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Mary Kang

Title: 
Associate Professor
Academic title(s): 

P.Eng., Ph.D.

Mary Kang
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-8305
Fax number: 
514-398-7361
Email address: 
mary.kang [at] mcgill.ca
Biography: 

Professor Kang鈥檚 main research areas are greenhouse gas emissions, groundwater hydrology, and environmental impacts of energy systems. Her current projects involve field measurements of methane and air pollutant emissions from oil and gas and urban systems and geospatial and statistical data analysis of emissions and energy infrastructure.聽

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Degree(s): 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University
Ph.D., Princeton University
Policy Certificate, Princeton University
B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., University of Waterloo

Areas of expertise: 
  • Methane emissions
  • Oil and gas development
  • Energy transition聽
  • Groundwater hydrology
  • Multi-phase flow through porous media
  • Environmental engineering
  • Environmental policy
Courses: 

  • CIVE 520. Groundwater Hydrology.

    Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Fundamentals of subsurface hydrological processes. Field data and simulation under parameter uncertainty. Numerical modelling. Quantifying groundwater resources and groundwater flow to wells. Groundwater sustainability from a multidisciplinary perspective including engineering and policy.
    • Prerequisites: CIVE 311 and CIVE 323; Graduate students: Permission of instructor.
    • Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CIVE 546 in Winter 2012.
    • Note 1: (3-0-6).

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  • CIVE 323. Hydrology and Water Resources.

    Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Precipitation, evaporation and transpiration. Streamflow, storage reservoirs, flood routing. Groundwater hydrology. Ecohydrology. Statistical analysis in hydrology, stochastic modelling. Simulations using hydrologic models. Case studies in flood damage mitigation, surface and ground water management, and water-energy-food nexus.
    • (3-2-4)
    • Prerequisite: CIVE 302

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  • CIVE 561. Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

    Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.

    Credits: 3
    Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
    This course is not offered this catalogue year.

    Description

    Greenhouse gas inventories at various scales from national to institutional. Emission estimation methods including field measurements and engineering calculations for anthropogenic sources including fossil fuel combustion from transportation and energy production, cement production, hydroelectric reservoirs, oil and gas systems, landfills, wastewater treatment and sewer systems, and agriculture. Technical and policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Group project.
    • (3-0-6)
    • Students are expected to have a background in data mining, statistical analysis, e.g. spatiotemporal analysis, and chemistry. WHMIS and other lab training is recommended.
    • Prerequisite(s): CIVE 225 and CIVE 302 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.

    Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.

Position: 
Associate Professor
Office: 
817 Sherbrooke Street West, Rm: 475D
Research areas: 
Environmental Engineering
TISED
Brace Water Centre
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship, 2024-2025
  • Christophe Pierre Award for Research Excellence (Early Career), 2022
  • United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA/NIFA) Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2016-2017
  • Rising Environmental Leaders Program, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, 2015
  • American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Paper Award, 2013
  • Perkin鈥檚 Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2012-2014
  • Princeton Energy and Climate Scholarship, Princeton Environmental Institute, 2011-2013
  • National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Doctorate Scholarship, 2010-2013
  • Nonlinearities and Upscaling in Porous Media Conference Travel Award, 2013
  • Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Student Travel Award, 2013
  • Princeton University Civil and Environmental Engineering Travel Award, 2011, 2013
  • National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship, 2005-2006
  • University of Waterloo President鈥檚 Graduate Scholarship, 2005-2006
  • University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Upper Year Scholarship, 2001-2002
  • Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship, 2001-2002
Selected publications: 

Professional activities: 
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • European Geosciences Union (EGU)聽
  • Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD)
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