School of Engineering Technology

Kenneth Lee

Dean-School of Engineering Technology leeky@farmingdale.edu 934-420-2256 Lupton Hall, Room 138
Education and Professional Licensure
  • BS (1992), MS (1995), Ph.D.(1999), Civil Engineering, University of California Irvine.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) in Montana and Ohio. 

Research Interests
  • Groundwater Contamination
  • Water Treatment
  • Renewable Energy

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
  • Kostarelos, K., S. Yoon, and K. Y. Lee, Coal tar recovery using enhanced pump-and-treat, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, DOI:10.1002/jctb.4097, 2013.
  • Lee, K. Y. and D. T. Ha, Viscosity variations of three-component mixtures comprising an alcohol, various common groundwater contaminants, and water, Environmental Engineering Science, 29(1), 26-34, DOI:10.1089/ees.2010.0254, 2012.
  • Lee, K. Y., A model to describe the binodal curve on a Type 1 ternary phase diagram, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 136(6), 650-656, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000196, 2010.
  • Lee, K. Y. and D. T. Ha, Phase separation behavior of three common alcohols with methoxy-nonafluorobutane or ethoxy-nonafluorobutane in water, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 36, 738-742, DOI:10.1139/L09-020, 2009.
  • Lee, K. Y., Viscosity of high-alcohol content fuel blends with water: Subsurface contaminant transport implications, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 160, 94-99, DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.088, 2008.
  • Lee, K. Y., Phase partitioning modeling of ethanol, isopropanol, and methanol with BTEX compounds in water, Environmental Pollution, 154(2), 320-329, DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2007.10.001, 2008.
  • Lee, K. Y., J. Khinast, and J-H. Kim, Numerical modeling of contaminant transport resulting from dissolution of a coal tar pool in an experimental aquifer, Hydrogeology Journal, 15, 705-714, DOI:10.1007/s10040-006-0144-y, 2007.
  • Gang, D., K. Y. Lee, and R. K. Kadari, Review: Nonpoint sources, Water Environment Research, 78(10), 1959-1974, DOI:10.2175/106143006x119468, 2006.
  • Lee, K. Y. and C. V. Chrysikopoulos, Dissolution of a multicomponent DNAPL pool in an experimental aquifer, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 128(2-3), 218-226, DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.08.005, 2006.
  • Lee, K. Y. and J-Y. Lee, Photochemical destruction of PCE and TCE from the exhaust of an air-stripper, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 131(10), 1441-1446, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:10(1441), 2005.
  • Lee, K. Y., Modeling long-term transport of contaminants resulting from dissolution of a coal tar pool in saturated porous media, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 130(12), 1507-1513, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2004)130:12(1507), 2004.
  • Lee, K. Y., K. Kostarelos, and D. E. Fennell, Modeling the transport of dissolved contaminants originating from a NAPL source containing PAH compounds in groundwater, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, 3(6), 541-548, DOI:10.1139/S04-030, 2004.
  • Lee K. Y., J.-Y. Lee, and J. J. Mellett, Transport of dissolved methoxy-nonafluorobutane through a saturated column, Environmental Geology, 46(6-7), 883-889, DOI:10.1007/s00254-004-1098-9, 2004.
  • Lee, K. Y. and C. A. Peters, UNIFAC modeling of cosolvent phase partitioning in NAPL-water systems, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 130(4), 478-483, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2004)130:4(478), 2004.
  • Stencel, J. R., and K. Y. Lee, The voluntary siting process, a case study in New Jersey, Health Physics Supp., 86(2), 57-63, 2004.
  • Lee, K. Y., J-Y. Lee, J. Khinast, J. R. Stencel, and M. Lavid, Photo-chemical remediation of PCE: Reactor design, construction, and preliminary results, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 130(1), 100-103, DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2004)130:1(100), 2004.
  • Chrysikopoulos, C. V., P-Y. Hsuan, M. M. Fyrillas, and K. Y. Lee, Mass transfer coefficient and concentration boundary layer thickness for a dissolving NAPL pool in porous media, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 97(1-3), 245-255, 2003.
  • Lee, K. Y., Transport of dissolved contaminants originating from a rectangular prism shaped multicomponent nonaqueous phase liquid source in saturated porous media, Environmental Geology, 43(1-2), 132-137, 2002.
  • Lee, K. Y. and C. V. Chrysikopoulos, Dissolution of a well-defined trichloroethylene pool in saturated porous media: Experimental results and model simulations, Water Research, 36(15), 3911-3918, 2002.
  • Chrysikopoulos, C. V., K. Y. Lee, and T. C. Harmon, Dissolution of a well-defined trichloroethylene pool in saturated porous media: Experimental design and aquifer characterization, Water Resources Research, 36(7), 1687-1696, 2000.
  • Tatalovich, M. E., K. Y. Lee, and C. V. Chrysikopoulos, Modeling the transport of contaminants originating from the dissolution of DNAPL pools in aquifers in the presence of dissolved humic substances, Transport in Porous Media, 38(1-2), 93-115, 2000.
  • Lee, K. Y. and C. V. Chrysikopoulos, NAPL pool dissolution in stratified and anisotropic porous formations, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 124(9), 851-862, 1998.
  • Chrysikopoulos, C. V. and K. Y. Lee, Contaminant transport resulting from multicomponent nonaqueous phase liquid pool dissolution in three-dimensional subsurface formations, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 31(1-2), 1-21, 1998.
  • Lee, K. Y. and C. V. Chrysikopoulos, Numerical modeling of three-dimensional contaminant migration from dissolution of multicomponent NAPL pools in saturated porous media, Environmental Geology, 26(3), 157-165, 1995.

 
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