Status Part-time Faculty
Home Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
Phone 265-9437
Email hmkim@illinois.edu
Address 2005 Beckman Institute, 405 North Mathews Avenue
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Biography
Harrison Kim is a professor in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering. He is an award-winning educator, researcher, and designer in engineering design, analytics, and systems optimization. He is the director of the Enterprise Systems Optimization Laboratory. He is also affiliated with the Computational Science and Engineering Program and the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois.
He joined the University of Illinois in 2005 after postdoctoral training under Prof. Wei Chen at Northwestern University and has been leading the enterprise systems optimization lab. Prior to joining Illinois, he held positions in research and consulting -- the US Army Automotive Research Center, Northwestern University, and a business-IT consulting company.
Kim’s research focuses on a variety of areas of complex systems design and large-scale optimization utilizing mathematical programming, simulation, knowledge discovery and analytics.
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
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University, 2003-2004
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Honors
- 2021: Reviewers’ Choice Award, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED) – Top 10% among papers accepted.
- 2020: List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring)
- 2019: ASME Kos Ishii - Toshiba Award
- 2019: Reviewers’ Choice Award, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED) – Top 10% among more than 400 papers accepted.
- 2019: List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring)
- 2018: List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Fall)
- 2017: List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Spring)
- 2016: List of Teachers Ranked Excellent (Fall)
- 2016: Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- 2015: Donald Biggar Willett Faculty Scholar, College of Engineering, University of Illinois
- 2015: John Deere Supplier Innovator Award, Design for Environment
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Research
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
Research areas:
Data Analytics
Design and Manufacturing
Harrison Kim’s current research is concerned with (1) engineering system design and optimization, (2) design analytics for product portfolio design, and (3) multilevel multidisciplinary optimization for energy systems engineering. His research approach is based on mathematical programming and optimization including his original contribution to the analytical target cascading (http://www.targetcascading.com). He publishes actively in research societies. ASME, AIAA, Design Society. In addition to NSF grants, Kim is currently leading Design for Environment and Sustainability project with Deere and Co.
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2022
- 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.
- 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.
- Saidani, M., and Kim, H. M., "Nexus Between Life Cycle Assessment, Circularity, and Sustainability Indicators—Part I: a Review," Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2022.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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., 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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 Data-driven Methodology to Construct Customer Choice Sets Using Online Data and Customer Reviews" 141(11), 111103, 2019.
2018
- Quan, N. and Kim, H. M. "Greedy Robust Wind Farm Layout Optimization With Feasibility Guarantee" Engineering Optimization Journal, September 2018.
- 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.
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 Tight Upper Bound for Quadratic Knapsack Problems in Grid-Based Wind Farm Layout Optimization," Engineering Optimization Journal, 2017.
2016
- Kwak, M.; Kim, H. M., Modeling the Time-Varying Advantages of a Remanufactured Product: Is “Reman” Better Than “Brand New”? Journal of Mechanical Design 2016, 138, (5), 051701, DOI:10.1115/1.4032808.
- Ma, J.; Kim, H. M., Predictive Model Selection for Forecasting Product Returns. Journal of Mechanical Design 2016, 138, (5), 054501, DOI:10.1115/1.4033086.
- Quan, N.; Kim, H. M., A Mixed Integer Linear Programing Formulation for Unrestricted Wind Farm Layout Optimization. Journal of Mechanical Design 2016, 138, (6), 0614404-0614404-0614409, DOI:10.1115/1.4033239.
2015
- Ma, J.; Kim, H. M., Highly Customizable Product Family Design with Predictive, Data-Driven Family Design Method. Research in Engineering Design 2015, September, 1-17.
- Ma, J.; Kim, H. M., Predictive Usage Mining for Life Cycle Assessment. Transportation Research - Part D 2015, 38, 125-143.
2014
- Lu, S.; Kim, H. M., Wind Farm Layout Design Optimization through Multidisciplinary Design Optimization with Complementarity Constraints. Engineering Optimization Journal 2014 (Jan 2014), 1-25, DOI:10.1080/0305215X.2013.861457.
- Ma, J.; Kwak, M.; Kim, H. M., Demand Trend Mining for Predictive Life Cycle Design. Journal of Cleaner Production 2014, 68, 189-199, DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.026.
- Ma, J.; Kim, H. M., Continuous Preference Trend Mining for Optimal Product Design with Multiple Profit Cycles. Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design 2014, 136, (9), DOI:10.1115/ 1.4026937.
2013
- Kwak, M.; Kim, H. M., Design for Lifecycle Profit with a Simultaneous Consideration of Initial Manufacturing and End-of-Life Remanufacturing. Engineering Optimization Journal 2013 (Dec 2013), 1-18, DOI:10.1080/0305215X.2013.868450.
- Kwak, M.; Kim, H. M., Market Positioning of Remanufactured Products with Optimal Planning for Part Upgrades. Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2013, 135, (1).
- Kwak, M.; 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.
2012
- Kannan, A.; Shanbhag, U. V.; Kim, H. M., Addressing supply-side risk in uncertain power markets: stochastic Nash models, scalable algorithms and error analysis. Optimization Methods and Software, 2012. DOI:10.1080/10556788.2012.676756
- Kwak, M.; Kim, H. M.; Thurston, D., Formulating Second-Hand Market Value as a Function of Product Specifications, Age, and Condition. Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2012, 134, (3).
2011
- Kannan, A.; Shanbhag, U. V.; Kim, H. M., Strategic Behavior in Power Markets under Uncertainty. Journal of Energy Systems, 2011, 2, (2).
- Kwak, M.; Behdad, S.; Zhao, Y.; Kim, H. M.; Thurston, D., E-waste Stream Analysis and Design Implications. Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2011, 133, (10).
- Kwak, M.; Kim, H. M., Assessing Product Family Design from an End-of-Life Perspective. Engineering Optimization Journal, 2011, 43, (3), 233-255.
- Rojas, A.; Kim, H. M., Optimal Component Sharing in a Product Family by Simultaneous Consideration of Minimum Description Length and Impact Metric. Engineering Optimization Journal, 2011, 43, (2), 175-192.
- Tucker, C.; Kim, H. M., Trend Mining for Predictive Product Design. Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2011, 133, (11).
2010
-  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, 2010, 132, (10), 101007
-  Ramani, K.; Ramanujan, D.; Bernstein, W.; Zhao, F.; Sutherland, J.; Handwerker, C.; Choi, J.; Kim, H.; Thurston, D., Integrated Sustainable Life Cycle Design: A Review. Transactions of ASME: Journal of Mechanical Design, 2010, 132, (9), 091004. (Special issue on sustainability)
- Rojas, A.; Kim, H. M., Incorporating Security Considerations into Optimal Product Architecture and Component Sharing Decision in Product Family Design. Engineering Optimization Journal, 2012, 44, (1).