경상국립대학교(통영) 친환경 지반공학 연구실

Dissemination of the Glocal project

2025 Feb 6th

The College of Marine Sciences at GNU is providing an open lifelong education program as a part of the Glocal University 30 project by the Ministry of Education. In the 2nd half of 2024, 16 classes were provided to the public. Dr. Do is in charge of the project at the College. The performances during last semester were disseminated on Feb. 6th to the public.

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2024 KGSS Fall Conference

2024 Nov 7th

Sojeong presented 'Analysis of Material Characteristics of Oyster Shells and Discussion of their Geotechnical Application' as an intern of BLUELABS.

Project 'RISE' is rising

2024 Oct 23rd

'Regional Innovation System & Education (RISE)' by the Ministry of Education is currently being developed at local universities. GNU the college of Marine Science is preparing the RISE project with 'Workation'. Workation means working during vacation. GNU professionals  will do co-projects with people outside, so that the local area can get more attentions.

Dr. Do, as a Vice Dean, has presented the importance of using local facilities with workation from a recent Region-Industry-University-Institute agreement.

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2024 KSMI Fall Conference

2024 Oct 1st

Dr. Do presented 'Case Study of Infrastructural Failures Caused by 2018 Hurricane Florence, USA' as a part of project from KALIS.

2024 KGS Fall Conference

2024 Sep 28th

Dr. Do attended 2024 KGS Fall Conference with the presentation of 'Local Strength of Unsaturated Sand MICP-Treated by Surface Percolation'.

KSCE BUK branch Convention

2024 Aug 29th

There was a KSCE BUK branch convention at Convention Center, GNU. Dr. Do, Sojeong, and some undergrad student in Department of Ocean Civil Engineering attended the conference. Dr. Do did a session chair and SJ provided a presentation about the research during her MS program.

ICGE24 

2024 Aug 21st

Dr. Do & Dr. Jafri attended 2024 International Conference on Geomechanics and Engineering, held at The K-Hotel, Seoul.

Dr. Jafri disseminated his recent research,  "Localized compressive strength profiling of sand columns treated with MICP using surface percolation method" at the session on Exploring Innovations in Geotechnical Engineering (I). The presentation will be published in the special issue of Geomechanics and Engineering (GAE).

Dr. Do conducted a chair for the session on Underground Geomechanics and Engineering.

For a better education system 

2024 Aug 12th

Dr. Do attended a forum to promote the high school education system in Gyeongnam, held at GNU Tongyeong campus. Dr. Do shared some experiences with attendees during the high school class last semester.  Currently, the wall between university and region is getting thinner. Professors should expand their capabilities beyond department or university.

2024 US-KGS YGE Networking dinner

2024 Aug 8th

KGS YGE (by Prof. Boohyun Nam, Kyeonghee U.) has organized US-KGS YGE meeting. Profs. Jie Han, Anand Puppala, Dimitrios Zekkos, Sheng Dai, Sonny Kim, and Jongwan Eun visited Korea, and gathered with KGS YGE members including Dr. Do at Soowon. Glad to meet the esteemed professors.

2024 KGSS Spring Conference

2024 Apr 5th

Sojeong has provided a presentation titled 'Analysis of Erosion Behavior of MICP-Treated Sand Surface by Wind-Induced Shear Velocity'. SJ did a great job on the presentation. Dr. Do, as her advisor, is proud of her seeing her development during the MS program. Keep going, Sojeong! 

Visit to U. of Ulsan

2024 Mar 28th

Surge group visited the U. of Ulsan to train a cyclic direct simple shear tester. Prof. Jongmuk Won, a geotechnical professor at the U. of Ulsan, and his students welcomed us. During the training, we were glad to learn how to use the instrument and enjoyed the time. Thank the U. of Ulsan for the warmhearted hospitality!

New position

2024 Jan.

Dr. Do has been designated as a vice dean for the College of Marine Science at GNU. With the new dean, Dr. Jung-Suck Lee at the Department of Seafood Science and Technology in the same college, Dr. Do will serve the college and local community for the next two years. Hope to have many new experiences!

In and Out

2023 Dec. 1st

Hyeongjoon has a job at Dasan engineering consultant, so he's decided to leave the lab! Congratulations! SURGE wishes HY's happy new life at Seoul. At the meantime, Dr. Turab Jafri has joined the lab. He will be working on biocementation and much other research.  Dr. Jafri's google scholar is here. Welcome so much!

KGSS Fall Conference at Sunchon

2023 Nov. 9th

Dr. Do attended the 2023 KGSS conference at Sunchon (Sunchon National University) and provided a presentation related to Geocell.

KSCE Convention at Yeosoo

2023 Oct. 18th - 20th

2023 KSCE Convention had held at Yeosoo and Dr. Do and Hyeongjoon attended. Dr. Do was a organizing committee and HJ presented his work by a poster session (Effect of Geocell Height on Bearing Capacity in Sand). Dr. Do also conducted a session chair for Soil Improvement session. In this session, Taeyoung presented our ongoing work regarding the devegetation effect by MICP. The event was awesome and unforgettable. We hope there will be unlimited changes to participate in future KSCE events!

Study at different place

2023 Sep. - 2024 Mar.

Sojeong is staying in Japan for her exchange student program. She is in the Environmental Study Program at the Department of Geography, Komazawa University. SJ is struggling with Japanese and English away from Korean! Good luck!

Lab crowded with high schoolers

2023 Sep. - Nov.

Surge Lab has engaged with a neighboring high school, Dongwon High School, for Physics class. Periodically high school students visit our lab to perform simple Physics tests, especially related to Geotech. Students in the photos are making construction materials mixed with waste marine debris.  We hope those students have interests in University-level knowledge and Engineering!

KSCE BUK branch Convention

2023 Sep 1st

GNU OCE students attended KSCE Busan-Ulsan-Kyeongnam branch Convention under the direction of Dr. Do. Students organized a part of the convention themselves and enjoyed the event a lot. Great works!

Member joined

2023 Sep

Kiryung and Kyeongyeop have joined the lab as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome~!

Editorial board meeting for International Journal of Geo-Engineering

2023 July 27th

Dr. Do was appointed an associate editor for the International Journal of Geo-Engineering (IJGE) 2023-2025. IJGE is an international journal operated by Korea Geotechnical Society. Members is doing their best to improve the journal quality. 

5th US-Korea Geotechnical Workshop

2023 July 26th

Dr. Do disseminated his recent work, Devegetation Technology using Bio-Cementation, at 5th US-Korea Geotechnical Workshop (online). The workshop included 6 presenters from Korea and 6 presenters from US.

The last day of class and Lab summer trip

2023 Mid June

Lab members celebrated the last day of class. Also, members had a good time in Busan on a lab summer trip. The event included a farewell for Hyeok. Thank you so far, Mr. HC!

2023 KGS Spring Conference

2023 Mar 23

Sojeong presented her recent research: Issues and Troubleshooting of Evaluating MICP-Treated Sand Surface.' Naqeeb who is a Ph.D. student and co-researcher at SCNU presented 'Preliminary Study on De-vegetation Effect of MICP.' Good job, both~!

Welcome party for Hyeok 

2022 Nov 17

Mr. Hyeok Choi joined our lab and we had a welcome party. Glad to have you, HC!

New project 

2022 Nov 1

Academy-Industry collaboration project, 'Roadbed improvement by geocell' has been initiated with Geocell Korea. 5-month co-work.

2022 International Conference for Road Engineers 

2022 Oct 5-6

Dr. Do attended 2022 ICRE held at Jeju providing a presentation (Microbial Attempt to Improve Unpaved Road in Developing Countries as Low Cost and Easy Implementation). The presentation was awarded as the best oral presentation.

10th International Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics 2022

2022 Sep 19-23

Dr. Do attended ICPMG 2022 held at KAIST providing a presentation (Understanding of MICP-
Treated Sands using Vs and qt) and session chair. 

2022 International Conference on Geomechanics and Engineering

2022 Aug 17-18

Sojeong and Dr. Do attended 2022 ICGE held at Seoul National  University. Sojeong provided 'Effect of Urea Hydrolysis by Ureolytic Bacteria under Different Solvent Conditions' among knowledgable scholars. Good job, SJ! 

Lab summer trip

2022 Jul 28-29

Our lab visited Busan as a Lab travel. Had a fun time!

Article in KGS Magazine by Dr. Do

2022 Jul 21st

An article written by Dr. Do has been published in KGS Magazine. It introduced how Dr. Do married and had children. http://www.kgs-m.org/magazine/kgsm/sm-27/pt-post/nd-507

Farewell party for JH

2022 Jun 3rd

Jihye has quit an undergrad researcher for better future and lab members celebrated her with a party. Appreciation for Jihye's efforts so far.

Collaboration with Korea Expressway Corporation

2022 March to June

A field-scale project is ongoing to investigation the devegetation effect of MICP funded by Korea Expressway Corporation at Goseong. Dr. Do discussed the work with field engineers. Expected to see a great result.

Cherry blossom going out

2022 Apr 1st

2022 KGSS Spring conference attendance

2022 Mar 31st

Dr. Do attended 2022 KGSS Spring Conference at Pocheon (Daejin University), South Korea. Dr. Do provided a presentation regarding a recent project (Optimization of Lightweight Soil Reinforced with Waste Fishing Net and its Design Guideline) and did a chair for Session 2. The presentation was awarded as the best oral presentation.

Wonseok welcome party

2022 Mar 18th

Lab eating record has been renewed from 23 servings to 30 servings by 6 people...?? Sojeong came by the party for a moment.

Career seminar on KGS conference

2022 Mar 16th

Dr. Do attended 2022 KGS Spring conference at Seoul, and provided a presentation 'how to prepare academic career' in YGE special session, chaired by Professor Ilhan Chang. This consisted of 3 presentations: Research institute, industry, and academia. Dr. Do was in charge of academia. Attendants definitely felt something different compared to conventional-geotechnical presentations so far. YGE group hopes such events never stop.

The first day of class party

2022 Mar 4th

Lab eating record has been renewed from 19 servings to 23 servings by 6 people...

Member joined

2022 Mar

Wonseok Jung have joined SURGE lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!

During business trip 

2022 Feb 16th

We met heavy snow on the way to KICT. It was cold but somehow warm (Hyungjoon, Jihye, and Geunhyung from left to right. Dr. Do taking a picture). 

Visiting researcher from SCNU

2021 Dec 27th

Taeyoung Kim from SCNU have visited SURGE Lab for MICP training. He will stay 4 weeks. Welcome!

Farewell and end-year party 

2021 Dec 17th

SURGE lab had a farewell party for Taehyeun and end-year party. Dr. Do got his memory lost during the party. Thank you all for being a member of this group!

KGS YGE committee meeting

2021 Dec 9th

Dr. Do met KGS YGE (young geotechnical engineers) committee members at Daejeon. This group is led by Prof. Ilhan Chang. We had very constructive, beautiful, memorable, and exciting times~~!!.

A new research project initiated

2021 Dec 1st

A new research project 'Unpaved road improvement by microbes and enzyme' has been launched for the next 5 months. The project is funded by KICT. Hyeongjoon is involved in this project.

Won 3rd place in LH competition!

2021 Nov 25th

Sojeong won 3rd place in the 12th LH national land development competition OUT OF 75 TEAMS! The idea was 'the use of microbes to mitigate fugitive dust.' All winners were a team, but she was the only person who won the competition alone. Proud of you, Sojeong! Congratulations!

https://newgh.gnu.ac.kr/main/na/ntt/selectNttInfo.do?mi=1070&bbsId=1021&nttSn=2016819

2021 KGSS fall conference attendance

2021 Nov 18th

Dr. Do attended 2021 KGSS Fall Conference at Seoul, South Korea. The president of the International Geosynthetics Society, Prof. Chungsik You provided a keynote speech. Dr. Do made a presentation regarding the surface treatment for fugitive dust control using MICP.

A new research project initiated

2021 Nov 1st

A new research project 'Devegetation near road by bio-cementation' has been launched for the next 6 months as a local project. The project is funded by Gyeongsangnamdo and Ministry of Education. Jihye and Geunhyung are involved in this project.

Member joined

2021 Oct

Jihye, Geunhyung, and Hyungjoon have joined SURGE lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!

2021 KSCE convention attendance

2021 Oct 21st-22nd

Dr. Do and Sojeong attended 2021 KSCE Convention at Gwangju, South Korea. Dr. Do did chairman for geotechnical session 1, and Sojeong made a presentation regarding the MICP surface treatment for unpaved road during geotechnical session 3.

2021 KGS fall conference attendance

2021 Oct 1st

Dr. Do attended 2021 KGS Fall Conference at AT center, Seoul. He disseminated his work, 'Improving Erosion Resistance near Spillway Structure using Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation.' The picture is when the president of KGS, Dr. Moonkyung Chung was doing a welcome speech.

Farewell

2021 Aug 23rd

Youngdong left the research group and starts working at Heungwoo Industry. Congratulations on the beginning of your new life, and hope for your successful achievement at new place, YD~!

Workshop participation

2021 Aug 17th

Dr. Do made a presentation during 3rd US-Korea Geotech Workshop hosted by the Korean Geotechnical Society - North America (KGS-NA). The presentation title was 'Application and Extension of MICP.' Participants were mainly young geotechnical engineers (YGE) board members led by Dr. Ilhan Chang of KGS. My pleasure to be a part of this workshop.

Research dissemination

2021 Aug 11th

Dr. Do had a research seminar to E3GEO research group at Ajou University under Dr. Ilhan Chang's direction. Dr. Do showed his past research on MICP, especially erodibility perspective. Deep appreciation for the invitation from Dr. Chang.

A new research project initiated

2021 Jul 1st

A new research project 'Soil Improvement using Microbes for Foundation System of Offshore Wind Turbine' has been launched for the next 6 months as a planning project. The project is funded by Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology. Taehyun is involved in this project.

Member joined

2021 Jun

Taehyun has joined SURGE lab as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome!

A new research project initiated

2021 Jun 1st

A new research project 'Preliminary Study of Coastal Erosion Mitigation using Microbes and Salt Water' has been launched for next 3 years. The project is funded by Korea National Research Foundation. Sojeong and Jeongwon are associated with this project.

Member joined

2021 May

Jeongwon has joined SURGE lab as an undergraduate researcher. He has a specialty in Marine Environmental Engineering.

A new research project assigned

2021 Mar 31st

KIOST assigned a project 'Evaluation of light-weight dredged sediments reinforced with waste fishing fabrics' to GNU. 6 months project. Youngdong is involved in this project.

Members joined

2021 Spring

Youngdong and Sojeong have joined in SURGE lab as undergraduate researchers. Both belong to Ocean Civil Engineering.

Job initiation

2020 Sep 1st

Jinung has been working at GNU starting from Sep. 1st, 2020.

2024 KGSS Spring Conference

2024 Apr 5th

Sojeong has provided a presentation titled 'Analysis of Erosion Behavior of MICP-Treated Sand Surface by Wind-Induced Shear Velocity'. SJ did a great job on the presentation. Dr. Do, as her advisor, is proud of her seeing her development during the MS program. Keep going, Sojeong!