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Hong Yong Sohn

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Hong Yong Sohn is an American engineer, currently a Distinguished Professor in Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah.[1][2]

Sohn received his B.S. degree from Seoul National University, South Korea, and his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering in 1970 from the University of California at Berkeley. After working as a research engineer at Du Pont’s Engineering Technology Laboratory, he joined the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah in 1974.

Professor Sohn's work has been recognized through various awards, which include:

Dr. Sohn has authored or co-authored 4 monographs, 25 book chapters, some 500 papers, co-edited 17 books, holds 5 patents, and has delivered some 240 invited lectures. He has served as a Director of TMS-AIME (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society), organized many international symposia, and delivered numerous plenary and keynote lectures. He was a U.S. DOE Fossil Energy Lecturer from 1978–81, and is an advisor to LS-Nikko Co., South Korea, and to the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM). He serves on several editorial/advisory boards of international journals.

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  1. ^ "Hong Yong Sohn". utah.edu. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Hong Yong Sohn". tms.org. Retrieved March 6, 2017.