Recent Activities
Polymer Membranes for Environment, Energy, and Health.
Research Projects
Our research focuses on design, synthesis, processing and characterization of polymers and polymer based composite materials for energy-efficient separation, energy storage, and biomedical devices to address challenges in the Water-Energy Nexus and in Health. We study the relationship between polymer chemistry, processing, structure, and transport properties for separation science. Specifically, we explore the influence of a polymer’s chemical and physical structures on transport properties such as sorption, diffusion, permeation, and conduction of small molecules in polymers and polymer-based materials. These fundamental studies are critical for designing polymers for liquid, gas and vapor separations, energy storage, selective removal of unwanted molecules from various chemical streams, critical and precious element recovery, biomedical devices, controlled drug-delivery, and barrier materials for food and packaging.
Publications
Journal Articles
- E Bell, S Freeburne, M Fromel, Hee Jeung Oh and Christian Pester, 2021, "Heterogeneous photoredox catalysis using fluorescein polymer brush functionalized glass beads", Journal of Polymer Science
- Whitney S Loo, Gurmukh K Sethi, Alexander A Teran, Michael D Galluzzo, Jacqueline A Maslyn, Hee Oh, Katrina I Mongcopa and Nitash P Balsara, 2019, "Composition Dependence of the Flory--Huggins Interaction Parameters of Block Copolymer Electrolytes and the Isotaksis Point", Macromolecules, 52, (15), pp. 5590--5601
- Colin Yee, David McCoy, Jay Yu, Aaron Losey, Caroline Jordan, Terilyn Moore, Carol Stillson, Hee Oh, Bridget Kilbride, Shuvo Roy and others, 2019, "Endovascular ion exchange chemofiltration device reduces off-target doxorubicin exposure in a hepatic intra-arterial chemotherapy model", Radiology: Imaging Cancer, 1, (1), pp. e190009
- Hee Oh, Mariam S Aboian, Michael YJ Yi, Jacqueline A Maslyn, Whitney S Loo, Xi Jiang, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Mark W Wilson, Terilyn Moore and Colin R Yee, 2019, "3D printed absorber for capturing chemotherapy drugs before they spread through the body", ACS central science, 5, (3), pp. 419-427
- Jacqueline A Maslyn, Whitney S Loo, Kyle D McEntush, Hee Oh, Katherine J Harry, Dilworth Y Parkinson and Nitash P Balsara, 2018, "Growth of lithium dendrites and globules through a solid block copolymer electrolyte as a function of current density", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, (47), pp. 26797--26804
- Whitney S Loo, Michael D Galluzzo, Xiuhong Li, Jacqueline A Maslyn, Hee Oh, Katrina I Mongcopa, Chenhui Zhu, Andrew A Wang, Xin Wang, Bruce A Garetz and others, 2018, "Phase behavior of mixtures of block copolymers and a lithium salt", The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122, (33), pp. 8065--8074
- Whitney S Loo, Xi Jiang, Jacqueline A Maslyn, Hee Oh, Chenhui Zhu, Kenneth H Downing and Nitash P Balsara, 2018, "Reentrant phase behavior and coexistence in asymmetric block copolymer electrolytes", Soft Matter, 14, (15), pp. 2789--2795
- Hee Oh, James E McGrath and Donald R Paul, 2018, "Water and salt transport properties of disulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) desalination membranes formed by solvent-free melt extrusion", Journal of Membrane Science, 546, pp. 234--245
- Hee Oh, Jaesung Park, Sebnem Inceoglu, Irune Villaluenga, Jacob L Thelen, Xi Jiang, James E McGrath and Donald R Paul, 2017, "Formation of disulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) thin film desalination membranes plasticized with poly (ethylene glycol) by solvent-free melt extrusion", Polymer, 109, pp. 106--114
- Hee Oh, James E McGrath and Donald R Paul, 2017, "Kinetics of poly (ethylene glycol) extraction into water from plasticized disulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) desalination membranes prepared by solvent-free melt processing", Journal of membrane science, 524, pp. 257--265
- X Chelsea Chen, Hee Oh, Jay F Yu, Jeffrey K Yang, Nikos Petzetakis, Anand S Patel, Steven W Hetts and Nitash P Balsara, 2016, "Block copolymer membranes for efficient capture of a chemotherapy drug", ACS macro letters, 5, (8), pp. 936--941
- Mariam S. Aboian, Jay F. Yu, Ayushi Gautam, Chia-Hung Sze, Jeffrey K. Yang, Jonathan Chan, Prasheel V. Lillaney, Caroline D. Jordan, Hee Oh, David Wilson and others, 2016, "In vitro clearance of doxorubicin with a DNA-based filtration device designed for intravascular use with intra-arterial chemotherapy", Biomedical Microdevices, 18, pp. 98
- Hee Oh, Benny D Freeman, James E McGrath, Christopher J Ellison, Sue Mecham, Kwan-Soo Lee and Donald R Paul, 2014, "Rheological studies of disulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) plasticized with poly (ethylene glycol) for membrane formation", Polymer, 55, (6), pp. 1574--1582
- Hee Oh, Benny D Freeman, James E McGrath, Chang Hyun Lee and Donald R Paul, 2014, "Thermal analysis of disulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) plasticized with poly (ethylene glycol) for membrane formation", Polymer, 55, (1), pp. 235--247
- Chang Hyun Lee, Desmond VanHouten, Ozma Lane, James E McGrath, Jianbo Hou, Louis A Madsen, Justin Spano, Sungsool Wi, Joseph Cook, Wei Xie, Hee Jeung On, Geofferey Geise and Benny Freeman, 2011, "Disulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) random copolymer blends tuned for rapid water permeation via cation complexation with poly (ethylene glycol) oligomers", Chemistry of materials, 23, (4), pp. 1039--1049
Conference Proceedings
- Hee Oh, Mariam Aboian, Michael Yi, Jacqueline Maslyn, Whitney Loo, Xi Jiang, Dilworth Parkinson, Mark Wilson, Terilyn Moore, Colin Yee and others, 2018, "3D Printed Absorber for Capturing Chemotherapy Drugs before They Are Released in the Body"
Other
- Hee Oh and others, 2015, "Sulfonated polysulfone desalination membranes by melt extrusion"
Awards
- US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Grant (2023)
- US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Selected Participant (2023)
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) (2022)
- Hanwha Non-Tenured Faculty Award, Hanwha, April 2022
- Invited to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposium, National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grainger Foundation, September 2022
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) Grant, American Chemical Society (ACS), October 2022
- 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 3M, 2021
- Young Membrane Scientist Award, North American Membrane Society (NAMS), 2020
- The University of Texas at Austin Professional Development Award, The University of Texas at Austin, 2013
- Doh Wonsuk Memorial Award, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE), 2012
- Korean-American Scientist and Engineers Association (KSEA) Poster Award – First Prize, 2012
- Korea Research Foundation Scholarship, 2004 - 2007
- Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies Undergraduate Fellowship, 2006 - 2007
- The 2nd National Pre-Star-Venture Business Start-Up Competition - Second place, 2007
- Samsung Total Cooperation Scholarship for Distinguished Undergraduates, 2005