Harry Kim

Experience

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  Korean Army Corps of Engineers (KACE), the Ministry of Defense, South Korea

  Mar 1994 - Jun 1996

  Military Officer

  Military Officer (1st and 2nd Lieutenant), 03/1994-06/1996Korean Army Corps of Engineers (KACE), Gimhae, Gyeongnam, the republic of Korea -Supervised “Construction of roads and army base camps”-Supervised “Gimhae International Airport Earth work

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  Investigation & Planning of Water Resources Department, K-water

  Jul 1996 - Jun 2002

  Civil Engineer

  Planning and Design of Water Supply System Department, K-water, Daejeon, the Republic of Korea -Supervised “Basic and detailed design for the Donghae industrial water supply system (deep well, intake station, pipe network and etc.)”-Supervised “Basic and detailed design for the Pyongnim dam and the west of Chunnam region regional water supply system (pumping station, pipe network and etc.)”-Supervised “Feasibility study and basic design for the north of Donghae region (Koseong, Sokcho, and Yangyang city) groundwater development and regional water supply system”-Supervised “Detailed design for the middle of the Chungnam region water supply system (WTP, pumping station, pipe network and etc.)”Investigation & Planning of Water Resources Department, 07/1996-12/1998K-water, Daejeon, the Republic of Korea -Supervised “Construction of the water gauging stations including satellite communication system”-Calibrated rating curves collected throughout the country (South Korea)-Investigated the amount of water use (domestic, commercial, industrial and agricultural) throughout the country-Supervised “Master plan for water resources development in Chungchung region (the Magokcheon dam and Chungchung multi-regional water supply system)”-Supervised “Investigation and basic design for the application of riverbank filtration (RBF) and aquifer recharge and recovery (ARR) in Yeongsan River basin”-Supervised “Master plan for water resources development in Busan and Kyeongnam region” Show less

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  Milyang Multi-purpose Dam Operation and Management Office, K-water

  Jun 2002 - Oct 2003

  Senior Water Resources Engineer

  Milyang Multi-purpose Dam Operation and Management Office, K-water, Miryang, Gyongnam, the Republic of Korea -Operated and managed the Milyang multipurpose dam for flood control, water supply-Investigated flow discharge for the dam basin including the channel cross section and longitudinal profile surveying-Measured inflow to dam in flood and drought seasons-Investigated flood damage and floodmark after flooding and proposed count measure-Rewrote the embedded sensor management system using Oracle RDBMS and C language-Measured, analyzed the change embedded sensor such as leakage and pore water pressure using statistic tools Minitab-Supervised recovery construction of dam facilities damaged due to typoon Maemi Show less

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  Chungcheong Waterworks Regional Office, K-water

  Nov 2003 - Jan 2009

  Assistant Manager

  Chungcheong Waterworks Regional Office, K-water, Nonsan and Geumsan, Chungbuk, the Republic of Korea -Supervised establishing “Master plan for the rehabilitation of the Nonsan & Geumsan water distribution system”-Supervised “Basic and detailed design for the rehabilitation of the Nonsan & Geumsan water distribution system” -Supervised construction of the block system and replacement of pipe network and operated water network-Supervised establishment of drinking water leakage management system for Nonsan and Geumsan city-Operated water distribution system including leakage detection and recover of the Nonsan (11/2003-09/2006) and Geumsan city (09/2006-02/2009) Show less

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  The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM), the Republic of Korea

  Feb 2009 - Dec 2012

  Senior Water Specialist

  Office of Four River Restoration Project (FRRP), the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime affairs (MLTM), Gwacheon Gyonggi, the Repbulic of Korea Korea -Advised for establishing Master plan for the Four Major River Restoration Project-Planned and participated Four Rivers in Korea and Hong River in Vietnam corporation forum in Vietnam-Korea week to host the forum and explain Four Rivers Restoration Project(10/2009)-Planned and presented about the project at La River Award and presentation about Four Rivers Restoration Project at La City hall, La River tour with Bureau of Engineering and Council member of Los Angeles, California (02/2010)-Advised for physical hydraulic modeling test for weirs-Management of total construction budget for the Four Rivers Restoration Project-Overall management of the weirs constructed by the Four Rivers Restoration Project Show less

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  Han River Integrated Operation Center, K-water

  Jan 2013 - Jul 2013

  Senior Manager of Dam Operation

  Han River Integrated Operations Center, Han River Regional Head Office, K-water, Yeoju Gyeonggi, the Republic of Korea -Operated and Managed the Ipo Weir and Yeoju Weir (Storm analysis and inflow prediction)-Surveyed and analyzed for river discharge and river bed change using Sound Sonar system and GPS-Supervised reinforcing underwater weir (Yeoju Weir) structures and observation platform-Supervised construction of slipway for management vessels-Operated hydropower plant and fish passage for environmental sustainability-Measured and analyzed embedded sensor in hydraulic structures (Yeoju and Ipo Weir) Show less

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  Colorado State University

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2016

  Ph.D student

  Development of methods;1. to analyze incoming sediment from upstream watershed into reservoir/weir2. to mitigate reservoir sedimentation for extending reservoir lifespan3. to suggest optimum operation rules for various decision makers like flood control agency, water quality, hydro-power generation, environmental agency, and others

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  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University

  Feb 2016 - now

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States of America -Advised for “Modeling Analysis of Sediment Transport from Ungauged Watersheds”, 02/2016-02/2017, $250,000, K-water, South Korea

  • Faculty Affiliate

    Jun 2016 - now

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Feb 2016 - Feb 2017
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  The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) in Korea

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2018

  Senior Water Security & Supply Specialist

  Water Resources Industry Team, Water Resources Policy Bureau, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), Sejong, the Republic of Korea-Organized the bilateral meeting between the Assistant Minister of Water Resources Policy Bureau and the Vice Minister of Uganda (February 1, 2018, MOLIT, Sejong city, South Korea)-Approval of the pre-Feasibility Study for Daesan industrial water supply project employing Seawater Desalination technology (100 cubic meter per second, April 3, 2018)-Organized the bilateral meeting between the MOLIT and representatives of Piura watershed management in Peru (April 11, 2018, MOLIT, Sejong city, South Korea)-Organized the bilateral meeting between the Additional Secretary of Pakistan, the Director General of Nepal and delivered presentation regarding flood control and management (April 23, 2018, MOLIT, Sejong city, South Korea)-Organized the council meeting of Korean Committee of International Hydrological Programme (IHP) (May 4, 2018, Han River Flood Control Center, Seoul, South Korea)-Discussed regarding joint research for the Water Security between UNESCO-IHP and Korean Government (May 7, 2018, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France) -Invited to the Donor Council Meeting for Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP) during the Africa Water Week hosted by the World Bank Group for the African country managers (May 8-10, 2018, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)-Organized the bilateral meeting with Dr. Callist Tindimugaya, Directorate of Water Resources Management, Ministry of Water and Environment, in Uganda, MSc. Ivan Rodriguez, Planning Specialist, R&D SEDAPAL, in Peru, Ms. Pilar Maisterra, Practice Manager, the World Bank Group (May 14, 2018, MOLIT, Sejong city, South Korea)-Invited and delivered technical advisory at water resources and sanitation session in the Korea Green Innovation Day (KGID) hosted by Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF) of the World Bank Group (May 17, 2016, Le Merdien Hotel, Seoul, South Korea) Show less

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  The Ministry of Environment (MOE) in ROK

  Jun 2018 - now

  Senior Water Security & Supply Specialist

  Senior Water Security & Supply Specialist, 06/2018-12/2018Water Resources Policy Division, Water Resources Policy Bureau, the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Sejong, the Republic of Korea[2018]-Organized the MOU signing ceremony between the Assistant Minister of Water Resources Policy Bureau and the Executive Secretary of United Nations Capital Development Fund (November 12, 2018, Lotte Hotel Business Tower, Seoul, South Korea)-Launched IWRM ODA project (700 thousand USD, 2018-2020) for Rimac River Basin in Peru (October 30, 2018, kick-off meeting in Lima) -Designed and supervised the project for the research of Water Thermal Industry (270 thousand USD, 2018-2019) (October 8, 2018 – December 16, 2018)-Organized the multilateral meeting among representative of Kenya, Water Global Practice in World Bank, Korea Green Growth Fund (KGGTF) in World Bank and the MOE of Korea (September 17, 2018, MOE, Sejong city, South Korea)-Organized 3rd Korea International Water Week 2018 (KIWW 2018) (September 12-15, 2018, EXCO, Daegu, South Korea)-Led the LOI signing between UNESCO in Paris and K-water for Drinking Water Certificate Programme: K-water serves as a Technical Advisor for assessment of the applied cities status (July 21, 2018)-Organized the capacity building in the field of water sector with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in which representatives attended from Executive of IDB, Colombia, Peru, Honduras, Urguay, Bolivia and Mexico (June 4-10, 2018, Seoul and Daejeon, South Korea) Show less

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  Korea Water Resources Corporation

  Dec 2018 - now

  Head of Water Resources Management Center in Nakdong River Basin

  Head of Water Resources Management Centre, 12/2018-PresentWater Resources Management Department, Nakdong River Regional Head Office, Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water), Daegu, the Republic of Korea[2019]-Operated twenty nine hydraulic structures: ten of multi-purpose dam, ten of single purpose (water supply) dam, eight of multi-purpose weirs, one of Nakdong River Estuary Barrier (December 17, 2018 – present)-Designed and Launched the research project for verification test of Nakdong River Estuary Barrier opening: restoration of brackish water ecological system at the mouth of Nakdong River (2,000 thousand USD, March 29, 2019-October 2020)-Analyzed, proposed and accepted by Flood Control Office in Nakdong River, the operating rules: 1) Launching connected water tunnel (D=5,000mm, L=2,000m) between Andong multi-purpose dam and Imha multi-purpose dam; and 2) Backing to normal of standard operating water level, from El. 145m to El. 150m, of Woonmoon water supply dam (March 27, 2019) -Executed test opening of weirs in Nakdong River: Sangju weir, Nakdan weir, Gumi weir, and Dalsung Weir, for collecting information: variation of ground water level; ecological influence; finding obstacles in taking municipal, industrial and agricultural water from river, which is necessary for weir operation (January 7, 2019 – March 31, 2019) Show less

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  K-water (Korea Water Resources Corporation)

  Dec 2018 - now

  • Executive Director

    Jul 1996 - now

  • Head of Water Resources Management in Nakdong River Basin, K-water

    Dec 2018 - now

  • Head of Water Resources Management Centre in Nakdong River Basin

    Dec 2018 - now
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  K-water

  Dec 2022 - now

  Director General of Nakdong River Basin Management Department

  My dept. secures water resources using dams, weirs, and estuary barrier.My dept. operates twenty-nine hydraulic structures like dams for preventing floods and droughts.My dept. tries to keep water clean to provide better water quality into water treatment plants.My dept. diagnoses hydraulic structures; 29 dams etc. regularly.