Prof. Seokhyeon Kim (김석현)
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University
7070 Woojungwon, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 17104, South Korea
- Tel: +82-31-201-2450
- Email: shynkim@khu.ac.kr
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Academic Positions
Mar 2022 – Assitant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea
Apr 2017 – Feb 2022 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Water Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Degree
2017 Ph.D. (Hydrology and Remote Sensing of Environment), UNSW Sydney, Australia
Thesis: Improvements and applications of satellite-derived soil moisture for flood forecasting (Download)
Supervisors: Ashish Sharma, Fiona Johnson, Yi Liu
2008 M. Eng. (Water Resources Engineering), Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Thesis: Study for Improving Water Distribution System Reliability (Download)
Supervisor: Joong Hoon Kim
2001 B.Eng. (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Professional Appointments
Jan 2008 - Jul 2013 Associate Manager, Water resources engineering in Hyundai E&C, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Oct 2001 - Sep 2004 Platoon leader & intelligence officer (1st lieutenant), Republic of Korea Army
Awards
MSSANZ Early Career Research Excellence (ECRE) Award, 2021
UNSW Sydney, 2013–2021
- Early Career Academic Seed grants
- Strategic Research Fund
- Postgraduate Writing Fellowship
- Tuition Fee, Stipend, and Top-up Scholarship
Certificates
Professional Engineer Skill Level 1 Civil Engineer: Engineers Australia, 2018
Engineer Civil Engineering (토목기사): Human Resources Development Service of Korea, 2000
Languages
Korean (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Skills & Expertise
Hydrology
Remote sensing
Climate change
MATLAB, R, Python, ArcGIS/QGIS
Research Experiences
Research Associate, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Apr 2017–Feb 2022
- Hydrological applications of data (satellite, reanalysis, ground)
Ph.D. Student, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Jul 2013–Mar 2017
- Improvements and applications of satellite-derived data
Master Student, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Mar 2006–Feb 2008
- Improving water distribution system reliability
Teaching Experiences
Post-Doctoral Teaching Assistant, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Jul 2017–Mar 2020
- Teaching, coordinating, and consulting for Catchment and Water Resources Modelling (PG), Water Resources Engineering (UG)
- Academic supervision of masters/honors students
Teaching Assistant, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Jul 2013–Mar 2017
Teaching Assistant, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Mar 2006–Feb 2008
Professional activites
Editorial Roles: MDPI Remote Sensing (topic editor); Frontiers in Water (associate editor)
Reviewer for Scholarly Journal: Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinf.; J. Hydrol.; Remote Sens. Environ.; Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess; PLOS ONE; KSCE J. Civ. Eng.; ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens.; Environ. Res. Lett.; ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf.
Conference session convener: AOGS 2020 and MODSIM 2021
Professional membership: Member, Engineers Australia (EA); Member, Australian Water Association (AWA); Member, Korean Society of Remote Sensing (KSRS); Member, Korea Water Resources Association (KWRA); Member, Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE)
Projects involved
Research Associate, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Apr 2017–Feb 2022
- Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project (DP), Assessing Water Supply Security in a Nonstationary Environment, May 2020–Feb 2022
- ARC DP, A Fourier approach to address low-frequency variability bias in hydrology, May 2019–April 2020
- ARC Linkage Project, funded by WaterNSW and Sydney Water, Adapting catchment monitoring and portable water treatment to climate change, Apr 2017–May 2019
Ph.D. student, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Jul 2013–Mar 2017
- ARC DP, Reducing Flood Loss-Data Assimilation Framework for Improving Forecasting Capability in Sparsely Gauged Regions, Jul 2013–Mar 2017
- Soil Moisture Active Passive Experiment - the 4th campaign SMAPEx-4, May 2015