Soomin Woo

Job title: 
Assistant Professor
Department: 
Alumni
Konkuk University in Korea
Bio/CV: 

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2021

MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2016

BE Civil and Environmental Engineering / Science and Technology Policy, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2014

Konkuk Univeristy - Present 

  • Assistant Professor 

Soomin Woo is an assistant professor in Smart Vehicle Engineering at Konkuk University in Korea. Her research focuses on modeling and optimization of the integrated systems of mobility and energy, which fully utilize the benefits of vehicle electrificaiton, automation, and commnuication. At TSRC, she conducts research on vehicle grid integration, energy grid optimization, and electric vehicle data science. She has a B.S. and a M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and a Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Berkeley.

Research interests: 
  • Vehicle routing problem
  • Connected and Automated Vehicles
  • Traffic flow analysis
  • Connected energy grid
  • Energy modeling
  • Distributed Energy Resources
  • Vehicle Grid Integration
  • Smart charging
  • Electric fleet operation