Yohan Min

Postdoctoral Scholar

I am dedicated to advancing sustainable and resilient infrastructure planning and grid decarbonization. Leveraging over seven years of industry experience in oil drilling, renewable energy, and disaster recovery projects, as well as expertise in data science, software development, and statistical modeling, I strive to enhance social equity and community resilience through interdisciplinary research.

At the neighborhood scale, I examine the optimal siting strategies for energy infrastructures, encompassing utility-scale power plants and distributed energy resources (DERs). At the individual scale, I investigate the impact of policies, built environment, and peer effects on the deployment of DERs such as rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and heat pumps, and building energy efficiency. I also consider the coadoption impact on the grid and explore the application of virtual power plants (VPPs).

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 (PI: G. Wu) [link]

“Designing California's clean and climate resilient electricity grid for vulnerable communities,” UC Office of the President Climate Action Initiative, CA, 2024 (PI: G. Wu) [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. (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]

Manuscripts Under Review

Min, Y., Brinkerink, M., Jenkins, J., and Mayfield, E. “Effects of the Inflation Reduction Act on Renewable Energy Manufacturing and Development Costs and Deployment.” [link]

Manuscripts In Preparation

Min, Y., Charles, D., Nowicki, F., and Mayfield, E. “Disparities in the location of electric power system infrastructure in the United States.”

Min, Y., Lee, H. W., and Mayfield, E. “Different characteristics of early adopters and their followers of rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and heat pumps in urban and rural areas in the U.S.”

Mayfield, E. and Min, Y. “Energy transition impact on employment in U.S. iron and steel manufacturing plants.”

Oh, W., Min, Y., Levin, S., and Best, K., “Characterizing cascades of rooftop solar adoption: spillover pathways and drivers in the US urban and rural systems.”

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.

PhD Coursework

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

Master's Coursework

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 2022 SEED (Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development) Workshop in Washington DC, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), US 2022
• Travel Grant for 2021 SEED Workshop in Los Angeles, 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 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
Renewable Energy, Elsevier
Energy Research & Social Science, Elsevier
Travel Behaviour and Society, Elsevier
Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, Taylor and Francis Ltd

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