Publications
†: equal contribution, *: corresponding author, : advisee
Non-Peer-Reviewed Proceedings
All proceedings are in the process of manuscript preparation for peer-reviewed publication.
[28] R.D. Boisseau Gomez, J.A. Anaya, J. Cho*, Theory-Guided Design of Thermoplastic Polymers for Spacecraft Thermal Protection Systems, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, 2025.
[27] E.M. Griffin, F. Ahmed, M.N.A. Islam, J. Cho*, Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship of Ring Bond Dissociation Energies in Mono and Polycycloalkanes for Aviation Fuel Applications, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, 2025.
[26] J.A. Anaya†, M.R. Karim†, A.G. Castellanos, Y. Lin, J. Cho*, Theoretical Kinetic Modeling of Preceramic Polymer Pyrolysis to Silicon Carbide, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, 2025.
[25] V.M. Bonilla†, E. Arreola†, R.D. Boisseau Gomez, J.A. Anaya, E. Shafirovich, C.V. Ramana, J. Cho*, HEAT-UP: Design of Polymeric Binder for Green Solid Propellant using Graph Neural Networks, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, 2025.
[24] S.M. Bae, R.D. Boisseau Gomez, J. Cho*, “Leveraging Graph Neural Network in Prediction of Limiting Oxygen Index and Design of Flame-Retarding Polymers,” Fall Conference of Korea Society of Combustion, 2024.
[23] J. Cho, S. Cheng, S.S. Goldsborough, S. Kim, “Compositional effect of multi-component gasoline on the ϕ-sensitivity of ignition delay time,” 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, 2023.
[22] J. Cho, A.W. Jasper, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “Nonthermal Effects in the Dissociation of HOCO and Other Carbonyl-Centered Free Radicals,” 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, 2023.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
[21] C. Leite-Madeira, J. Cho, R.D. Boisseau Gomez, C.C. Montagner, “Natural organic matter decreases the sorption capacity of fipronil and its degradation products onto polyethylene microplastics: Combined experimental and theoretical insights,” ACS ES&H Water, 2025, Link.
[20] S. Lee, K. Kim, J. Lee, Y. Kim, J. Cho*, S. Oh*, K. Min, “NOx Reduction in Hydrogen-Fueled Direct-Injected Spark Ignition (DISI) Engines Using Post-Injection Strategy: Experimental and Kinetic Insights,” Energy, Vol 324, 2025, Link.
[19] C. Convertino*, I. Frausto Hernandez, R.K. Pinilla, C. Leite-Madeira L.M. Houghtalen, R.M. Pankow, L.O. Villanueva, J. Cho, J.T. Olimpo, E.C. Bitner, “Faculty Reflections on Implementing Servingness into Research and Teaching: How Professional Development around Servingness Fosters Latinx Student Success,” Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024, Link.
[18] J. Cho, N.J. Labbe, L.B. Harding, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan*, “Competing Radical and Molecular Channels in the Unimolecular Dissociation of Methylformate,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 40, 2024, Link.
[17] H. Jung†, J. Cho*,†, Y. Kim, Z. Xiang, S. Kumar, P. Banard, C.S. McEnally, L.D. Pfefferle, S. Kim*, “Sooting Tendency of Substituted Aromatic Oxygenates: The Role of Functional Groups and Positional Isomerism in Vanillin Isomers,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 40, 2024, Link.
[16] J. Cho, D. Roesch, Y. Tao, D.L. Osborn, S.J. Klippenstein, L. Sheps*, R. Sivaramakrishnan*, "Modeling-Experiment-Theory (MET) Analysis of Reactions Initiated from Cl + Methyl Formate," The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol 127, 2023, Link.
[15] Y. Kim†, J. Cho†, H. Jung, L.E. Meyer, G.M Fioroni, C.D. Stubbs, K. Jeong, R.L. McCormick, P.C. St. John*, S. Kim*, “Design Green Chemicals by Predicting Vaporization Properties to Using Explainable Graph Attention Networks,” Green Chemistry, 2023, under review.
[14] Y. Kim†, S. Kumar†, J. Cho, N. Naser, W. Ko, P.C. St. John, R.L. McCormick, S. Kim*, “Designing high-performance fuels through graph neural networks for predicting cetane number of multicomponent surrogate mixtures,” SAE Technical Papers, 2023-32-0052, 2023, Link.
[13] J. Cho, C.R. Mulvihill, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan*, “Bimolecular peroxy radical (RO2) reactions and their relevance in radical initiated oxidation of hydrocarbons,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol 127, 2023, Link.
[12] J. Cho, A.W. Jasper, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan*, “The role of energy transfer and competing reactions in the thermal and prompt dissociations of allylic radicals,” Combustion and Flame, 2022, In press, Link.
[11] J. Cho, J. Luecke, M.J. Rahimi, Y. Kim, B.T. Zigler, S. Kim*, “Enhancing ϕ-sensitivity of ignition delay times through dilution of fuel-air mixture,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 39, Issue 4, 2023, Link.
[10] Y. Kim†, J. Cho†, N. Naser, S. Kumar, K. Jeong, R.L. McCormick, P.C. St. John*, S. Kim*, “Physics-informed graph neural networks for predicting cetane number with systematic data quality analysis,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 39, Issue 4, 2023, Link.
[9] L.P. Maffei, K.B. Moore III, Y. Georgievskii, C.R. Mulvihill, S.N. Elliott, J. Cho, R. Sivaramakrishnan, T. Faravelli, S.J. Klippenstein*, “Automated identification and calculation of prompt effects in kinetic mechanisms using statistical model,” Combustion and Flame, 2022, In press, Link.
[8] J. Cho, Y. Tao, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein, A.W. Jasper, R. Sivaramakrishnan*, “The role of collisional energy transfer on the thermal and prompt dissociation of 1-methyl allyl,” Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 39, Issue 1, 2023, Link.
[7] J. Cho†, Y. Kim†, B.D. Etz, G.M. Fioroni, N. Naser, J. Zhu, Z. Xiang, C. Hays, J.V. Alegre-Requena, P.C. St. John, B.T. Zigler, C.S. McEnally, L.D. Pfefferle, R.L. McCormick, S. Kim*, “Bioderived ether design for low emission and high reactivity transport fuels,” Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Vol 6, 2022, Link.
[6] J. Cho and H.H. Song*, “Dimensionless parameters determining the effect of dilution on ignition delay of syngas and hydrocarbon fuels,” Combustion and Flame, Vol 213, 2020, Link.
[5] J. Cho and H.H. Song*, “Development of knock prediction model for a spark-ignition engine with gasoline-ethanol-nbutanol blend fuel by using rapid compression machine,” SAE Technical Papers, 2019-24-0125, 2020, Link.
[4] J. Cho and H.H. Song*, “Understanding the effect of inhomogeneous fuel – air mixing on knocking characteristics of various ethanol reference fuels with RON 100 using rapid compression machine”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 37, Issue 4, 2019, Link.
[3] J. Cho and H.H. Song*, “Understanding the effect of inhomogeneous mixing on knocking characteristics of iso-octane by using rapid compression machine,” SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol 11, Issue 6, 2018, Link.
[2] J. Cho, Y. Kim, J. Song, T.K. Lee and H.H. Song*, “Design of dynamic plant model and model-based controller for a heat recovery system with a swirling flow incinerator,” Energy, Vol 147, 2018, Link.
[1] J. Cho and H.H. Song*, “Understanding the effect of external-EGR on anti-knock characteristics of various ethanol reference fuel with RON 100 by using rapid compression machine”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol 36, Issue 3, 2017, Link.
[54] (Invited) J. Cho#, “Engineering Application of Cheminformatics - Rational Design of Alternative Fuel and Materials,” Pukyung National University, Virtual Seminar, South Korea, 2025.
[53] (Invited) J. Cho#, “Accelerating Fuel & Material Innovation via AI-Theory-Experiment Integration,” 40U40 E-lecture Series on Combustion, Virtual Seminar, Belgium, 2025.
[52] (Invited) J. Cho#, “Being in the boundary of disciplines – opportunities for a chemical kineticist in the mechanical engineering department,” Gyeongsang National University, Virtual Seminar, South Korea, 2024.
[51] (Invited) J. Cho#, “Networking research - basics and best practices,” SLOAN networking panel, Oral presentation, El Paso, US, 2024.
[50] (Invited) J. Cho#, “Accelerating the biofuel discovery through integration of graph neural networks with chemical kinetics,” ACS 28th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, Oral presentation, Atlanta, US, 2024.
[49] (Invited) J. Cho#, “Designing Green Chemicals for Sustainable Propulsion: AI-theory-experiment combined approach,” Workshop on Materials for Energy & Electronics, Oral presentation, El Paso, US, 2024.
[48] (Invited) J. Cho#, S.N. Elliott, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “Theory-informed Stoichiometry Constrained Kinetics Database for Combustion Applications,” ACS Fall 2023 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, San Francisco, US, 2023.
[47] (Invited) J. Cho#, A.W. Jasper, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “Competition between unimolecular/bimolecular reactions of allylic radicals and their relevance in flames,” 6th International Flame Chemistry Workshop, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2022.
[46] J. Cho#, E.M. Griffin, R. Sivaramakrishnan, L. Sheps, Kinetics of CH3CO Radical Reactions Initiated from Cl + Acetaldehyde, 13th International Conference on Chemical Kinetics, Tahoe City, US, 2025.
[45] F. Ahmed, Design of jet-stirred reactor for combustion kinetics study of polycycloalkanes as a key component in high performance aviation fuel, UTEP Grad Expo, El Paso, US, 2025.
[44] R.D. Boisseau Gomez, J.A. Anaya, J. Cho#, Theoretical Investigation of Char Formation from Polymeric Ablative Materials for Spacecraft Thermal Protection Systems, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Boston, US, 2025.
[43] E.M. Griffin, F. Ahmed, M.N.A. Islam, J. Cho#, Structure-Property Relationship of Ring Opening Energies in Mono and Polycycloalkanes for Aviation Fuel, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Boston, US, 2025.
[42] J.A. Anaya†, M.R. Karim†, A.G. Castellanos, Y. Lin, J. Cho#, Theoretical Kinetic Modeling of Preceramic Polymer Pyrolysis to Silicon Carbide, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Boston, US, 2025.
[41] V.M. Bonilla†, E. Arreola†, R.D. Boisseau Gomez, J.A. Anaya, C.V. Ramana, E. Shafirovich, J. Cho#, HEAT-UP: Design of Polymeric Binder for Green Solid Propellant using Graph Neural Networks, 14th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Boston, US, 2025.
[40] S.M. Bae#, R.D. Boisseau Gomez, J. Cho, “Leveraging Graph Neural Network in Prediction of Limiting Oxygen Index and Design of Flame-Retarding Polymers,” Fall Conference of Korea Society of Combustion, Oral presentation, Jeju, South Korea, 2024.
[39] E.M. Griffin#, J. Cho, “Harnessing Quantum Mechanics to Understand the Combustion Characteristics of Cycloalkanes in Aviation Fuels,” UTEP COURI Symposia, El Paso, US, 2024
[38] J.A. Anaya, A.G. Castellanos, J. Cho#, “Unveiling the chemical kinetics of SMP-10 pyrolysis for silicon carbide formulation,” 40th International Symposium on Combustion, Poster presentation, Milan, Italy, 2024.
[37] S.M. Bae, R.D Boisseau Gomez, J. Cho#, “Enhancing the predictive accuracy of graph neural network for polymer flammability using transfer learning,” 40th International Symposium on Combustion, Poster presentation, Milan, Italy, 2024.
[36] J. Cho#, N.J. Labbe, L.B. Harding, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “Competing Radical and Molecular Channels in the Unimolecular Dissociation of Methylformate,” 40th International Symposium on Combustion, Oral presentation, Milan, Italy, 2024.
[35] H. Jung, J. Cho#, Y. Kim, Z. Xiang, S. Kumar, P. Banard, C.S. McEnally, L.D. Pfefferle, S. Kim, “Sooting Tendency of Substituted Aromatic Oxygenates: The Role of Functional Groups and Positional Isomerism in Vanillin Isomers,” 40th International Symposium on Combustion, Oral presentation, Milan, Italy, 2024.
[34] J. Cho, R.D. Boisseau Gomez, J.A. Anaya, “Bridging fuel and polymer databases for improved prediction of the thermal decomposition/oxidation behavior using graph neural networks,” ACS 2024 Green Chemistry & Engineeing Conference, Oral presentation, Atlanta, USA, 2024.
[33] Y. Kim†, S. Kumar†, J. Cho, N. Naser, W. Ko, P.C. St. John, R.L. McCormick, S. Kim, “Designing high-performance fuels through graph neural networks for predicting cetane number of multicomponent surrogate mixtures,” Powertrain, Energy and Lubricants International Meeting,Oral presentation, Kyoto, Japan, 2023.
[32] Y. Kim†, S. Kumar†, J. Cho, N. Naser, W. Ko, P.C. St. John, R.L. McCormick, S. Kim, “Predicting cetane numbers of multicomponent surrogate mixtures: A graph neural network approach to fuel design,” ACS Fall 2023 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, San Francisco, USA, 2023.
[31] J. Cho, S. Cheng, S.S. Goldsborough, S. Kim, “Compositional effect of multi-component gasoline on the ϕ-sensitivity of ignition delay time,” 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Oral presentation, College Station, USA, 2023.
[30] J. Cho, A.W. Jasper, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “Nonthermal Effects in the Dissociation of HOCO and Other Carbonyl-Centered Free Radicals,” 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, Oral presentation, College Station, USA, 2023.
[29] J. Cho, “A-priori theory-informed training of artificial neural networks for predictions of chemical reactivity,” 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, Poster presentation, Phoenix, USA, 2022.
[28] L.P. Maffei, K.B. Moore III, Y. Georgievskii, C.R. Mulvihill, S.N. Elliott, J. Cho, R. Sivaramakrishnan, T. Faravelli, S.J. Klippenstein, “Automated identification and calculation of prompt effects in kinetic mechanisms using statistical model,” 6th International Flame Chemistry Workshop, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2022.
[27] J. Cho, J. Luecke, M. J. Rahimi, Y. Kim, B.T. Zigler, S. Kim, “Enhancing ϕ-sensitivity of ignition delay times through dilution of fuel-air mixture,” 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Oral presentation, Vancouver, Canada, 2022.
[26] J. Cho, Y. Tao, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein, A.W. Jasper, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “The role of collisional energy transfer on the thermal and prompt dissociation of 1-methyl allyl.” 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Oral presentation, Vancouver, Canada, 2022.
[25] Y. Kim†, J. Cho†, N. Naser, S. Kumar, K. Jeong, R.L. McCormick, P.C. St. John, S. Kim, “Physics-informed graph neural networks for predicting cetane number with systematic data quality analysis.” 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Oral presentation, Vancouver, Canada, 2022.
[24] N. Naser, T. Chatterjee, G. Kukkadapu, G.M. Fioroni, J. Cho, Y. Kim, S. Kim, S. Cooper, E.L. Petersen, W.J. Pitz, R.L. McCormick, “Elucidating the effect of pressure on the low-temperature reaction pathways of 4-butoxyheptane – a novel blend stock,” 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Poster presentation, Vancouver, Canada, 2022.
[23] Y. Kim, H. Jung, K. Jeong, J. Cho, R.L. McCormick, P.C. St. John, S. Kim, “Chemically explainable graph attention networks for predicting fuel vaporization properties,” 39th International Symposium on Combustion, Poster presentation, Vancouver, Canada, 2022.
[22] J. Cho, C.R. Mulvihill, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “Peroxy radical (RO2) + OH reactions and their relevance in combustion simulations,” 2022 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oral presentation, Detroit, USA, 2022.
[21] J. Cho, A.W. Jasper, Y. Georgievskii, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “The role of energy transfer and competing reactions in the thermal and prompt dissociations of allylic radicals,” 2022 Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute, Oral presentation, Detroit, USA, 2022.
[20] J. Cho†, Y. Kim†, B.D. Etz, G.M. Fioroni, N. Naser, J. Zhu, C. Hays, J.V. Alegre-Requena, P.C. St. John, B.T. Zigler, C.S. McEnally, L.D. Pfefferle, R.L. McCormick, S. Kim, “Elucidating the effect of chemical structure of linear, branched, and cyclic ethers of low emission and high reactivity,” ACS Spring 2022 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2022.
[19] N. Naser, S. Mohamed, J. Cho, Y. Kim, C. Hays, G.M. Fioroni, S. Kim, R.L. McCormick, “Understanding the effects of structural isomers on the combustion characteristics of diesel boiling range ethers,” ACS Spring 2022 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2022.
[18] Y. Kim, P.C. St. John, N. Naser, J. Cho, H. Cheong, R.L. McCormick, S. Kim, “Development of machine learning models to predict biofuel properties,” ACS Spring 2022 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2022.
[17] J. Cho, D. Roesch, Y. Tao, L. Sheps, S.J. Klippenstein, R. Sivaramakrishnan, “A combined modeling-experiment-theory (MET) analysis of reactions initiated from Cl + methylformate”, AGU Fall Meeting, Poster presentation, Virtual conference, 2021.
[16] N. Naser, J. Cho, G. Kukkadapu, Y. Kim, G.M. Fioroni, S. Kim, W.J. Pitz, R.L. McCormick, “Elucidating the low temperature reactionpathway of 4-butoxyheptane – a novel bioblendstock for diesel fuel,” ACS Fall 2021 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2021.
[15] J. Cho, Y. Kim, B.D. Etz, G.M. Fioroni, J. Luecke, J. Zhu, P.C. St. John, B. Zigler, C.S. McEnally, L.D. Pfefferle, R.L. McCormick, S. Kim, “Chemical kinetics underlying the sooting tendency and auto-ignition characteristics of linear, branched, and cyclic ether compounds,” ACS Spring 2021 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2021.
[14] Y. Kim, P.C. St John, J. Cho, H. Cheong, R.L. McCormick, S. Kim, “Heat of vaporization prediction of pure fuel compounds and fuel mixtures using graph attention networks,” ACS Spring 2021 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2021.
[13] J. Cho, Y. Kim, P.C. St. John, and S. Kim, “ϕ-sensitivity of fuel at the engine-relevant condition with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR),” ACS Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting & Expo, Oral presentation, Virtual conference, 2020.
[12] J. Cho, K. Kim, C. Oh, H. Kim, Y. Jeon and H.H. Song, “Design of dynamic plant model and model-based controller for hot blast stove,” ASME IMECE, Oral presentation, Salt Lake City, USA, 2019.
[11] J. Cho and H.H. Song, “Development of knock prediction model for a spark-ignition engine with gasoline-ethanol-nbutanol blend fuel by using rapid compression machine,” 14th SAE International Conference on Engines & Vehicles, Oral presentation, Capri, Italy, 2019.
[10] J. Cho, K. Kim, C. Oh, H. Kim, Y. Jeon and H.H. Song, “Design of model-based controller for hot blast stove for enhancing stability and thermal efficiency,” The 34th ICROS Annual Conference, Oral presentation, Kyungju, South Korea, 2019.
[9] J. Cho and H.H. Song, “Prediction of knock characteristics of gasoline-ethanol-nbutanol blend fuel with varying alcohol content,” The Annual Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Automobile Engineers, Oral presentation, Jeju Island, South Korea, 2019.
[8] J. Cho and H.H. Song, “Understanding the effect of inhomogeneous fuel – air mixing on knocking characteristics of various ethanol reference fuels with RON 100 using rapid compression machine”, 37th International Symposium on Combustion, Oral presentation, Dublin, Ireland, 2018.
[7] J. Cho and H.H. Song, “Understanding the effect of inhomogeneous mixing on knocking characteristics of iso-octane by using rapid compression machine,” SAE World Congress, Oral presentation, Detroit, USA, 2018.
[6] J. Cho, K. Kim, C. Oh, H. Park, Y. Jeon, and H.H. Song, “Design of one-dimensional dynamic model for hot blast stove,” The Annual Autumn Conference of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Oral presentation, Jeongseon, South Korea, 2018.
[5] J. Cho and H.H. Song, “Understanding the effect of minor species in residual gas on knocking characteristics of various ethanol reference fuel with RON 100: modeling study”, The Annual Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Automobile Engineers, Oral presentation, Pusan, South Korea, 2018.
[4] J. Cho, Y. Kim, J. Song, T.K. Lee, and H.H. Song, “Design of dynamic model and model-based controller for a steam generation plant with a waste incinerator,” the 9th JSME-KSME Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference, Oral presentation, Okinawa, Japan, 2017.
[3] J. Cho and H.H. Song, “Understanding the effect of inhomogeneous mixing in SI engine on antiknock characteristics of various ethanol reference fuel with RON 100: modeling study”, The Annual Spring Conference of the Korean Society of Automobile Engineers, Oral presentation, Jeju Island, South Korea, 2017.
[2] J. Cho and H.H. Song, “Understanding the effect of external-EGR on anti-knock characteristics of various ethanol reference fuel with RON100 by using rapid compression machine,” 36th International Symposium on Combustion, Oral presentation, Seoul, South Korea, 2016.
[1] J. Cho, Y. Kim, J. Song, T.K. Lee, and H.H. Song, “Design of model-based controller for waste incinerator,” The Annual Autumn Conference of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Oral presentation, Jeongseon, South Korea, 2016.
