Dr. Mi-Hyun Park

Assistant Professor

College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst
16D Marston Hall
130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, Massachusetts 01003
Phone: (413) 545-5390
Fax: (413) 545-2202

E-Mail: mpark@ecs.umass.edu

   Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

• Environmental remote sensing
• Surface water quality modeling using satellite imagery and GIS
• Urban watershed management and sustainability
• Human impact on surface water quality
• Stormwater runoff modeling and management
• Environmental informatics
• Distributed sensor networks in water infrastructures

Education

Ph.D., University of California, 2004.
M.S. (Computer Science), Imperial College, 2001.
M.S. (Civil Engineering), Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1999.
M.S. (Civil and Env. Engineering), Imperial College, 1998.

Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, September 2008 - Present.
• Assistant Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA, 2008.
• Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Environment, UCLA, 2004-2007 (various research)

Classes Taught

Introduction to Computing for Civil Engineers
CEE 597G Geographic Information Systems for Engineers
CEE 690R Environmental Remote Sensing

Recent Papers Published

Mi-Hyun Park, Ivar K. Ridgeway Xavier Swamikannu, and Michael K. Stenstrom (2010) Evaluation of Stormwater BMPs for Implementing Industrial Stormwater Permitting Strategy, Water Science and Technology, accepted

Mi-Hyun Park, Xavier Swamikannu, and Michael K. Stenstrom (2009), Accuracy and Precision of the Volume-Concentration Method for Urban Stormwater Modeling, Water Research, 43-(11), 2773-2786

Mi-Hyun Park, Michael K. Stenstrom, and Stephanie Pincetl (2009) Water Quality Improvement Policies: Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Proposition O, Los Angeles, California, Environmental Management, 43, 514-522

Mi-Hyun Park*, Stephanie Pincetl , Michael K. Stenstrom (2008) Water quality improvement by implementation of Proposition O in the Los Angeles river watershed, California, Water Science and Technology, 58 (12), 2271-2278

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom (2008), Comparison of Pollutant Loading Estimation Using Different Landuses And Stormwater Characteristics In Ballona Creek Watershed, Water Science and Technology, 57(9) 1349-1354

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom (2008) Bayesian Network Application for Urban Land Use Classification, Journal of Environmental Management, 86 (1) 181-192

Mi-Hyun Park, Irwin H. (Mel) Suffet, and Michael K. Stenstrom (2007) Stormwater pollution management in Sweetwater reservoir drainage basins, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 133(2), 203-210

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom (2006) Using Satellite Imagery for Stormwater Pollution Management with Bayesian Networks, Water Research, 40(18), 3429-3438

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom (2006) Spatial Estimates of Stormwater Pollutant Loading using Bayesian Networks and Geographic Information Systems, Water Environment Research, 78(4), 421-429

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom (2005) A New Classification System for Urban Stormwater Pollutant Loading: a Case Study in Santa Monica Bay Area, Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 3(2), 191-197

Recent Conference Proceedings

Mi-Hyun Park, Ivar K. Ridgeway, Xavier Swamikannu, and Michael K. Stenstrom, Evaluation of Stormwater BMPs for Implementing Industrial Stormwater Permitting Strategy, 13th International Conference on Integrated Diffuse Pollution Management, Seoul, Korea, October 12-15, Accepted

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Catchments Prioritization for Urban Stormwater Pollution Management, 82nd Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 10-14, Accepted

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Urban Rainwater Management to Comply with Total Maximum Daily Loads in Semi-arid Watersheds: A Case Study in the Los Angeles River Watershed, IWA the 2nd International conference on Rainwater harvesting and Management, Tokyo, Japan, September 7-11, Accepted

Mi-Hyun Park, Stephanie Pincetl and Michael K. Stenstrom, Evaluation of Best Management Practices for Urban Stormwater Management, 81st Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, Chicago, IL, October 18-22, 2008

Mi-Hyun Park, Stephanie Pincetl and Michael K. Stenstrom, Assessment of Proposition 0 Projects in the City of Los Angeles, CA for Storm Water Clean-up, The 4th Annual CASQA Stormwater Conference, Oakland, CA, September 22-24, 2008

Mi-Hyun Park, Stephanie Pincetl and Michael K. Stenstrom, Stormwater Clean-up by Implementation of Proposition 0 in the City of Los Angeles, CA, IWA 12th International Conference on Integrated Diffuse Pollution Management, Khon Kaen, Thailand, August 25-29, 2008

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Identification of Roads for Urban Runoff Pollution Management, 2008 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, Massachusetts, July 6-11, 2008

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Comparison of Pollutant Loading Estimation Using Different Landuses And Stormwater Characteristics In Ballona Creek Watershed, IWA 11th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 26-31, 2007

Mi-Hyun Park, Stephanie Pincetl, and Michael K. Stenstrom, Implementation of Policy For Stormwater Clean-Up: Lessons Learned From Proposition O In Los Angeles, CA, IWA 11th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, August 26-31, 2007

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery for Managing Stormwater Pollution, IWA 10th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution, Istanbul, Turkey, September 18-22, 2006

Mi-Hyun Park, I.H. (Mel) Suffet, and Michael K. Stenstrom, Estimates of Urban Stormwater Runoff using GIS, 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 21-26, 2005

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Stormwater pollutant loading change with urban sprawl in the Santa Monica Bay Watershed, IWA 9th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution, Johannesburg, South Africa, 9-12 August, 2005

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Estimate of Urban Stormwater Pollutant Loading from Satellite Imagery, The International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Seoul, Korea, July 25-29, 2005

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Bayesian Network Structure Learning for Urban Land Use
Classification from Landsat ETM+ and Ancillary data, AGU 2004 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 13-17, 2004

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, A New Classification System for Urban Stormwater Pollutant Loading – A Case Study in Santa Monica Bay Area, IWA 8th International Conference on Diffuse/Nonpoint Pollution, Kyoto, Japan, October 24-29, 2004

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Spatial Estimates of Stormwater Pollutant Loading using Bayesian Networks and Geographic Information Systems, Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2-6, 2004

Mi-Hyun Park and Michael K. Stenstrom, Identifying Main Area Generating Stormwater Pollution from Satellite Imagery and Ancillary Data, The International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Anchorage Alaska, September 20-24, 2004

Recent Honors and Awards

• Dissertation Fellowship at UCLA, 2003-2004
• Graduate Student Research Assistantship at UCLA, 2002-2003