Education

BS (1997)  Civil Engineering, Seoul National University  서울대학교

MS (1999)  Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul National University  서울대학교

Ph.D. (2004)  Geotechnical Engineering, Seoul National University  서울대학교

Biography

Young-Hoon Jung is a professor of civil engineering at Kyung Hee University (KHU). He had served as a vice dean at the college of engineering, KHU (2018-2021). Young-Hoon Jung received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Seoul National University (SNU) in 1997 and master's degree in 1999. In 2005, he received his Ph.D. from Seoul National University. After doing research as a post-doc fellow at Northwestern University (2005~2007), he was hired as a senior researcher at Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) in 2008. In 2009, he started his academic career at Kyung Hee University, where he is currently a professor. He received academic awards from Korean Geotechnical Society and Korean Geosynthetics Society in 2020. He is a board member of Korea Geotechnical Society, Korean Geosynthetics Society, Korean Society for Railway and Korean Society of Civil Engineering. He is currently an editor-in-chief of International Journal of Geo-engineering and senior editor of KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. His research interests are numerical and experimental modeling of fundamental soil behavior including soil arching effect and its application to geosynthetic-reinforced piled embankment system. He is a principal investigator of the national project on the smart observational method for the detection of problematic features in open excavation field in urban area. 

Academic Positions 

Professor, Kyung Hee University, Department of Civil Engineering (2017-present)   교수, 경희대학교

Vice dean, Kyung Hee University, College of Engineering (2018-2021)  부학장, 경희대학교 공과대학

Associate Professor, Kyung Hee University, Department of Civil Engineering (2011-2017)  부교수, 경희대학교

Assistant Professor, Kyung Hee University, Department of Civil Engineering (2009-2011)  조교수, 경희대학교

Professional Employment

Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (2008)  한국건설기술연구원

Senior Researcher

Seoul National University (2007)  서울대학교

BK Research Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Northwestern University (2005-2007)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Seoul National University (2004-2007)  서울대학교

Guest Research Specialist, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Journal Editorships

Editor-in-chief, International Journal of Geo-Engineering (2000-present)

Senior Editor, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (2000-2000)

Associate Editor, Journal of The Korean Society For Railway (2000-2000)

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Korean Geotechnical Society (2000-present)

Professional Societies

Member, Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS)  한국지반공학회

Member, Korean Society of Civil Engineering (KSCE) 대한토목학회

Member, Korean Geosynthetics Society (KGS) 한국지반신소재학회

Member, Korean Society for Railway  한국철도학회

Member, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)

Member, International Geosynthetics Society (IGS)

Service to Government

 국토교통부 중앙건설기술심의위원회 설계심의분과위원 (2021-2024)

국토교통부 중앙지하사고조사위원단 위원 (2020-2024)

국토안전관리원 국토안전자문위원회 지하안전분과위원 (2022-2023)

광주광역시 지방건설기술심의위원회 심의위원 (2020-2022)

한국도로공사 고속도로 기술자문위원회 위원 (2020-2021)

한국도로공사 설계심의분과위원 (2015-2017)

해양수산부 기술자문위원회 위원 (2019-2021)

경기도 지방하천 기술자문위원회 위원 (2017-2021)

산림청 산사태원인조사단 위원 (2018-2021)

한국철도시설공단 기술자문설계심의분과위원 (2020-2021)

한국시설안전공단 정밀안전점검 및 정밀안전진단 평가위원회 위원 (2019-2021)

성남시 지하안전위원회 위원 (2021-2022)

당진시 지하사고조사위원회 위원 (2020-2022)

한국토지주택공사 기술심사평가위원 (2019-2020)

경기도 건설기술심의위원회 위원 (2018-2019)

경기도 건설본부 기술자문위원회 위원 (2013-2019)

부산지방해양수산청 부산항건설사무소 기술자문위원회 위원 (2016-2017)

인천도시공사 기술자문위원 (2015-2017)

서울특별시 도시철도공사 시설자문위원회 자문위원 (2012-2014)