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Kim Named Wilder Junior Faculty Professor
Dr. Jaehong Kim, associate professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), was recently named a Carlton S. Wilder Junior Faculty Professor in Environmental Engineering.
The Wilder Junior Faculty Professorships in CEE are awarded to the most promising junior faculty members in environmental engineering who demonstrate excellence in teaching and research focusing on the study of water quality, as well as atmospheric conditions and other environmental media that affect both water quality and quantity. The professorship has a term of 5 years and is awarded at the discretion of the CEE school chair.
Dr. Joseph Hughes, the Karen and John Huff School Chair, recognized Dr. Kim for his achievement stating, "Jaehong, this is a significant accolade. In my opinion, it is well deserved. Congratulations!"
Dr. Kim's research interests are in the area of physicochemical processes in drinking water treatment such as chemical disinfection for pathogen inactivation, membrane filtration for removal of organic and inorganic contaminants, disinfection by-product formation control, reverse osmosis technology of sea water desalination, and application of emulsion-liquid membranes. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Technology from Seoul National University in Korea and his Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Kim joined Georgia Tech as an assistant professor in environmental engineering in 2002. He offers courses including Physicochemical Processes, Design of Drinking Water Treatment Facilities, Membrane Process, and Special Topics of Water Science and Engineering.
Dr. Kim joins CEE Associate Professor Frank Loeffler as a Carlton Wilder Professor. Dr. Loeffler was the first faculty member to be recognized through this endowment and continues to hold the position until his term expires.