Greenest A.I. Lab

Led by Prof. SungKu Heo

Kangwon National University

Welcome to Greenest A.I. lab!

We push against boundaries

Greenest A.I. (Greenest Process and Autonomous Intelligence) Lab pioneers digital and autonomous solutions for a climate-resilient future. We push boundaries across autonomous systems, decarbonization, and circular innovation.

Core values: Faithfulness, Justice, Uprightness

Research keywords

AI, Autonomous systems, Circular economy, Decarbonization, Decentralized system, Environmental engineering, Feasibility analysis, Green-blue Infrastructure, Nature-based solution, Optimization, Predictive maintenance, Process systems engineering, Stochastic modeling, WEFE Nexus evaluation

Research

Autonomous AI in water sector

DWaRF-X: Autonomous Design-Operation-Assessment Platform for Decentralized and Decarbonized Water Resource Recovery Facility
Multi-agents RL driven autonomous operation in wastewater treatment plants
Agentic AI-driven autonomous design of wastewater treatment process

Decision optimization for cross-sector decarbonization pathways

Techno-economic and environmental analyses of wastewater-to-hydrogen pathways
Big data-driven mathematical optimization for cross-sector decarbonization strategies
Decoupling analysis of organic waste valorisation by decentralized co-digestion facilities

Digital environmental engineering

Softsensor AI for emerging contaminants and micropollutants
End-to-end AI deployment in SCADA systems
High-throughput evaluation of Best available techniques (BAT)

Team

Posted Sep 1, 2025

Jeongun Lee

Intern (Founding team)

B.S Environmental engineering, Kangwon National University (Expected in Aug. 2026).

Research topic:
Multimodal AI, Air quality, Spatial and temporal analysis, Scenario analysis, Life-cycle assessment (LCA)

Posted Sep 1, 2025

Junhyeong Yeo

Intern (Class of 2025)

B.S Environmental engineering, Kangwon National University (Expected in Feb. 2027).

Research topic:
Energy recovery, Process modeling, Anaerobic digestion, Techno-economic analysis (TEA), Environmental impact assessment (EIA), Life-cycle assessment (LCA)

Posted Sep 1, 2025

Kyeongmin Ko

Intern (Class of 2025)

B.S Geology and Environmental engineering, Kangwon National University (Expected in Feb. 2027).

Research topic:
Energy recovery, Process modeling, Anaerobic digestion, Techno-economic analysis (TEA), Environmental impact assessment (EIA), Life-cycle assessment (LCA)

Posted Sep 1, 2025

Sanggu Yun

Intern (Class of 2025)

B.S Environmental engineering, Kangwon National University (Expected in Feb. 2027).

Research topic:
Energy recovery, Process modeling, Anaerobic digestion, Techno-economic analysis (TEA), Environmental impact assessment (EIA), Life-cycle assessment (LCA)

Posted Sep 1, 2025

Seungjun Na

Intern (Class of 2025)

B.S Environmental engineering, Kangwon National University (Expected in Feb. 2027).

Research topic:
Energy recovery, Process modeling, Anaerobic digestion, Techno-economic analysis (TEA), Environmental impact assessment (EIA), Life-cycle assessment (LCA)

Posted Sep 1, 2025