Engineer Project

ILSU LEE, Ph.D.

Environmental/Remediation Engineer

***** *. ********* **. *** Valley, AZ 85737

1-480-***-****; *******@*******.***

Profile

•More than 15 years of experience as an environmental engineer and postdoctoral researcher at environmental/sustainable groups with cross-functional expertise in wastewater/soil/groundwater remediation, consulting, engineering, project management, and health & safety

•Completion of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), DOT/HazMat and HazWaste Transportation, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Fatal Prevention, First Aid/CPR/AED, and Radiation Safety Awareness Training

Accomplishments

• Design and construction of wastewater treatment facilities and water conveyance and distribution pipelines above or below ground.

• Project lead in biochemical heavy metal removal, in-situ bioremediation of sulfate plume, and mine tailing dust-control projects for 8 years

• Water treatment and research projects on in-situ soil and groundwater bioremediation, bio-energy recovery, nitrogen & phosphorus removal, and sludge treatment (more than 23 projects)

•Environmental site assessment on mine sites and contaminated soil/groundwater/surface water

•Published 22 peer-reviewed journal papers and 32 proceedings

•Study on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state regulatory pertaining to municipal wastewater, mining wastewater, soil & groundwater, and solid waste treatment and management: NPDES, CWA, CAA, CERCLA, SARA, RCRA, TSCA, EPCRA, SPPP, SPRP, etc.

Experience

2019.3-Present Environmental Engineering Specialist, SSG Inc. at Arizona Air National Guard (Tucson, AZ)

- Pollution prevention and compliance for all environmental permits

- Air pollution permit, Wastewater permit, and Storm water permit

- Management of hazardous waste, used oil, recycling programs

- Storm water pollution prevention plan, Spill prevention and response plan, Hazardous waste management plan

- Environmental reports & documents, monitoring, data management, project development, technical review & guidance

2018-2019 Industrial Wastewater Engineer, MSR-FSR Inc. at Intel Corporation (Chandler, AZ)

-Implementation of water, wastewater, slurry conveyance pipelines in Intel Corporation (aka, Intel-Shared Conveyance Project)

-Design, construction, operation, and maintenance of semiconductor manufacturing wastewater using an industrial wastewater treatment plant comprised of BNR/MBR/Iron Exchange/ and Reverse Osmosis (aka, Intel-WaTR project)

-Design and construction evaluation of Ion Exchange/Reverse Osmosis brine reduction facility (aka, Intel-BRF project)

2010-2018 Environmental Engineer, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (Tucson, AZ)

-Project lead in biochemical heavy metal removal from mining wastewater, in-situ bioremediation of sulfate plume, and mine tailing dust control projects

-Worked closely with EPA and state regulatory agency for remediation of mine sites

-Interpretation of government and state regulatory pertaining to chemicals & hazardous waste management (RCRA, RMP, CAPP, etc.) and soil/groundwater/wastewater remediation (CWA, CERCLA, RCRA, SDWA, etc.)

-Soil and water sampling/monitoring for environmental site assessment

2007-2010 Postdoctoral researcher, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

-Bioenergy (CH4, and H2) recovery from biomass

-Recalcitrant compound (i.e., siloxane) removal from wastewater sludge

-Biological nitrogen removal using pretreated sludge as electron source

2006-2007 Postdoctoral researcher/visiting scholar, Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

-Reductive dehalogenation of chlorinated ethenes (PCE, TCE, DCE, and VC)

2005-2006 Postdoctoral researcher, Inha University (Incheon, South Korea)

-Development of sludge pretreatment method to improve CH4 production yield

-in-situ bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes

-Autotrophic denitrification using elemental sulfur as electron donor

-Perchlorate removal using membrane bioreactor

2001-2006 Lecturer, Incheon City College (Incheon, South Korea)

1997-2005 Research assistant and teaching assistant, Inha University (Incheon, South Korea)

1990-1993 Staff sergeant, Republic of Korea Air Force (Seoul, South Korea)

Education

2000-2005 Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (GPA: 3.96/4.0), Inha University (S. Korea)

Dissertation: Competition for Hydrogen among Electron Acceptors during the

Reductive Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes

1997-1999 M.S. in Environmental Engineering (GPA: 3.68/4.0), Inha University (S. Korea)

Thesis: Removal of Nitrogen and Phosphorous from Sewage by A2/O and VIP Processes

1989-1997 B.E. in Environmental Engineering (GPA: 3.19/4.0), Inha University (S. Korea)

Awards and Honors

2006-2007 Postdoctoral fellowship, Korea Research Foundation, South Korea

2004-2005 Research scholarship, Korea Research Foundation, South Korea 2002-2003 Grants for pre-doctoral students, Korea Research Foundation, South Korea

1994-1995 Honor student, Inha University, South Korea

Skills

• Project development/management; water treatment process design/operation/supervising; consulting and engineering; health & safety; and data management/interpretation/report/ presentation

• Water and air monitoring and sampling

• Instrumental Analysis: Gas Chromatography, Ion Chromatography, Liquid Chromatography, Induced Coupled Plasma, Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, Spectrophotometer, and Scanning Electron Microscope

•Excellent MS Office skills

Professional Licenses

1996-present Engineer Air Pollution Environmental (No.96206050098E) issued by Human Resources Development Service of Korea

1996-present Engineer Water Pollution Environmental (No.96204050270K) issued by Human Resources Development Service of Korea

Certificates

2010-present MSHA 24 hour training

2014-present OSHA 40 hour HAZWOPER training

2019-present DOT/HAZMAT Transportation Certificate

2019-present RCRA

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