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Biography

Personal Gender Pronoun: She/Her/Hers

Website: https://go.rowan.edu/yenkiekm

Education:
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Delaware
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, LIT Nagpur, India

Impactful Research Areas:
Health
    Biomedical
    Environment
    Computational Health
Sustainability
    Sustainable Materials & Processes
    Renewable Energy
Connectivity
    Digital Engineering
    Infrastructure & Transportation
Education
    Advancing Pedagogical Innovation
    Equipping Students for Success

Research Expertise:
Process Systems Engineering, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Uncertainty, Programming and Simulation

My research focuses on leveraging Process Systems Engineering (PSE) principles in the areas of environmental sustainability and healthcare. Research methods include mathematical modeling, simulation, programming, data analytics, machine learning, optimization, control, uncertainty analysis and stochastic processes. Current research projects include: (i) Machine Learning for Sustainable Chemicals and Processes (ii) Design of Water Treatment, Asset Management & Resilience (iii) Optimization of Pipeline Operations in Petroleum Industry (iv) Solvent Recovery (v) Plastics recycling and (vi) Healthcare applications like cancer diagnostics and IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) management.

Honors and Awards:
NSF CAREER Award – 2024
HMRCoE Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award - 2024
AIChE Delaware Valley Section Outstanding Faculty Award - 2023
AIChE Environmental Division Early Career Award - 2022
Outstanding Young Chemical Engineering Educator by CACHE (Computer Aided Chemical Engineering) - 2019

Professional Memberships:
AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
AIChE’s Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division
AIChE’s Environmental Division
AIChE’s Delaware Valley Section (DVS)
ACS (American Chemical Society)
ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education)

Recent Publications:
Ghanem, F.; Yenkie, K.M.* 2024. Optimal Control of Chromate Removal via Enhanced Modeling using the Method of Moments. ASCE’s Journal of Environmental Engineering 150 (5), 04024015.

Jerpoth, S. S.; Hesketh, R.; Slater, C. S.; Savelski, M. J.; Yenkie, K. M.* 2023 Strategic Optimization of the Flushing Operations in Lubricants Manufacturing and Packaging Facilities. ACS Omega, 8(41), 38288-38300.

Stengel, J.P., Lehr, A.L., Aboagye, E.A., Chea, J.D., Yenkie, K.M.* 2023. Development of an Interactive Software Tool for Designing Solvent Recovery Processes. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 62(5), 2090-2103.

Pimentel, J.; Aboagye, E.; Orosz, A.; Markot, M. C.; Cabezas, H.; Friedler, F; Yenkie, K. M.* 2022. Enabling Technology Models with Nonlinearities in the Synthesis of Wastewater Treatment Networks based on the P-graph Framework. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 167, 108034.

Aboagye, E. A.; Chea, J. D.; Lehr, A. L.; Stengel, J. P.; Heider, K. L.; Savelski, M. J.; Slater, C. S.; Yenkie, K. M.* 2022. Systematic Design of Solvent Recovery Pathways: Integrating Economics and Environmental Metrics. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 10 (33), 10879–10887. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c02497.