyun Lee, Yunah Kim, Y.-J. Huh, K.-S. Kim, Jaeweon Cho, Wastewater Treatment Plant: Anthropogenic Micropollutant Indicators for Sustainability River Management, Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, edited by Rober A. Meyers (editor-in-chief), and Jaeweon Cho (section editor), Vol. 17, pp 11911-11932, Springer

2009-2012 Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Water, Book Editor, Springer

2004 (1st ed.), 2007 (2nd ed.)  Membrane Technology (in Korean)

 

Activities in Conferences

Invited Speaker in Session "Climate Adaptation Technology Options: WASH and Digital Health", WHCF2023 (World Health City Forum), Songdo convensia, Incheon, Korea, 20th-22nd Nov., 2023

Panel speaker in Session "Design in Toilet for saving an earth & UNOSD summer camp", in Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF2023): Turning point: from crisis into opportunity, Yonsei University/Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a better future, February 3, 2023

Panel speaker in Session “Systems Analysis in Asia”, IIAS (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, October 22, 2021

Keynote Speak (titled Perceptions of engineers with desalination) in 4th International Conference on Desalination using Membrane Technology, Perth, Australia, Dec., 2019​

Keynote Speak in 3rd International Conference on Desalination using Membrane Technology, Gran Canaria, Spain, 2-5 April, 2017

Organizing and Scientific program committee of International Desalination Workshop 2015, Lotte City Hotel, Jeju, 18~21 November, 2015

Organizing committee of International symposium of North Korea Water Society, Seoul, 20th October, 2015

Scientific committee of IWA Regional Conference on Water Reuse and Energy 2014, Daegu, 21~24 October, 2014

Invited speak in Expert Group Meeting of Nanotechnology for Clean Water, UNESCO (Paris), Paris, 16-18 December, 2013

Invited speak with Water Purification for Small Villages, at Sharing Knowledge across the Mediterranean 8 (Organized by the Sharing Knowledge Foundation), Rabat, Morocco, 9-12 May, 2013

Scientific Committee Member of IWA Water Reuse symposium, 3-7 November, 2013, Windhoek, Namibia

Program Committee of the 5th International Desalination Workshop, 28-31 October, 2012, Jeju

Scientific Committee Member of IWA Water Reuse symposium, 26-29 September, 2011, Barcelona, Spain

Scientific Committee Member of 3^rd International Conference, Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering, 26th September - 1st October, 2010, Cairns, Australia

Committee and News Letter Editor of Water Reuse Specialty Group of IWA 2004-2009

Scientific Committee Member of IWA MTWR 2010, IWA Regional Conference on Membrane Technology and Water Reuse, October 18-22, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey

Scientific Committee Member of MDIW 2010, Membranes in Drinking and Industrial Water Treatment, 27-30 June, 2010, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Organizing Committee of IWA Water Reuse Specialty Conference, 2005, Jeju, Korea

 

Projects of Knowledge Sharing and Transfer:

Project to Provide Small Water Purification Units (named Ongdalsaem) to:

• Cambodia (2006)
• Kenya (2008)
• South Sudan (2009)
• Haiti, Vietnam, Laos, Zambia, and Mongol (2010)
• Haiti, Indonesia (2013)
• Haiti (2014)
• Cambodia (2015)
• Laos (2016, 2017)

Teaching Awards:

2015 2         Excellent Teaching Professor Award in 2014, Engineering Graduate School, Yonsei

2014 2 28     Excellent Teaching Professor Award in 2013, Yonsei University

2010 11 6     Best Teacher’s Award in 2009, GIST

 

Short Courses Lecture in Abroad

• Environmental Engineering and Water/Wastewater Treatment (3 days courses) in Hanoi University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam (2007, 2008, 2009), under program of UNU in GIST
• Applied Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering (14 days course) in Yanbian University of Science and Technology, China (July, 2009)
• Sustainable Water Treatment (Special lecture) in University Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia (April, 2010)