Albert S. Kim
Professor of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering
Office: Post 203F
Phone: (808) 956-3718
Fax: (808) 956-5014
E-mail: AlbertSK@hawaii.edu
Links: Research Gate; Google Scholar; ORCID
Areas of Specialty and Research Interest
- Environmental Soft Matter Physics: Theory and Simulations
- Computational Environmental Engineering
- Membrane Separation Processes
- Hydrodynamics of Colloids and Nanoparticles
Education
- Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2000
- M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 1997
- M.S., Physics, Yonsei University, Korea, 1994
- B.S., Physics, Kyung Hee University, Korea, 1991
Experience
- Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 2019-present
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 2006-July 2019
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 2001- July 2006
- Post Doctoral Researcher, Institute of the Environment, University of California, Los Angeles (April 2000 – June 2001).
Courses Taught (in the last five years)
- CEE696: Selected Topics in Civil Engr (S’17)
- CEE691: Graduate Seminar (S’17)
- CEE648: Membrane Separations in Aquatic Systems (S’16)
- CEE635: Environmental Chemistry (S’20)
- CEE633: Physical and Chemical Treatment in Water and wastewater (F’15, F’16, F’18)
- CEE618: Parallel Computing for Engineers
- CEE617: Introduction to Finite Element Methods and Finite Difference Methods in Engineering
- CEE491: Computational Methods for Civil Engineers
- CEE431: Water and Wastewater Engineering (F’17)
- CEE330: Environmental Engineering (F’20)
- CEE305: Probability and statistics
- CEE271: Applied Mechanics II (Dynamics) (F’15, F’16, F’17, S’18, F’18, S’19, F’19)
- CEE270: Applied Mechanics I (Statics)
Professional Activities
- Editorial Advisory Board for Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering
- Editorial Board for Computer Applications in Engineering Education
- Editorial Board for Journal of Environmental Engineering & Ecological Science
- Editorial Board for Journal of Computational Material Science
- Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Member, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
- Member, American Geographic Union (AGU)
- Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Member, International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists
- Member, North American Membrane Society (NAMS)
Awards and Honors
- University of Hawaii Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching (2017)
- Visiting Professor, Seawater Plant and Utilization Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (May–Dec., 2014)
- Invited professor, Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, South Korea (2009 – 2013)
- 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (2010 – Present)
- Nature’s Reader Panelist (2008 – 2011)
- Listed in Strathmore’s WHO’S WHO (2002 – Present)
- Researcher of the Month from High Performance Computing at University of Hawaii (March 2007)
- University of Hawaii Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research (2006)
- National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2005 – 2010)
- Certificate of Merit Award for Oral Presentation at the 228th National Conference of American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Environmental Chemistry (2004)
- Outstanding service award for the annual conference of North American Membrane Society (NAMS), June 26 -30, 2004, Honolulu, HI.
Recent Publications
Journals (full list)