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Assocaite Professor,

Department of Civil Engineering,

College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University

CV (Eng, Kor)
Email: shynkim@khu.ac.kr

Academic Positions

Mar 2026 –

Associate Professor,

Dept. of Civil Engineering,

Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea

Mar 2022 – Feb 2026

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 (현대건설(주)), 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

Engineer Civil Engineering (토목기사): Human Resources Development Service of Korea, 2000
Professional Engineer Skill Level 1 Civil Engineer: Engineers Australia, 2018

Languages

Korean (mother tongue)
English (fluent)

Skills & Expertise

Hydrology
Remote sensing
Climate change
MATLAB, 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, ~ 2025)
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, 2024, 2026 and MODSIM 2021, 2023, 2025
Professional membership: Korea Water Resources Association (KWRA), Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), Korean Society of Remote Sensing (KSRS), Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. (MSSANZ), Engineers Australia (EA)

Projects involved

Research Associate, UNSW Sydney, Australia, Apr 2017–Feb 2022

- ARC 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 LP, 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