Professor

Prof. Boo Hyun Nam 

Research Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TSDbgN1sw

Professional Services (in Korea):

• 2050 탄소중립녹색성장위원회-과학기술.인재 전문위원 (2025.04 ~ present) [Committee member of 2050 The Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth]  

• 국토교통부 중앙건설기술심의위원회 (2024.2 ~ present) [Central Construction Technology Deliberation Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport] 

• 국가녹색기술연구소 기후변화 적응 R&D 사업기획 분과위원 (2024.6 - pres.) [Climate Change Adaptation R&D Project Planning Committee Member of the National Institute of Green Technology ]

• 국립재난안전연구원 중앙지진재해원인조사단 분과위원 (2024.6 - pres.) [Committee member of the Central Earthquake Damage Causation Investigation Team of the National Institute for Disaster Prevention and Safety] 

• 국토교통부 3기 중앙지하사고조사위원단 위원 (2023. 1 - 2024. 12) [Member of the Central Underground Accident Investigation Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ]

Awards and Honors:

• 2025 한국지반신소재학회 학회장상 (Korean Geosynthetics Society President's Award) 2025. 3

• 2024 한국지반공학회 학회장상 (Korea Geotechnical Society President's Award) 2024.3.

• 2023 Alumni Appreciation Award(공로상), 경희대학교 토목공학과 동문회 2023.12

• 2021 College of Engineering and Computer Science Excellence in Research

  • 2020 Terracon Foundation Award

  • GEOE Award, 2019 Best English Paper of International Journal of Geo-Engineering 

  • Honorary Scientist and Advisor, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea, 1/2017-pres.

  • IGS-NA Educate the Educators Fellow, International Geosynthetics Society-North America.

  • 2016 Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, ASCE Florida Section

  • 2015 Terracon Foundation Award

  • Professor's Driven Pile Institute (PDPI) Fellow, Pile Driving Contractors Association, 2013.

  • Excellent Research Award, 2010 Korean Transportation Association in America, Washington DC (2011)

  • TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Award Fellow (2010)

  • Innovative Research Award, Best Paper and Presentation at the GAIN 2009 Conference, University of Texas at Austin (2009)

  • PBS&J Poster Award, Best Research Poster at the GAIN 2009 Conference, University of Texas at Austin (2009)

  • Graduate Student Professional Development Award, University of Texas at Austin (2008)

  • Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Texas at Austin (2004 to 2010)

  • Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, Graduate Study Abroad Fellowship. (2003 to 2005: $60,000)

Invited Talks:

• ASCE G-I 6th Annual Live  Streaming Web Conferences, December 6-10, 2021.

• 110th ARDOT Transportation Research Committee (TRC) Engineering Conference & Equipment Expo,  "Underground cavity assessment using CPT," Hot Springs Arkansas, May 24, 2021.

• AEG Karst Hazards Forum Conference 2021, "Geotechnical engineering methods to assess the sinkhole vulnerability via cone penetration test (CPT)," March 24, 2021.

• 13th Annual Richard F. McCormick Technical Conference, "Multiscale sinkhole vulnerability assessment," January 28, 2021, Virtual conference. 

• Institute for Geotechnical Engineering, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany, May 2019 (title: Karst geotechnical engineering)

• Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, June 2019 (title: Sinkhole and subsidence in urban area).

• US-Korea Geotechnical Workshop (virtual workshop), October 2020 (title: CPT-based subsurface characterization in Karst). 

• Seminar series (total five times): Karst engineering geology and geotechnical engineering, Chang'An University, Geotechnical Program, Xi'an, China, November 2020 (virtual seminar)

  • USF, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Eng., Center for Urban Transportation Research, April 2019 (title: Sinkhole susceptibility evaluation for transportation infrastructure)

  • Keynote speaker, 1st International Conference Green Sustainable Industry Roads (ICGSIR) in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 2018 (title: A continuous pavement profiling device for evaluating urban sinkholes)

  • USF, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, April 20, 2018 (title: Karst Sinkhole Risk Assessment—an Engineering Perspective)

  • Keynote speaker, Annual Conference of Korea Geotechnical Society, March 2017 (title: Sinkhole hazard assessment and hazard mapping)

  • US-Korea Conference 2016, Dallas, TX, August 2016.

  • National Institute of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea, June 2017 

  • Florida BNEST Regional Conference, Orlando, FL, February 2015. 

  • KSEA Southeastern Regional Conference, Duluth, GA, March 2014.

  • University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, June 2012. 

  • Fugro Consultants Inc., Austin, Texas, Jan 2011.

Professional Services (Academics):

국내 학회 활동:

• 한국지반공학회 (Korean Geotechnical Society)

  • YGE(Young Geotechnical Engineers) 전담이사 (2025-2027)

  • YGE 포럼 위원회 위원장 (2023 - 2025)

  • 기초 기술위원회

  • 지반진동 기술위원회

  • 지반역학 및 불포화 기술위원회 

  • 지반IT융합 기술위원회

  • 북미위원회 (KGS-NA) (고문)

• 한국지반신소재학회 (Korean Geosynthetics Society)

  • 홈페이지 전담이사 (2023 - 2025)

• 한국지하안전협회 

  • 특임부회장 (2023- 2025)

• 한국도로학회 (Korean Society of Road Engineers)

  • 학회준비위원회 및 이사 (2023-2025)

• 한국저영향개발협회(KLIDA) 위원장

Editorial Board Appointments:

• • 편집위원장, 한국지반공학회논문집 (2022 - pres.)

  • Associate Editor, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (2015- 12/2017)

  • Editorial Board, Frontiers of Built Environment (Construction section)

  • Co-editor, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) (07/2014)

  • Guest editor, Special issue, Materials (07/2019 - present)

Committee Members:

• • Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences

    • Member (2017-pres.), TRB AFP20 (Geotechnical Site Characterization)

    • Member (2012-pres.), TRB AFD80 (Pavement Structural Modeling and Evaluation)

  • ASCE G-I Engineering Geology and Site Characterization (2019-pres.)

  • ASCE G-I Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering (2015-pres.)

  • ASCE EMI, Mechanics of Pavement Committee (2015-2018) 

Memberships:

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

    • Member within TC102 (In-Situ Testing)

    • Member within TC211 (Ground Improvement)

    • Member within TC304 (Risk)

    • Member within TC307 (Sustainability)

  • Member, Korean Society of Civil Engineers (대한토목학회)

  • Member, Korean Geosynthetics Society (한국지반신소재학회)

  • Member, Korean Society of Road Engineers (한국도로학회)

  • Member, Korea Geotechnical Society (한국지반공학회)

  • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

  • Member, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)

International Conference/Workshop Organizations:

• • Chair, 2024 International Workshop for Geohazards and Urban Geotechnics, Orlando, Florida, Feb 1-2, 2024

  • Co-chair, The 5th US-Korea Geotechnical Workshop, Atlanta, GA, July 25-26, 2023

  • Co-chair, Artificial Intelligence in Smart Cities (hosted by KSCEE, KOTAA, KOCSEA), April 7, 2021. (virtual conference) 

  • Conference organizing committee, AEG Karst Hazards Forum Conference 2021. (virtual conference)

  • Scientific committee, 6th International Conference on Geotechnical Research and Engineering (ICGRE'21), March 14-16, 2021, London, England. 

  • Organizing committee, The 2nd US-Korea Geotechnical Workshop, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 2020.

  • Conference organization committee, The 16th Sinkhole Conference, April 12-16, 2020, Puerto Rico.

  • Session chair, Sinkhole Detection, Characterization, and Engineering, Geo-Congress 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 25-28, 2020. 

  • Organizing committee, The 1st US-Korea Geotechnical Workshop, Atlanta, GA, July 2019.

  • Symposium chair (organizing 7 civil engineering sessions), UKC 2018, New York City, August 2018.

  • International Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Recent Progresses in  Civil Engineering,  Amol, Iran, November 15-16, 2017.

  • Conference organization committee, The 15th Sinkhole Conference, Spring 2018.

  • Conference steering committee (scientific committee), 2015 International Airfield & Highway Pavement Conference, Miami, FL, June 2015.

  • Conference steering committee, Florida US-Korea Conference on Biomedical, Nanoscience, Engineering and System Technology 2015, Orlando, FL, February 2015.

  • Session chair, T&DI Airfield & Highway Pavement Conference 2015, Miami, FL, June 2015

  • Session chair, Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., Jan 2015

  • Session chair, Geohubei International Conference 2014, Yichang, China, July 2014

  • Session chair, US-Korean Conference (UKC) 2014, San Francisco, CA, August 2014