H. Jeremy Cho

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Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Expertise: Atmospheric water harvesting, Energy, Heat mass transfer, Soft materials, Imaging, Data science

Biography

H. Jeremy Cho is a UNLV mechanical engineer whose main line of research focuses on converting water vapor into a drinkable form. Since moving to Nevada, he has focused on finding solutions to the Southwest water crisis through atmospheric water harvesting.

Cho has expertise in soft matter physics and phase-change heat transfer, and constantly looks for ways to convert energy more efficiently (fossil fuels, solar, geothermal, steam energies, etc.). His lab explores the use of soft materials, such as hydrogels, in creating new technologies to slow the threats of climate change. He co-founded and leads the research team behind WAVR Technologies, Inc., a UNLV startup that makes devices capable of capturing water vapor from the air around us for commercial and individual uses.

He received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for his promising work on atmospheric water harvesting in 2022. Before joining UNLV in 2019, he was a postdoc at Princeton working with soft matter physics and did research at MIT on phase-change heat transfer.

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

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H. Jeremy Cho In The News

Harvesting water from air, UNLV engineer’s device could have global appeal

Drip, drip, drip. That’s the sound of Jeremy Cho’s atmospheric water harvesting device extracting humidity from the air to make usable water in Da Kine Lab at UNLV.

'There is enough water' UNLV startup aims to bring atmospheric water harvesting tech to the marketplace

According to researchers at UNLV, atmospheric water harvesting may pose a solution to our valley’s water woes, and a new startup called WAVR aims to push the technology into the real word.

New UNLV startup aiming to help conserve Las Vegas valley’s water

As Southern Nevada continues its efforts on water conservation, UNLV is hoping to create a solution to Southern Nevada’s water shortage with its newest device to harvest atmospheric water vapor.

New UNLV startup aiming to help conserve Las Vegas valley’s water

As Southern Nevada continues its efforts on water conservation, UNLV is hoping to create a solution to Southern Nevada’s water shortage with its newest device to harvest atmospheric water vapor.