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Overview

Donghyun Rim is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and has a research focus spanning environmental science and engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, building and construction, and speech and hearing.

Rim's research covers multiple interconnected topics. Key areas include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Noise Effects and Management

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • "Human exposure to respiratory aerosols in a ventilated room: Effects of ventilation condition, emission mode, and social distancing" (2021) published in Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "The human oxidation field" (2022) published in Science
  • "Performance of upper-room ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) system in learning environments: Effects of ventilation rate, UV fluence rate, and UV radiating volume" (2022) published in Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "Quality control of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of ozone reaction with human surface: Effects of mesh size and turbulence model" (2020) published in Building and Environment
  • "Spatial and temporal scales of variability for indoor air constituents" (2021) published in Communications Chemistry

Collaborations are an important aspect of Donghyun Rim's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Seongjun Park
  • Youngbo Won
  • Gen Pei
  • Richard G. Mistrick
  • Ye Seul Eom

Rim's publications frequently appear in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Building and Environment
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Environmental Science & Technology

The body of work reflects concentrated research on environmental factors affecting indoor and outdoor air quality, human exposure risks, and methods to evaluate and control these through ventilation, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, and computational modeling. The integration of engineering principles with health science topics underpins this research.

Best Publications

  • Transport of particulate and gaseous pollutants in the vicinity of a human body

    Donghyun Rim;Atila Novoselac

  • Reduction of exposure to ultrafine particles by kitchen exhaust hoods: The effects of exhaust flow rates, particle size, and burner position

    Dong H. Rim;Lance L. Wallace;Steven J. Nabinger;Andrew K. Persily

  • Infiltration of outdoor ultrafine particles into a test house.

    Donghyun Rim;Lance Wallace;Andrew Persily

  • Ventilation effectiveness as an indicator of occupant exposure to particles from indoor sources

    Donghyun Rim;Atila Novoselac

  • Ultrafine Particle Removal and Ozone Generation by In-Duct Electrostatic Precipitators

    Dustin G. Poppendieck;Donghyun Rim;Andrew K. Persily

  • Evolution of Ultrafine Particle Size Distributions Following Indoor Episodic Releases: Relative Importance of Coagulation, Deposition and Ventilation

    Donghyun Rim;Michal Green;Lance Wallace;Andrew Persily

  • The influence of chemical interactions at the human surface on breathing zone levels of reactants and products

    D. Rim;A. Novoselec;G. Morrison

  • Uncertainty analysis of energy and economic performances of hybrid solar photovoltaic and combined cooling, heating, and power (CCHP + PV) systems using a Monte-Carlo method

    Hyeunguk Ahn;Donghyun Rim;Gregory S. Pavlak;James D. Freihaut

  • Human exposure to respiratory aerosols in a ventilated room: Effects of ventilation condition, emission mode, and social distancing

    Gen Pei;Mary Taylor;Donghyun Rim

  • Ventilation and energy performance of partitioned indoor spaces under mixing and displacement ventilation

    Hyeunguk Ahn;Donghyun Rim;L. James Lo

  • Effect of sensor position on the performance of CO2-based demand controlled ventilation

    Gen Pei;Donghyun Rim;Stefano Schiavon;Matthew Vannucci

  • Characteristics of cabin air quality in school buses in Central Texas

    Donghyun Rim;Jeffrey Siegel;Jarett Spinhirne;Alba Webb

  • The impact of clothing on ozone and squalene ozonolysis products in indoor environments

    Pascale S. J. Lakey;Glenn C. Morrison;Youngbo Won;Krista M. Parry

  • Indoor air pollution in office buildings in mega-cities: Effects of filtration efficiency and outdoor air ventilation rates

    Tianchen Ruan;Donghyun Rim

  • Ozone reaction with interior building materials: Influence of diurnal ozone variation, temperature and humidity

    Donghyun Rim;Elliott T. Gall;Elliott T. Gall;Randy L. Maddalena;William W. Nazaroff

  • Resuspension of biological particles from indoor surfaces: Effects of humidity and air swirl.

    Parichehr Salimifard;Donghyun Rim;Carlos Gomes;Paul Kremer

  • Sensation of draft at uncovered ankles for women exposed to displacement ventilation and underfloor air distribution systems

    Stefano Schiavon;Donghyun Rim;Donghyun Rim;Wilmer Pasut;William W Nazaroff

  • Thermal and ventilation performance of combined passive chilled beam and displacement ventilation systems

    Wenyu Shan;Donghyun Rim

  • Indoor Ultrafine Particles of Outdoor Origin: Importance of Window Opening Area and Fan Operation Condition

    Donghyun Rim;Lance A. Wallace;Andrew K. Persily

  • Modelling consortium for chemistry of indoor environments (MOCCIE): integrating chemical processes from molecular to room scales

    Manabu Shiraiwa;Nicola Carslaw;Douglas J Tobias;Michael S Waring

  • Energy and Cost Associated with Ventilating Office Buildings in a Tropical Climate

    Donghyun Rim;Stefano Schiavon;William W. Nazaroff

Frequent Co-Authors

Lance Wallace
Lance Wallace Environmental Protection Agency
Atila Novoselac
Atila Novoselac The University of Texas at Austin
William W. Nazaroff
William W. Nazaroff University of California, Berkeley
Manabu Shiraiwa
Manabu Shiraiwa University of California, Irvine
Stefano Schiavon
Stefano Schiavon University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey A. Siegel
Jeffrey A. Siegel University of Toronto
Douglas J. Tobias
Douglas J. Tobias University of California, Irvine
Delphine K. Farmer
Delphine K. Farmer Colorado State University
Nicola Carslaw
Nicola Carslaw University of York
Costas J. Spanos
Costas J. Spanos University of California, Berkeley

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