Yohan Min

Postdoctoral Scholar

I am dedicated to bridging the gap between fundamental field practices and the future of sustainable infrastructure, with a specific focus on integrating renewable energy into the built environment. Leveraging over seven years of industry experience in energy and disaster recovery projects, alongside expertise in spatial data analytics and modeling, I strive to enhance social equity and community resilience through interdisciplinary research.

At the utility scale, I examine the optimal siting and logistics for energy infrastructures, such as utility-scale power plants . At the community scale, I investigate how policy, built-environment characteristics, and market trends influence the adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) or low carbon technologies—such as rooftop solar, EVs, and heat pumps—and analyze their 'smart' integration impact, including the application of virtual power plants (VPPs), on the future of grid-interactive built environment and society.

Promoting Social Equity

• Science Communication Fellow, Pacific Science Center (PSC), Seattle, WA (2019 - 2022)
  Have demonstrated the benefits of clean energy through the concepts of diversification and decentralization by engaging with the public. [link]


• Torrance Science Policy Analysis fellow, Washington State Academy of Science (WSAS), WA (2020 - 2021)
  Provided research and expert analysis of complex issues of “Energy Equity” faced by Washington. [link]


• Project Member, Puerto Rico Solar Health Study Group, UW and Clean Energy Group, Puerto Rico (2018)
  Supported for research and field activities including installation of rooftop solar for disaster response and recovery in Puerto Rico after Hurricane, Maria.

  See media coverage in: University of Washington and Clean Energy Institute.

• Infrastructure Officer, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Philippines (2016 - 2017)
  Supervised the implementation of activities to construct two sanitary landfills and materials recovery facilities, a vocational training center, a community evacuation center, and 55 units of resettlement housing for hurricane damage restoration. [link]


• Student Leader, Purdue Boiler Out and Nataional Relief Network, Leesburg, FL (2013)
  Supported local communities for disaster response and recovery

Education

Professional Experience

Academic Experience

• Instructor, Digital Tools (CM 260), Construction Management Undergraduate, 28 students, Winter 2021 and 27 students, Spring 2021
• Teaching Assistant (TA), Restoration Ecology Capstone (ESRM 462/463/464), Resource Management Undergraduate, 30 students, Autumn 2021, 30 students, Winter 2022, and 29 students, Spring 2022
• TA, Research Design and Capstone Preparation (URBDP 512), Urban Planning Graduate, 32 students, Autumn 2020
• TA, Urban and Regional Geospatial Analysis (URBDP 522), Urban Planning Graduate, 22 students, Winter 2020
• TA, Risk Assessment and Business Continuity (IPM 508), Infrastructure Planning & Management Graduate, 30 students, Autumn 2019

• “Innovative community engagement practices in large-scale solar project siting and permitting,” Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2), Department of Energy SEEDS 4 award, U.S., 2025-present (PIs: M. Mildenberger and G. Wu) [link]
• “Public opinion on economic transition challenges and opportunities in oil communities,” The Resilient Energy Economies (REE) Initiative, US, 2024-present (PI: P. Mahdavi) [link]
• “Designing California's clean and climate resilient electricity grid for vulnerable communities,” UC Office of the President Climate Action Initiative, CA, 2024-present (PIs: G. Wu and R. Deshmukh) [link]
• “Electrification and decarbonization of the steel industry,” Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, NY, 2024 (PI: E. Mayfield) [link]
• “Effects of Renewable Energy Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act on Technology Costs, Materials Demand, and Employment,” Bluegreen Alliance, U.S., 2023 (PI: E. Mayfield) [link]
• “Energy Equity in Washington,” Washington State Academy of Science, WA, 2021 [link]
• “Green Infrastructure with Gentrification and Displacement.” CREA, WA, 2020 [link]
• “Evictions Study.” The eScience Institute, UW, WA 2019 (PI: T. Thomas) [link]
• “Prevention through Design for Installation Safety on Solar-Ready Houses.” CPWR, MD, 2018 (PI: HW Lee) [link]
• “Energy & Climate Policy Database.” Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Seoul, Korea, 2015
• “Energy Performance Analysis of Low-Energy House.” Arctic Technology Centre (ARTEK), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Sisimiut, Greenland, 2013
• “Warranty data analysis and modeling.” TVS Motor Company, Bangalore, India, 2013
• “Drilling Operation Analysis.” Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Gulf of Mexico, 2011

Peer-reviewed Journal

• Min, Y., Brinkerink, M., Jenkins, J., and Mayfield, E. (2025) “Effects of the Inflation Reduction Act on renewable energy manufacturing and development costs and deployment.” Environmental Research: Energy, 2, 045008. [link]
• Min, Y. (2025) “Spatial dynamics of low-carbon transitions: Peer effects and disadvantaged communities in solar energy, electric vehicle, and heat pump adoption in the United States.” Energy Research & Social Science, 121, 103981. [link]
• Min, Y. and Lee, H. W. (2024) “Quantifying clean energy justice: Impact of Solarize program on rooftop solar disparities in the Pacific Northwest.” Sustainable Cities and Society, 104, 105287. [link]
• Min, Y. and Lee, H. W. (2024) “Adoption inequalities and causal relationship between electric vehicle chargers and heat pumps.” Special Collection on Advances in Sustainability in the Built Environment, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 150(5):04024025. [link]
• Min, Y. and Mayfield, E. (2023) “Rooftop solar, electric vehicle, and heat pump adoption in rural areas in the United States.” Energy Research & Social Science, 105, 103292. [link] See media coverage in: CNET.
• Min, Y. and Ko, I. (2023) “Causal effects of place, people, and process on rooftop solar adoption through Bayesian inference.” Energy, 285, 129510. [link]
• Min, Y., Lee, H. W., and Hurvitz, P. M. (2023) “Clean energy justice: Different adoption characteristics of underserved communities in rooftop solar and electric vehicle chargers in Seattle.” Energy Research & Social Science, 96, 102931. [link]
• Min, Y. and Lee, H. W. (2023) “Characterization of vulnerable communities in terms of the benefits and burdens of the energy transition in Pacific Northwest cities.” Jounal of Cleaner Production, 135949. [link]
• Shang, L., Dermisi, S., Choe, Y., Lee, H. W., and Min, Y. (2023) “Assessing the office building marketability before and after the implementation of energy benchmarking and disclosure policies - lessons learned from major US cities.” Sustainability, 15 (11). [link]
• Tosado, G. A., Matos, M., Ahumada-Paras, M., Chapko, M. K., Pozzo, L. D. and the Puerto Rico Solar Health Study Group*(2021). “Evaluation of Solar-Powered Battery Systems for Individuals Using Electricity-Dependent Medical Devices in Puerto Rico Following Hurricane Maria.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Cambridge University Press, 1–4. *member in the Puerto Rico Solar Health Study Group. [link]

Peer-reviewed Conference

• Min, Y., Lee, H. W., Bramono, N., and Mayfield, E. (2024) “Characteristics of early adopters and their followers of rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and heat pumps.” 76-85. American Society of Civil Engineers. [link]
• Bramono, N., Burpee, H., Dermisi, S., Min, Y., and Lee, H. W. (2024) “Benchmarking Healthy Building Requirements in Mitigating Airborne Transmission Diseases such as COVID-19: Identifying the Gaps between Current Codes and Building Rating Tools” 769-779. American Society of Civil Engineers. [link]
• Min, Y. and Lee, H. W. (2022). “Characterization of Energy Vulnerability in terms of Energy Resilience and Energy Dependence in Pacific Northwest Cities.” 2022 US-Korea Conference (UKC). [link]
• Min, Y. (2021). “Idenfitying and Characterizing Vulnerable Communities in Energy Justice.” 2021 US-Korea Conference (UKC).
• Min, Y. and Lee, H. W. (2020). “Social Equity of Clean Energy Policies in Electric-Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Systems.” 221–229. American Society of Civil Engineers. [link]

Other Publications

• Min, Y., Brinkerink, M., Jenkins, J., and Mayfield, E. (2023) “Effects of Renewable Energy Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act on Technology Costs, Materials Demand, and Labor (Version 3).” [link] See media coverage in: The New York Times, Bluegreen Alliance, PV Magazine.
• Lee, H. W., Gambatese, J., and Min, Y. (2020). “Prevention through Design (PtD) to Make Solar-Ready Houses Safe for Solar Workers.” Project Report. CPWR, Silver Spring, MD. [link]
• Min, Y. and Mangal, A. (2018). “City of Tacoma Neighborhood and Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging Deployment.” Project Report. Livable City Year 2017–2018, WA. [link]

Oral Presentations

• “Characteristics of early adopters and their followers of rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and heat pumps.” CRC 2024, Des Moines, IA, Mar. 2024.
• Invited Talk, “Setting the stage: Identifying interplays in energy inequities to achieve an equitable transition.” Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists, Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island, Jun. 2023. [link]
• Invited Talk, “Project performance measurement – budget and schedule.” ESRM 464, Restoration Ecology Capstone Guest Lecture, UW, WA, May. 2023.
• Invited Talk, “Equitable adoption of clean energy technology for resilient communities.” Dartmouth Thayer Energy Club Seminar, Apr. 2023.
• Invited Talk, “Adoption of Clean Energy Technologies and Energy Justice.” Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections (SDCI) Monthly Seminar Series, Feb. 2023.
• Invited Talk, “Clean energy justice: Understanding clean energy access of communities in Pacific Northwest cities.” Global Network of Korean Building Technologists and Scientists Monthly Seminar Series, Sept. 2022.
• “Characterization of energy vulnerability in terms of energy resilience and energy dependence in Pacific Northwest cities.” UKC, Washington DC, Aug. 2022.
• Invited Talk, “Characterization of Energy Vulnerability in terms of Urban Administrative and Community Attributes in the Pacific Northwest Cities.” Climate Solutions Community of Practice, Seattle, WA, May. 2022.
• “Idenfitying and characterizing vulnerable communities in energy justice.” UKC, Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 2021.
• Invited Talk, “Clean Energy Justice.” Just Sustainabilities in a Post-Pandemic World Symposium, Seattle, WA, May. 2021.
• Invited Talk, “Construction Operation Design and Simulation.” CM 260, Digital Tools Lecture, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2020.
• “Social Equity of Clean Energy Policies in Electric-Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Systems.” CRC 2020, Tempe, AZ, Mar. 2020.
• Invited Panel, “Working in an International Organization as an Infrastructure Officer.” 8th Global Environmental Leaders Program Homecoming Day hosted by Korea Environment Corporation (KECO), Seoul, Korea, Aug. 2016.

Poster Presentations

• "Social Equity of Clean Energy Policies in Electric-Vehicle Charging." Winter 2020 Lightning Talks, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE), WA, Mar. 2020.
• “Social Equity of Clean Energy Policies in Residential Solar.” 2nd International Conference on Energy Research and Social Science, Tempe, AZ, May. 2019.

Decision Making & Statistics:

• Markov Decision Processes IND E 599
• Healthcare Modeling and Decision Making IND E 519
• Financial Modeling for Real Estate RE 508
• Computational Thinking PUBPOL 542
• Analytical Methods in Transportation CET 584
• Statistical Methods for Spatial Data STATA 554
• Maximum Likelihood Methods for Social Sciences CSSS 510
• Hierarchical Modeling for Social Sciences CSSS 560
• Bayesian Statistics for Social Sciences CSSS 564

Data Science:

• Machine Learning for Finance CFRM 521
• Financial Data Science CFRM 502
• GIS (Geographic Information System) URBDP 504
• Spatial Analysis of Real Estate and Housing Markets RE 597
• Software Engineering for Molecular Data Scientists ChemE 546
• Data Science Methods for Clean Energy Research ChemE 545
• Data Science Capstone ChemE 547
• Visual Analytics PUBPOL 543
• Visualizing Data CSSS 569
• Digital GeoHumanities GEOG 595

Sustainable Infrastructure:

• Infrastructure Planning and Finance URBDP 566
• Transportation Energy and Sustainability CET 583
• Sustainable Construction CM 540
• Urban Science URBDP 591
• Contemporary Built Environment BE 551
• Theories of Knowledge and the Built Environment BE 552
• Environmental Planning URBDP 598

Population Studies:

• Research Methods in Demography CSSS 533
• Population Studies Seminar CSDE 501
• Population Studies Proseminar CSDE 502
• Demography & Society CSDE 513

Construction Engineering:

• Advanced Project Management & Analysis CE59700
• Analytic Method Design Construction CE52700
• Building Control CE51401
• Civil Engineering Project CE59700
• Construction Business Management CE52100
• Construction Project Control Systems CE52000
• Statistic & Econometric Methods I CE61400

Industrial Engineering:

• Economic Decision Engineering IE54600
• Engineering Economic Analysis IE54500
• International Internship India MGMT59000
• Introduction to Globalization & Engineering ENE55300
• Introduction to Systems Engineering IE59000
• Quality Control IE53000
• Statistical Methods STAT51100
• Systems Simulation IE58000

Skills

• Spatial Analysis
• Social Equity and Energy Justice
• Spillover Effects
• Technology Adoption

• Min, Y. and and Wu, G. “Predicting future siting of utility-scale solar and wind projects in the United States.” [link]
  R Dashboards. These interactive webpages display future siting of utility-scale solar and wind project maps in the United States.


• Min, Y. “Rooftop solar adoption in Vermont.” [link] [link]
  JavaScript. These interactive webpages display 3D and heat maps showcasing the progression of rooftop solar adoption in Vermont over the years.


• Min, Y. “Distributed Energy Resource (DER) adoption in Seattle.” [link]
  JavaScript. This interactive webpage displays heat map showcasing the progression of the adoption of DERs including rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and heat pumps in Seattle over the years.


• Min, Y. “Energy vulnerability in the Pacific Northwest.” [link]
  R shinyapps. This interactive webpage shows diverse plots and maps of characterization of energy vulnerability in terms of various urban administrative and community characteristics in Pacific Northwest cities using linear, gamma, and lognormal mixed-effect models combined with a spatial lag term.


• Min, Y. “demand.” [link]
  R library. This library creates diverse plots per day, weekday, month and year for peak demand power consumption of several meters to support a project, demand_acep, which was developed to make raw data of electricity consumption of 4 meters in Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) ready to use for the further analyses. These plots lead to benefit-cost analyses and cost saving plots based on electricity rate structure from GVEA in Alaska.


• Min, Y. Pathak, C., and Ademola-Idowu, A. “demand-acep.” [link]
  Python package. The project demand_acep aims to make sense of the data collected by power meters at some facilities at the Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR) managed by Alaska Center of Energy and Power (ACEP). The project resulted in an open-source Python 3 package, that implements a data pipeline for high resolution power meter data to easy access for data analytics and research.


• Min, Y. Eggleton, E., Tao, K., and Ademola-Idowu, A. “Route Dynamics.” [link]
  Python package. The project visualizes the elevation changes for King County Metro bus routes.

• US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI) Winter School 2019, Seattle, WA [link]
  Implemented industry-leading methodologies for the development of research software, ensuring the utilization of best practices.


• Geohackweek 2019, Seattle, WA [link]
  Acquired proficiency in open-source technologies for analyzing geospatial datasets and actively engaged in practical software development activities.

• Project Management Professional, PMP®, Project Management Institute (PMI) (No.1475924) [link]
• 6th International Environmental Expert, Ministry of Environment, Korea (No.06-20)
• Rescue SCUBA Diver, Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) (No.1508AT9131)
• Lifeguard, Red Cross, Korea (No.2011-04-03-01163)
• Judo Black Belt, Korea Judo Association, Korea (No.249195)

• NASA Open Science, NASA Transform to Open Science, 2024 [link]
• Demographic Study Trainee, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE), UW 2017 - 2022 [link]
• “Accessing and Analyzing Census Data Using R,” Social Science Data Analysis Network (ssdan.net) 2021 [pdf]
• “Introduction to Population Grids and their Integration with Remote Sensing Data for Sustainable Development and Disaster Management,” NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) 2021 [pdf]
• Data Science Trainee, Data Intensive Research Enabling Clean Technologies (DIRECT), Clean Energy Institute (CEI), UW 2018 - 2019 [link]
• “TA Conference,” Center for Teaching and Learning, UW 2017
• “Financing and Investing in Infrastructure,” Università Bocconi 2016
• “Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries,” École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 2016
• “Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies,” École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 2016
• “Advanced Security In The Field,” United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) 2016 [pdf]
• “Basic Security In The Field II,” United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) 2016 [pdf]
• “Global Environmental Leaders Program,” Ministry of Environment, Korea 2016

Awards

• Travel Grant for 2024 SEED (Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development) Workshop in San Francisco CA, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), US 2024
• Travel Grant for 2022 SEED Workshop in Washington DC, KSEA, US 2022
• Travel Grant for 2021 SEED Workshop in Los Angeles CA, KSEA, US 2021
• Inspire Fund ($5,000), "Investigating Energy Justice in Washington State in terms of Photovoltaic (PV) Systems and Electric Vehicle (EV) Chargers," College of Built Environments (CBE), University of Washington (UW), WA 2021 [link]
• Torrance Science Policy Analysis Fellowship ($1,000), "Energy Equity." Washington State Academy of Science, WA 2020- 2021 [link]
• Travel Grant for Construction Research Congress (CRC) conference ($1,000), CBE, UW, WA 2020
• Clean Energy Institute Graduate Fellowship ($8,000), CEI, UW, WA 2019-2020 [link]
• Travel Grant for Energy Research and Social Science (ERSS) conference ($1,000), CBE, UW, WA 2019
• Graduate Fellowship ($19,000), CBE, UW, WA 2017 - 2018
• Purdue - POSTECH Fellowship ($57,000), POSTECH, Purdue, IN 2012 - 2013 [pdf]

• Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Korean American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), US 2025 [link]
• Postdoctoral Scholar Professional Development Award, Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL), Dartmouth College, NH 2024
• KSEA-KUSCO Graduate Scholarship, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association and Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center, U.S. 2022 [link]
• Honorable Mentions, Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation, Portland, OR 2022 [link]
• Best Poster Award of the Winter 2020 Lightning Talks, "Social Equity of Clean Energy Policies in Electric-Vehicle Charging." Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE), UW, WA 2020 [link]
• Statira Biggs Scholarship ($2,000), UW, WA 2018
• Energy Cooperation Sponsorship ($14,000) at International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea 2015
• Professional Co-op Scholarship ($1,000), Purdue University, IN 2013
• Appreciation Award, Carolina Drillship Project, Petroserv, Brazil 2011 [pdf]
• Appreciation Award, volunteering as a Korean language and Safety instructor, DSME, Korea 2010
• Award of Project Contribution, Discoverer Luanda Drillship Project, DSME, Korea 2010 [pdf]
• Appreciation Award, Discoverer Luanda Drillship Project, Transocean, US 2009 [pdf]
• Dean's Scholarships ($9,000), Ajou University, Korea 2005 - 2007
• Annual Honor of the National Armed Forces Day, Marine Corps, Korea 2003 [pdf]
• Award of excellent records, Hwajung High School, Korea 2000, perfect scores in math and science on the National SAT

Service

• Journal Reviewer, 2022 - Present
  

  Nature Energy, Springer Nature
  Nature Communications, Springer Nature
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), National Academy of Sciences
  Sustainable Cities and Society, Elsevier
  Renewable Energy, Elsevier
  Energy Research & Social Science, Elsevier
  Energy, Elsevier
  Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, Taylor and Francis Ltd
  Transport Policy, Elsevier
  Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Elsevier
  Travel Behaviour and Society, Elsevier

• Conference Moderator, Sustainability and Resilience Track, CI & CRC Joint Conference 2024, Construction Institute (CI) and Construction Research Congress (CRC), Des Moines, IA, 2024
• Conference Paper Reviewer, CI & CRC Joint Conference 2024, 2023
• Application Reviewer, PhD applications in the College of Built Environments, UW, 2020 - 2022
• Volunteer, “Curiosity EXPO,” Pacific Science Center (PSC), Seattle, WA, 2020
• Volunteer, “GridFWD 2019,” Grid Forward, Seattle, WA, 2019
• Volunteer, “Energy Leadership Summit 2019,” Northwest Environmental Business Council (NEBC), Seattle, WA, 2019
• Volunteer, “CleanTech Innovation Showcase 2019,” CleanTech Alliance, Seattle, WA, 2019
• Conference Assistant, “World Future Energy Summit 2015,” Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2015
• Conference Assistant, “International Energy Workshop 2015,” Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2015
• Safety and Language Instructor for Foreign Employees, DSME, Geoje, Korea, 2009 - 2011 [photo]

• President, Judo Club at UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, 2024 - Present [link]
• Science Communication Fellow, Pacific Science Center (PSC), Seattle, WA, 2019 - 2022 [link]
• Facilitator, Foundation for International Understanding through Students (FIUTS), Seattle, WA, 2018 - 2019
• Judo Coach, Leyte Sports Academy (LSA), Tacloban, Philippines, 2016 [photo]
• Korean Language Instructor, Tacloban Methodist Church, Tacloban, Philippines, 2016
• Sunday School Teacher, Dubai Korean Church, Dubai, UAE, 2015
• Volunteer, Incheon Asian Game, Incheon, Korea, 2014
• Judo Instructor, Purdue University, IN, 2012 - 2014 [photo]
• International Student Volunteer (Boiler Out), Purdue University, IN, 2012 - 2014 [pdf]
• Sunday School Teacher, Nanjing Korean Church, Nanjing, China, 2007
• Assistant, Zion International Mission Community, Iloilo, Philippines, 2005 - 2006
• Volunteer, Vitalise, Southport, UK, 2005

• PMI, Project Management Institute
• KSEA, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
• APA, American Planning Association
• G-Net KBTS, Global Network of Korean Building Technologists and Scientists
• APPAM, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management