BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

• PhD in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA, 2016.  

• MS in Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), Republic of Korea, 2010.

• BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Republic of Korea, 2005.

EMPLOYMENT

• (Full) Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University (HBNU), Republic of Korea, 2025 ~ Current. (Special Promotion)

• Visiting Scholar/Professor, Center for Nuclear Energy Facilities and Structures (CNEFS), Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC, USA, 2025 ~ 2026.

• Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University (HBNU), Republic of Korea, 2022 ~ 2025. (Special Promotion)

• Department Head Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University (HBNU), Republic of Korea, 2024-2025.

• Track Head Professor (Civil Engineering Track), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University (HBNU), Republic of Korea, 2023-2024.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanbat National University (HBNU), Republic of Korea, 2019 ~ 2022.

• Senior Researcher, Risk and Environmental Safety Research Division (Structural and Seismic Safety Research Team) / Research Reactor Engineering Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea, 2012 ~ 2019.

• Graduate Research Assistant, Graduate Teaching Assistant & Instructor, Center for Nuclear Energy Facilities and Structures (CNEFS), Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC, USA, 2013 ~ 2016.

• Researcher, Research Reactor Engineering Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Republic of Korea, 2010 ~ 2012.

• Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), Republic of Korea, 2005 / 2008 ~ 2010.

• Instructor, Department of Water Engineering, Awassa TVET College, Awassa, Ethiopia, 2005 ~ 2008. (As a volunteer work from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA))

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Editor, Topic Editorial Board, Energies (SCIE), 2021 ~ Current.

• Guest Editor, Studies on Behavior of Structural and Nonstructural Components subjected to Earthquake Hazard from a Sustainability Perspective, Sustainability (SCIE), 2022.

• Reviewer, Reliability Engineering and System Safety (RESS) | Nuclear Engineering and Technology (NET) | Progress in Nuclear Energy (PNE) | International Journal of Steel Structures (IJSS) | ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology(PVT) | Nuclear Engineering & Design (NED) | European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering | Buildings | Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics | Energies | Annals of Nuclear Energy | Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea (EESK) | Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation (KOSHAM) | Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering (KSNVE) | Journal of the Korean Society for Advanced Composite Structures (KOSACS) | Journal of The Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance and Inspection(KSMI), etc., 2010 ~ Current.

• 부편집위원장,  한국복합신소재구조학회(KOSAC) 논문집,KOSAC, 2024 ~ Current.

• 편집위원,  한국구조물진단유지관리공학회(KSMI) 논문집, KSMI, 2021 ~ Current. 

• 위원, 탄소성 변형기반 내진성능 평가지침서 실무위원회, & 지진충격흡수장치 실무위원회, 대한전기협회(KEPIC), 2018 ~ 2022.

• 평가위원,  신기술 인증심사, 한국산업기술진흥협회(KOITA), 2021 ~ Current. 

• 위원,  기술자문∙심의 위원회, 충북개발공사, 2021 ~ 2025. 

• 위원,  기술자문∙심의 위원회, 충남개발공사, 2023 ~ 2025. 

• 위원,  대전광역시 유성구 제9기 안전관리자문단, 대전광역시 유성구청, 2022 ~ 2024.

• 평가위원, 공학교육인증, 한국공학교육인증원(ABEEK), 2023 ~ 2024.

• 평가위원, 한국연구재단(NRF of Korea), 2023 ~ Current.

AWARDS

• Best Conference Poster Award, 제2025-103호, Transactions of the Korean Nuclear Society Spring Meeting, Korean Nuclear Society (KNS),  2025.

• Best Professor Award (The 2024 HBNU Best Research Award), 제7234호, Hanbat National University (HBNU), 2025.

• Award to Outstanding Reviewer, Nuclear Engineering and Technology (NET) Journal (SCIE), Korean Nuclear Society, 2024.

• Best Conference Paper Award, 제2024-124호, Proceedings of Annual Korean Society of Civil Engineers meeting, Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), 2024.

• Best Conference Paper Award, 제23-112호, Proceedings of Annual Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society Fall Meeting, The Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society (KAIS), 2023.

• Best Conference Paper Award, 제2023-131호, Proceedings of Annual Korean Society of Civil Engineers meeting, Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), 2023.

• Best Journal Paper Award, Journal of the COSEIK, 제2023-6호, the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea(COSEIK), 2023. 

• Best Professor Award (The 2022 HBNU Best Research Award), 제6697호, Hanbat National University (HBNU), 2023.

• Best Conference Paper Award (2 EA), 제2022-133호/제2022-160호, Proceedings of Annual Korean Society of Civil Engineers meeting, Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), 2022.

• Best Conference Paper Award, Journal of the COSEIK, 제2022-15호, the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea(COSEIK), 2022.

• Best Professor Award (The 2021 HBNU Best Teaching Award), 제6409호, Hanbat National University (HBNU), 2022.

• Best Journal Paper Award, Nuclear Engineering and Technology (NET) Journal (SCIE), 한원회 제21-61호, Korean Nuclear Society, 2021.

• Best Journal Paper Award, 과총 제2019-234호, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), 2019.

• Marquis Who's Who in the World, Registered, Marquis Who's Who, 2018 ~.

• Best Conference Paper Award, 한원회 제17-58호, Transactions of the Korean Nuclear Society Spring Meeting, Korean Nuclear Society, 2017.

• KAERI Grand Price, As a team for the project of Jordan Research Training Reactor (JRTR), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 2016.