Yong Sang “Barry” Kim ,

PhD, PE, SHEP

• Dr. Kim earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 2008 and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2010, he began his industry career at Samsung SDS as a Senior Consultant and was later promoted to Principal Consultant, specializing in environmental database and web development. He then served as Senior Manager and Director of the Institute of Safety Environment at Samsung Global Research (formerly the Samsung Economic Research Institute, SERI) until 2017.
• At Samsung, in addition to web system development, he served as an auditor and consultant for water and environmental facilities, focused on environmental and safety compliance across semiconductor plants, smartphone and LCD manufacturing facilities, chemical plants, and heavy industry sites.
• Dr. Kim is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Environmental Engineering and an OSHA-certified Safety, Health, and Environmental Professional (SHEP).
• Teaching
  Fluid mechanics and hydraulics, water resources engineering, surface water pollution and modeling, pollutant fate and transport in groundwater systems
• Research
  Water resources engineering sustainability; statistics and machine learning applications; fate and transport of water pollutants; real-time water quality monitoring

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2008
Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering

Korea University, 2001
Master of Engineering, Environmental System Engineering

Hyung Hee University, 1999
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

Industry Professor, September 2026 to present

NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Department of Civil, Urban, and Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor of Water Engineering,

Chair of the Environmental Science Graduate Program (2022 - 2024),

2017 – 2026

University of Guam

Director (General Manager) at the Institute of Safety and Environment, 2014 - 2017

Samsung Global Research (formerly Samsung Economic Research Institute)

Principal Consultant at Environmental Consulting Team, 2010 - 2014

Samsung SDS

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Civil Engineering, 2009 - 2010

Purdue University

Researcher at the Water Environment and Remediation Research Center, 2002 - 2003

Korea Institute of Science and Technology

1. Y.S. Kim, M. Kim, U.D. Patil, B. Lee, Performance assessment of statistical and deep learning models for predicting chloride trends in island groundwater systems Influenced by saltwater intrusion and sea level rise, Water Air and Soil Pollution, 237, 995 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-026-09678-9
2. M. Yeo, Y.S. Kim, P. Houk, A. Chang, A. Ludwig, Application of ridge-to-reefs approaches in Apra Harbor, Guam to describe spatial and temporal water quality variations of freshwater and marine water, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 223, 119026 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.119026
3. L. Liu, Y.S. Kim, M. Yeo, Y. Wen, Stepwise increment of salinity for evaluating the ammonium removal efficiency of synthetic wastewater in an aerated bioreactor, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 235, 622 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-024-07444-3
4. M.H. Yeo, V.T.V. Nguyenm, Y.S. Kim, T.A. Kpodonu, An integrated extreme rainfall modeling tool (SDExtreme) for climate change impacts and adaptation, Water Resources Management, 36, 3153-3179 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-022-03194-1
5. U. Patil, A. Shelton, M. Catahay, Y.S. Kim, S.S.C. Congress, Role of vegetation in improving the stability of a tropical hill slope in Guam, Environmental Geotechnics, 9, 562-581 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1680/jenge.21.00064
6. G. Ferdinand, G.H. Mohammad, Y.S. Kim, Y. C. Iyekar, Comparative effects of composted organic waste and inorganic fertilizer on nitrate leachate from the farm soils of northern Guam, International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 9, 87-102 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2020.09.003
7. Y.S. Kim, S.H Lee, Quantitative analysis of Spirulina platensis growth with CO2 mixed aeration, Environmental Engineering Research, 23, 216-222, (2018). https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2017.193
8. K. Kim, Y.S. Kim, M.D. Gurol, DNAPL TCE oxidation with permanganate: Influence of the phase transfer catalystpentyltriphenylphosphonium, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 224, 1735-1741, (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-013-1735-6
9. Y.S. Kim, L.N. Nyberg, B. Jenkinson, C.T. Jafvert, PAH concentration gradients and fluxes through sand cap test cells installed in situ over river sediments containing coal tar, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 15, 1601-1612, (2013). https://doi.org/10.1039/C3EM00142C
10. M. Kim, Y.S. Kim, W. Lee, Analysis of directional neighbor discovery process in millimetre wave wireless personal area networks, IET Networks, 2, 99-101, (2013). https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-net.2012.0095
11. M. Kim, Y.S. Kim, W. Lee, Performance analysis of directional CSMA/CA for IEEE 802.15.3c under saturation environments, ETRI Journal, 34, 24-34, (2012). https://doi.org/10.4218/etrij.12.0111.0136
12. Y.S. Kim, Y. Kim, S.H Kim, Investigation of thermodynamic parameters in thermal decomposition of plastic waste-waste lube oil compounds, Environmental Science and Technology, 44, 5313-5317, (2010). https://doi.org/10.1021/es101163e
13. Y.S. Kim, C. T. Jafvert, S. Yoon, S. Hyun and B. Johnson, Potential consolidation induced NAPL migration from coal tar impacted river sediment under a remedial sand cap, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 162, 1364-1370, (2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.023

• 2026 – 2028 Assessment and Design of Dams, Water Tanks, and Water Distribution Networks under Hydrologic and Climate Change Conditions in Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia (Funding: Lelu Town Government, Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia, under review)
• 2026 – 2028 Integrated Resilience-Building Approach for Addressing Water Pollution and Extreme Weather Stressors on Guam Water Resources (Funding: NOAA UOG Sea Grant, collaborating with PI Dr. David Yu, Civil Engineering, Purdue University)
• 2026 – 2027 Quantitative Assessment of PFAS Releases from Septic Systems in Guam (Funding: Guam Waterworks Authority, collaborating with PI Dr. Bridger Ruyle, NYU, Dr. Rainer Lohmann and Dr. Jitka Becanova, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island)
• 2024 – 2026 PFAS movement patterns in groundwater caused by the pumping activity of production wells (Funding: USGS)
• 2023 – 2025 The Maintenance and Upgrade of the WERI Water Quality Laboratory (Funding: Office of Insular Affairs)
• 2023 – 2024 The Application of Statistical and Machine Learning Models for Predicting Saltwater-Groundwater Interactions in Guam (Funding: NASA Guam EPSCoR Seed Grant)
• 2021 – 2024 Water quality monitoring on Joint Region Marianas Submerged Lands Guam (Funding: The Department of Navy, Co-PI with PI Dr. Chirs Yeo, University of Guam)
• 2019 – 2024 PFOS trend monitoring in Saipan production wells (Funding: USGS)
• 2018 – 2022 Applying passive samplers to assess sources of PFASs on Guam (Funding: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Joint work with University of Rhode Island)
• 2018 – 2020 Water use data and research in Guam (Funding: USGS)