Announcement
Dr. Kim welcomes the applications of any hard-working, creative student interested in performing M.S. or Ph.D. research. Opportunities vary each year. So please send an email to Dr. Kim along with a statement of purpose and complete resume to inquire a current funding availability and research opportunity.
News
from Past Few Months
November 2009. Dr. Kim was awarded with Carlton S. Wilder Endowed Professorship for 5 years.
October 2009. Dr. Kim received Paul L. Busch Award from Water Environment Research Foundation from the research by Ezra Cates and Min Cho on development of UV upconversion phosphor material development for microorganism inactivation.
October 2009. Dr. Kim received Excellence in Review Award from Environmental Science & Technology.
August 2009. Samuel Snow and Mehmet Dilaver joined Dr. Kim's group.
July 2009. Dr. Kim was awarded a new project, "Developing Novel Surface Immobilized Photocatalysts Using Functionalized C60" from National Science Foundation. The project starts in January 2010.
June 2009. Dr. Kim was awarded a new project, "Coagulation-Ceramic Membrane Filtration Processes for U.S. Surface Water Treatment: the Effect of Coagulation and Membrane Fouling" from Water Research Foundation (formerly AWWARF). Dr. Kim is a co-PI of the project. PI is Dr. James Amburgey at University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
June 2009. Dr. Kim visited GS Engineering & Construction Company in Korea and delivered a workshop.
May 2009. Dr. Kim received Excellence in Research Award from School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.
March 2009. Dr. Kim is now tenured!
March 2009. Dr. Bo Zhang finished the work at Georgia Tech and started her new career as an assistant professor at Shanghai Jiatong University in China.
October 2008. Dr. Kim interviewed with ScienceWatch.com about this month's Fast Breaking Paper in the Field of Environment/Ecology. To read the entire interview on line, click here.
September 2008. Dr. Pyungkyu Park from Duke University joined Dr. Kim's group as a postdoctoral researcher.
September 2008. A new project, "Developing a Novel Membrane Pore Size Analysis Technique Using Quantum Dots" was awarded by Korea Institute of Industry Technology.
August 2008. Dr. Kim was appointed as an Associate Editor of the journal, Water Research.
August 2008. Our laboratory was named as Kolon Laboratory from generous donation from Kolon Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. in Korea.
July 2008. Two new Ph.D. students, Ezra Cates and Seungjin Lee joined Dr. Kim's group.
July 2008. Amisha Shah defended their Ph.D. theses! She will work at Dr. Bill Mitch's group in Yale University as a postdoctoral researcher.
June 2008. Hoon Hyung defended their Ph.D. theses! He starts his new career at Doosan Hydro Technology at Tampa, Florida.
June 2008. Hoon, Amisha, Yu, and Varun presented at AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition held in Atlanta, GA. Four papers from our group!
May 2008. A new three-year project, "Development of Automation Control System for Sequential Disinfection Processes" was awarded by Korean Ministry of Environment, subcontracted under Korea Institute of Construction Technology.
March 2008. Dr. Kim, Amisha and Bo presented at American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition held in New Orleans, NO.
February 2008. Dr. Kim gave an invited presentation at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
January 2008. Dr. Kim gave an invited presentation at Emory University.
November 2007. A new five-year project, "Removal of Emerging Contaminants by Reverse Osmosis Membranes" was awarded by Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation.
August 2007. Two new Ph.D. students, Varun Gandhi and Yoori Kim, joined Dr. Kim's group.
July 2007. Dr. Min Cho, a Ph.D. from Seoul National University, joined Dr. Kim's group.
July 2007. American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) funded a new project on Visualization and Quantification of UV Dose and Mixing in UV Reactors by 3D Laser-Induced Fluorescence under Unsolicited Program.
July 2007. Dr. Kim delivered a special summer course, "Advanced Water Treatment Process Modeling" at Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at Korea University, Seoul, Korea for one month as a visiting professor.
May 2007. Dooil Kim, founding member of Dr. Kim's group, successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis! He is current working at Korea Institute of Science and Technology as a post-doctoral researcher. Yu Miyashita and Pranay Mane also graduated with M.S. degree. Yu now works for Ch2MHill, Atlanta, and Pranay for Carollo Engineers, Pasadena, California.
May 2007. Group Alumnus, Saurabh Marda, at MWH was promoted to become Senior Engineer. An extraordinary achievement considering that he has been in MWH only for two years!
April 2007. Paper presented by Dr. Kim at Korean Society of Environmental Engineers Fall Conference in Kangreung, Korea in November 2006 received the Excellent Paper Award. Authors include Dooil Kim, Semih Nemlioglu, Kyung-Hyuk Lee, Phil Roberts and Jaehong Kim.
April 2007. Dr. Kim gave an invited talk at Conoco-Philips Research Center, Bartlesville, OK.
March 2007. Amisha Shah, Jaesang Lee and John Fortner presented at 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition held in Chicago, IL.
March 2007. Hoon Hyung, Pranay Mane, Yu Miyashita and Amisha shah presented at AWWA Membrane Technology Conference held in Tampa, FL.
February 2007. Dr. Kim was awarded with CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award from Georgia Institute of Technology.
November, 2006. US Environmental Protection Agency funded a project "Investigating Mixing in Baffled Ozone Contactors Using 3-D Laser Induced Fluorescence and Reactive Transport Model." Dr. Philip Roberts is a co-PI of the project.
November, 2006. Dr. Kim delivered a special seminar at Korean Society of Environmental Engineers Fall Conference held in Kangreung, Korea. He also presented another paper.
October, 2006. Yu Miyashita became a recipient of Georgia Power Fellowship for 2006-2007 in recognition of her excellence in research and course work.
September, 2006. Hankuk Engineering, Co. LTD. in Korea funded a project, "Optimization of Ozone Contactor Design and Operation Parameters through Laser Induced Fluorescence" for 2006-2007. Dr. Philip Roberts at School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is the co-PI of the project and Dooil Kim and Semih Nemlioglu are participating as research assistants.