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

Efficient, Sustainable Atmospheric Water Harvesting

Tech Briefs

Imagine being severely dehydrated and water literally appearing out of thin air. In other words: The air you breathe could quickly become the water that wets your whistle. Well, that scenario is one step closer to reality thanks to University of Nevada, Las Vegas spinoff WAVR Technologies.

Water could be collected through air in dry climates like Nevada

Southern Nevada is finding a way to supplement the Las Vegas Valley water supply through the air. A UNLV professor and his students are able to collect water from the atmosphere in their research.

Breakthrough water-harvesting tech turns desert air into drinking water

Design Products & Application

Engineers have developed an atmospheric water capture device that efficiently generates drinking water from dry desert air, providing a sustainable solution to water scarcity in arid regions.

Generate water as you hike the desert, UNLV innovates atmospheric water harvesting tech

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) has been researching an innovative new approach to atmospheric water harvesting with improved water collection rates in arid environments.