Education

Ph.D., Transportation Geotechnics and Materials, Texas A&M University, 2004
M.S., Geosystems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Civil Engineering, Inha University, South Korea, 1999

Professional Appointments

• Professor, University of Georgia College of Engineering, 2022 - present
• Associate Professor, University of Georgia College of Engineering, 2016 - 2022
• Associate Professor, Kennesaw State University, 2012 - 2015 
• Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University, 2007 - 2012 
• Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, 2000 - 2004 
• Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999 - 2000 

Other Professional Experience

• Pavement Engineer, Roy D. McQueen and Associate, 2005 - 2007
• Geotechnical Engineer, Geotech Engineering and Testing, 2004 - 2005

Awards and Honors

• Fellow, Geosynthetics Institute (GSI) – 2018
• Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – 2017
• 2021 Civil Engineer of the Year – American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Georgia Section
• 2021 Georgia Engineer of the Year – Georgia Society of Professional Engineers (GSPE)
• Faculty Fellow Award, College of Engineering, University of Georgia – 2019
• Appreciation Plaque, Egyptian Housing and Building National Research Center – 2018/2019
• UGA PSO Fellowship Award, Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia – 2018
• Outstanding Faculty Award, KSU Foundation, Inc – 2015

Service to Professional Societies

• Board of Director, Falling Weight Deflectometer User Group (FWDUG)
• Academic Representative, FHWA’s Asphalt Pavements and Materials Technical Feedback Group (APM-TFG)
• Member, ASCE Geo-Institute Pavement Committee
• Member, ASCE T&DI Highway Pavement Committee
• Member, TRB AKM 80 Aggregates
• Member, TRB AKP 20 Design and Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavements
• Editorial Board, MDPI Journal of Infrastructures
• Associate Editor, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

Areas of Specialty

• Use of Nondestructive Testing, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning for Resilient/Sustainable Infrastructure Health Monitoring
• Climate Resilient Infrastructure | Saltmarsh Restoration
• Transportation Geotechnics | Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design

Publications and Scholarly Articles

Google Scholar Page

Links

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