Amy Kim

Job title: 
Associate Professor
Department: 
Alumni
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of British Columbia
Bio/CV: 

Dissertation: Collaborative Resource Allocation Strategies for Air Traffic Flow Management

Advisor: Mark Hansen

PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2011

MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2002

BASc Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2001

University of British Columbia - Present 

  • Professor
  • Co-Director URSY

Dr. Kim’s (she/her) research program in transportation systems analysis focuses on the operations of multimodal networks, and supporting resource allocation strategies across long-distance systems. She aims to better inform the planning of transportation systems that are more adaptable and resilient to a changing world, collaborating with researchers across disciplines in contexts such as strategic planning for wildfire evacuation, transportation infrastructure decisions under climate change impacts, and integrated analysis of air and ground transportation. Dr. Kim received her MS and PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and her BASc in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Prior to joining UBC in March 2021, she was a faculty member at the University of Alberta. Between her MS and PhD studies, she worked in the engineering consulting practice in California and British Columbia. Dr. Kim was most recently awarded a 2022 UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship.

Research interests: 

Resilient multimodal, intermodal transportation

Long-distance transportation systems

Air transportation and airport operations

Northern transportation infrastructure systems

Wildfire evacuation

Urban cycling