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HONG YONG SOHN

Distinguished Professor

Metallurgical Engineering

Orcid identifier0000-0002-6710-9508 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Distinguished Professor
    Metallurgical Engineering
  • Adjunct Professor
    Chemical Engineering

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • HONOR/AWARD
    Highly Ranked Scholar
    10 Dec 2025
    ScolarGPS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Highly Ranked Scholar; Top 0.05% of all scholars, #30 Metallurgy
    10 Dec 2025
    ScolarGPS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Ivor Thomas Endowed Chair
    13 Aug 2025
    University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Highly Ranked Scholar
    1 Jan 2025
    ScolarGPS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Best Paper Award
    1 Jan 2015
    MMME, 2nd Int. Conf. on Mining, Material and Metallurgical Eng.
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Distinguished Professor
    1 May 2014
    University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Educator Award
    1 Jan 2014
    The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Billiton Gold Medal
    2 Aug 2012
    Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award
    1 Jan 2012
    University of Utah
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Fellow Award
    1 Jan 2009
    TMS (The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society)
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Extraction and Processing Science Award
    1 Feb 2007
    TMS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Honored with Sohn International Symposium on Advanced Processing of Metals and Materials: Principles, Technologies and Industrial Practice
    1 Aug 2006
    TMS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    James Douglas Gold Medal Award
    1 Feb 2001
    American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Extraction and Processing Science Award
    1 Feb 1999
    TMS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Fellow Award
    1 Mar 1998
    Korean Academy of Science and Technology
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Extraction and Processing Science Award
    1 Feb 1994
    TMS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Champion H. Mathewson Gold Medal Award
    1 Mar 1993
    TMS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Extractive Metallurgy Lecturer Award
    1 Mar 1990
    TMS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Extractive Metallurgy Science Award
    1 Feb 1990
    TMS
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer
    1 Nov 1983
    Fulbright Commission
  • PROFESSIONAL BOARD OR COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
    TMS
    1 Jan 1983 - 1 Jan 1984
    Board of Directors
  • HONOR/AWARD
    Teacher's Scholar Award
    1 Nov 1977
    Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation