HONG (Richard) C. AHN

Home: *** *********** ***. ***. **** Springfield, NJ 07081

Phone: 732-***-****

e-mail: ac0p6r@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Over 15+ years of professional environmental experience focused mainly on the design, the construction, and the management of water and wastewater treatment plants, hydraulic structures, and site remediation. I hold a Masters’ Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences.

Offers wide-ranging experience in supervising the design, budget, schedule and commissioning for billion dollar projects, client management and procurement as well.

Adept at performing environmental and regulatory data analysis and data management which are used for project completion. Works on collaborative efforts with managers and other stakeholders in producing project reports, proposals and strategies which lead to timely delivery of desired results.

Currently working for Hyundai Engineering Company wherein I successfully develop sustainable businesses in the field of environmental projects for refinery plants, municipal wastewater treatment among CIS countries, Latin America, and Asia. Also creates detailed site designs and spearheads site remediation.

Established, planned and managed several environmental and hydraulic investigations and engineering studies while formulating reports and work plan deliverables as required by compliance and regulatory agencies.

Proficient with various tools such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, SWMM, TR-55, MS Office, SharePoint and Access for evaluating and analyzing data being used for organizing projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January 2013 – Present

Hyundai Engineering Company, Seoul, South Korea

Technical Adviser

Evaluate and develop environmental projects which are performed by Divisions of Oil and Refinery, Power Plant, Infrastructure and Environmental Plant.

Establish the regional office in New York & New Jersey area for technical supports and new business development of USA, Canada and several countries in South American Continent.

Development of Advanced Nutrients Treatment using membrane.

-Developed advanced organics and nutrients removal processes combined with submerged hollow fiber membranes.

-Full-scale application to wastewater treatment plants and enhances the efficiency of processes by developing new membranes.

Power Supply Project using CSP and PV to a huge coal mining area in Copiapo, Chile. With Electricity capacity: 200 MW with CSP and 150 MW with PV.

-FEED evaluation including site remediation, basic design, and commissioning of water treatment plants for produced water (5 MGD) and industrial water supply (12 MGD) using MBR and UF membranes.

-Wastewater treatment with two 2 stages of BAF technology are added to an existing activated sludge treatment system.

Worked on Kandym Early Gas Project in Uzbekistan sponsored by Lukoil Uzbekistan Operating Company with Natural Gas Production capacity of 2.46 Billion m3/year and contract amount of 398 Million USD.

-Detailed design of site remediation and membrane-based water treatment plants (produced water & industrial water supply, 7 MGD) with, and following project management.

Two Combined Cycle Power Plants in Algeria sponsored by SPE in 2013 with Electricity capacity of 1,600 MW and contract amount of 685 Million USD for Biskra CCPP & 668 Million USD for Jijel CCPP.

-Detailed design of site remediation and industrial water supply plant (20 MGD) using RO membrane desalination.

-Applied primary treatment facilities via an innovative new advancement in BAF technology whereby Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) technology is integrated into the BIOSTYR system, which is very compact process combining fixed film biological treatment and filtration in a single unit operation with relatively high pollutant loads depending on the carbon and nitrogen requirements.

Worked as a lead manager of the Kangan Petro Refining Complex in southwestern Iran

-Site investigation including site remediation, the design of main factory facilities and its pipeline to supply and export with an annual production of around 1 million tons of ethylene, 500,000 tons of mono-ethylene glycol, and 350,000 tons of heavy and light polyethylene

-Organized the team to handle EPCF (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Finance) contract with the construction in 48 months

October 2007 – December 2012

TRC Environmental Corp., Millburn, NJ

Project Manager

Handled Gasoline Blending Tank and Gasoline Components Tankfield Remediation in Bayway in Refinery, NJ.

-Evaluated bid proposals of the contractor.

-Managed construction of the installation of bioremediation systems.

-Coordinated and implemented of remediation system with storm water management system.

Conducted the model simulation using MODFLOW for former MGP site to evaluate catch basins and the groundwater flow movement and decided the optimum remediation methods to proper groundwater management plan for minimizing water quality impact to groundwater in Elk Area, Newport Development in Jersey City, NJ.

Prepared remedial investigation Phase I and II of Former Lockheed Electronic Company Site in Watchung, NJ.

-Managed the construction of the selected remediation systems.

Developed, planned and managed environmental investigations, engineering studies and remediation projects of Former Dean Oil Service Station in Kenvil, NJ.

-Performed the model simulation using Bioscreen to analyze the contaminant release time at the site where revealed the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons impacts in ground water.

Performed development and oversight of hydraulic investigation scheme for water quality and sediment sampling, project budgets, schedules and reports of Former Michelin Tire Manufacturing Company Site in Milltown, NJ.

-Preparing/reviewing reports and work plan deliverables for submittal to regulatory agencies.

October 2006 – September 2007

Najarian Associates, Inc., Eatontown, NJ

Senior Environmental Scientist

Soil Remediation (Phase I & II), Data Management and Reporting of Mill Pond Remedial Investigation in Milltown, NJ.

Established database regarding water quality measurement data located in Wanaque

Reservoir, NJ.

Designed and managed storm water in Four Season Residential Complex, NJ.

January 2004 – September 2006

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

Research Scientist

Process Enhancement of Wastewater Treatment Facilities minimizing odor and toxic air emission.

Developed Web-based Tool for the Enhanced Archival and Retrieval of Stormwater Management Data.

Evaluated the discharge of Shrewsbury River basin in NJ by optimizing parameters in HEC-RAS model

Worked currently as a consultant for TR-55 task force

Lectured three undergraduate courses; Numerical Methods, The Principle of Environmental Engineering, and Environmental Modeling

November 1997 – December 2003

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

Research Analyst

Improved Stormwater Runoff Quality from a Low Density Residential Area Via An Information and Education Best Management Practice (BMP).

-Conducted follow-up stormwater runoff sampling to determine and quantify.

-Analyzed data and evaluate the effectiveness of site cleaning.

-Created reports from data gathered.

Worked on the Maurice River Water Quality Modeling Study.

-Reviewed the simulation results and verified input data.

-Calibrated and verified the model simulation results.

-Developed various scenarios for improving water quality with optimum effluent discharge from water treatment plant in Maurice River.

January 1990 – October 1997

Korea Water Resources Research Institute, Daejon, South Korea

Junior Civil Engineer

Worked on the Janglim Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction Project (15 MGD).

-Designed the overall structure of wastewater treatment plant.

-Designed and tested the pilot-scale & full-scale GAC and ozone columns for tertiary treatment.

-Commissioned overall treatment plant including full-scale tertiary treatment system.

Designed Intake system due to facility expansion in Daechung Multi-regional Water Supply System.

-Designed pipeline network of drinking water supply to 3 major cities and an industrial complex.

-Technical review of the detailed design and commissioning of water supply network.

Sludge Reuse from wastewater treatment plants and drinking water treatment plants.

-Application of sludge as general fertilizer, seedbed for rice, and mixing with soil for producing earthworm.

-Application to composted sludge and it's reuse for producing methane gas.

-Analysis of heavy metal content on the cultivated plants.

August 1983 – December 1989

International Technique Institute, Seoul, Korea

Civil Engineer

Worked on Nakdong Estuary Barrage Construction Project.

-Worked as a counterpart to transfer design skills from NEDECO (Netherlands Consultant Company) to K-Water Corp.

-Monitored the pollution of water quality due to the construction of the estuary barrage and natural habitats of nearby island.

For the Peace Dam Construction Project, he worked as a counterpart to transfer design skills from Bechtel to K-Water Corp.

-Designed the counter-dam structure to stand up against the possible flood attack from North Korea.

-Designed permanent diversion tunnels to control the flood.

SKILLS

Technical: ARC GIS, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, ACCESS, Primavera

Water-related Modeling: BASIN, WMS, MODFLOW, SWMM, Bioscreen, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ May 2004

M.S., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, December 2001

B.S., Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering College, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, August 1983

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

Civil Engineer’s license, issued by Korea Testing Institute of Technical Qualification of Korea, August 1983

Professional Engineer’s license, issued by Testing Institute of Technical Qualification of Korea, June 1988

Certificate of 40-hours OSHA Hazard Waste Operation (HAZWOPER), and 8-hour refreshment course

8-Hour OSHA Supervision/Management Course

LANGUAGES

Fluently speaking languages: English, Korean

Very good at Russian, Spanish and Japanese as well

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