Eunkyoung Shim

About

Eunkyoung Shim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Textiles at NC State University, affiliated with the Wilson College of Textiles. Her research focuses on nonwovens and textile engineering, with particular emphasis on the development and analysis of fiber and filter media structures. Her work includes investigating the effects of polymer rheology on meltblowing fiber formation, designing nonwoven filters for environmental applications such as stormwater runoff treatment, and developing high-performance nonwovens for healthcare packaging. Her research projects involve advanced imaging techniques like micro-CT to analyze the 3D structures of filter media and evaluate their filtration behaviors. She has contributed to developing nonwoven-based hybrid filters aimed at reducing nutrient and microbial loading in stormwater, addressing environmental concerns such as eutrophication caused by algal blooms. Additionally, her work encompasses the development of stretchable electronics, fiber dispersion evaluation in aqueous media, and the study of charging technologies for aerosol filtration. Her contributions advance the understanding of fiber and nonwoven material properties, aiming to improve filtration efficiency, environmental sustainability, and innovative textile applications.

Research topics

• Materials science
• Composite material
• Computer Science
• Physics
• Radiology
• Engineering
• Optoelectronics
• Medicine
• Geology
• Optics

Selected publications

• Fabrication of Poly(lactic acid) filter media via the meltblowing process and their filtration performances: A comparative study with polypropylene meltblown

  Separation and Purification Technology · 2020 · 76 citations

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• Structure characterization of the clogging process of coarse fibrous filter media during solid particle loading with X-ray micro-computed tomography

  Separation and Purification Technology · 2021 · 23 citations

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• Modeling the Triboelectric Behaviors of Elastomeric Nonwoven Fabrics

  Advanced Materials · 2021 · 22 citations

  Theoretical modeling of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) is fundamental to their performance optimization, since it can provide useful guidance on the material selection, structure design, and parameter control of relevant systems. Built on the theoretical model of film-based TENGs, here, an analytical model is introduced for conductor-to-dielectric contact-mode nonwoven-based TENGs, which copes with the unique hierarchical structure of nonwovens and details the correlation between the tribo…

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• 3D X-ray tomographic microstructure analysis of dust-clogging inside nonwoven fibrous filter media

  Journal of Membrane Science · 2022-10-12 · 16 citations

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• High-fidelity 3D simulation of dust-loading behavior and clogging process of coarse nonwoven filter media considering collision effect

  Separation and Purification Technology · 2024-03-13 · 14 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Behnam Pourdeyhimi

  40 shared

• Yu Song

  Donghua University

  9 shared

• Ali Kılıç

  Istanbul Technical University

  9 shared

• Wei Gao

  7 shared

• Nanfei He

  5 shared

• Wei Wei

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  5 shared

• Lanjun Yin

  4 shared

• Rohit Kumar

  Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

  4 shared

Labs

• Eunkyoung Shim LabPI

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Education

• Ph. D., Fiber and Polymer Science

  North Carolina State University

  2001

• M. S., Clothing and Textiles

  Seoul National University

  1996

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