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ISSE Staff > Ungtae Kim


Dr. Ungtae Kim is an ISSE research scientist and a research assistant professor in UT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Ungtae Kim currently works on the SERDP (Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program) project with Dr. Jack Parker, a research professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Before joining the University of Tennessee, Dr. Kim was a research associate in the Utah Water Resources Laboratory, where he finished his PhD degree with a dissertation titled “Regional Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia.” He completed his MS degree at Korea University in 1999, and then worked in the Water Resources Division of the Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT) for four years. Dr. Kim has been a registered professional engineer (PE) of water resources engineering in Korea since 2001. He also served as a military engineer for the Korean Army from 1992 to 1994.

Dr. Kim’s research area covers various aspects of hydrology and water resources, including stochastic and deterministic hydrologic modeling, model evaluation, drought and flood analysis, subsurface hydrology, contaminant transport in groundwater, and climate change impacts on water resources. Dr. Kim has both theoretical and practical sense in solving real world water problems through more than 10 years of experience in the academic, research, and consultation sectors. He is particularly skilled at manipulating large data sets and using advanced computing techniques. He currently serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Journal of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), and the Journal of Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE).

Education

  • Ph.D., Water Resources Engineering, CEE at Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 2007
  • M.S., Water Resources Engineering, CEE at Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 1999
  • B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, CEE at Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 1997

Selected Publications

Journals: 2011

  • Parker, J., U. Kim, P. Kitanidis, M. Cardiff, X. Liu, and G. Beyke. 2011. Stochastic Cost Optimization of DNAPL Site Remediation: I. Method Description and Sensitivity Studies. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. In review.
  • Kim, U., J. Parker, P. Kitanidis, M. Cardiff, X. Liu, and J. Gillie. 2011. Stochastic Cost Optimization of DNAPL Site Remediation: II. Field Application. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. In review.
  • Lee, J., X. Liu, P. K. Kitanidis, U. Kim, J. Parker, A. Bloom, and R. Lyon. 2011. Cost optimization of DNAPL Remediation at Dover Air Force Base Site. Ground Water Remediation and Monitoring. In review.
  • Liu, X., J. Lee, P. K. Kitanidis, J. Parker, and U. Kim. 2011. Value of Information as a Context-specific Measure of Uncertainty in Groundwater Remediation. Water Resources Management. In review.

Journals: 2010

  • Parker, J., U. Kim, M. Widdowson, P. Kitanidis, and R. Gentry. 2010. Effects of Model Formulation and Calibration Data on Uncertainty in Predictions of DNAPL Source Dissolution Rate. Water Resources Research 46, W12517 (DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009361).
  • Al-Juaidi, A. E., J. J. Kaluarachchi, and U. Kim. 2010. Multi-criteria Decision Analysis of Treated Wastewater use for Agriculture in Water Deficit Regions. Journal of American Water Resources Association 46(2): 395-411 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00409.x).
  • Parker, J., U. Kim, P. K. Kitanidis, M. Cardiff, and X. Liu. 2010. Stochastic Cost Optimization of Multi-strategy DNAPL Site Remediation. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation 30(3): 65-78 (DOI: 10.1111/j1745–6592.2010.001287.x).
  • Cardiff, M., X. Liu, P. K. Kitanidis, J. Parker, and U. Kim. 2010. Cost Optimization of DNAPL Source and Plume Remediation Under Uncertainty Using a Semi-Analytic Model. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 113(1-4): 25-43 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.11.004).

Journals: 2009

  • Kim, U. and J. J. Kaluarachchi. 2009. Hydrologic Model Calibration Using Discontinuous Data: An Example From the Upper Blue Nile River Basin of Ethiopia. Hydrological Processes 23(26): 3705-3717 (DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7465).
  • Kim, U. and J. J. Kaluarachchi. 2009. Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of American Water Resources Association 46(6): 1361-1378 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00370.x).

Journals: 2008

  • Kim, U. and J. J. Kaluarachchi. 2008. Application of Parameter Estimation and Regionalization Methodologies to Ungauged Basins of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of Hydrology 362(1-2): 39-56 (DOI:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.08.016).
  • Kim, U., J. J. Kaluarachchi, and V. U. Smakhtin. 2008. Generation of Monthly Precipitation Under Climate Change for the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia. Journal of American Water Resources Association 44(5): 1231-1274 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00220.x).
  • Yoo, C., U. Kim, K. Kim, and K. Kim. 2008. Inter-station Correlation and Estimation Errors of Areal Average Rain Rate. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 22(2): 143-157 (DOI: 10.1007/s00477-007-0104-7).

Journals: Before 2008

  • Kim, U.T., D. R. Lee, and C. S. Yoo. 2004. Effects of Climate Change on the Streamflow for the Daechung Dam Watershed. Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 37(4): 305-314.
  • Lee, D. R., U. T. Kim,, and C. S. Yoo. 2004. Climate Change Impacts on Meteorological Drought and Flood. Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 37(4): 315-328.
  • Kim, U. T., Y. N. Yoon, M. J. Park, and C. S. Yoo. 2001. A Study on the Estimation of Sediment Yield Based on a Distributed System Concept. Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 34(2): 131-140.
  • Yoon, Y. N., B. S. Kang, U. T. Kim, J. H. Kim, and I. H. Ko. 1998. An Analysis on the Variation of Long-Term Runoff Characteristics of Basin Before and After Dam Construction: II. An Analysis on the Variation of Long-Term Runoff Characteristics of Basin Using Model Parameters Estimation. Journal of Korea Society of Civil Engineers 18(II-5): 461-468.
  • Hwang, S. H., U. T. Kim, S. J. Choi, and J. H. Kim. 1998. Detention Basin Design Using Nonlinear Programming. Journal of Engineering Science & Technology 36: 57-61.

International Publications

  • Al-Juaidy, A., U. Kim, and J. J. Kaluarachchi. 2011. Decision Analysis to Minimize Agricultural Groundwater Demand and Salt Water Intrusion Using Treated Wastewater. GQ10: Groundwater Management in a Rapidly Changing World 342-70-WE-31. ( ISBN 978-1-907161-16-2).
  • Kim, U., J. J. Kaluarachchi, and V. U. Smakhtin. 2008. Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology and Water Resources of the Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Research Report 126. 27 p. ISBN 978-92-9090-696-4.

Ungtae Kim

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Research Scientist

Office Phone: (865) 974-4695
Email: ukim2@utk.edu
Homepage: http://web.utk.edu/~ukim2/


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