2회 한국-홍콩 지반공학 워크숍 (2nd KGS-HKGES Joint Workshop)
@ 홍콩과기대 (HKUST), 2/17/2025
홍콩지반공학회 Anthony Leung교수님과
남부현교수 발표
2부세션 발표자
홍콩 PolyU 방문 (Andy Leung교수님과)
The 2nd YGE Career Workshop (제2회 YGE 커리어 워크숍), 2/12/2025
한국지반공학회 젊은지반공학자(YGE) 커리어워크숍 (남부현교수 위원장) - 멘토 4명, 멘티(박사/포닥과정) 20명 참석
Univ of Central Florida (UCF), U.S.A. 방문, Jan-Feb 2025
with my former students
with Prof. Weiwei Zhan
My old office at UCF
재미과학자협회(KSEA) 회장 류재현(Prof. Jae Ryu) 경희대 방문, 1/21/2025
사진 왼쪽부터- 김성수 교무처장, 홍충선 부총장, 재미과학자협회 류재현 회장, 남부현 교수
아주대학교 총장 (최기주교수) 방문, 1/21/2025
사진 왼쪽부터- 류재현 재미과학자협회 회장, 최기주 아주대 총장, 남부현 교수
2024 경희토목 송년의 밤, 12/6/2025
동문회 발전기금 전달 (남부현교수 학과장)
KHU-UNSW-IIT-UCF 국제세미나 @ 경희대, 11/21/2024
Prof. Nam as chairman of the international workshop
Speakers: Prof.s Nick Chen (UCF, USA), Krishna Mohan (IIT, India), Samsung Lim (UNSW, Australia)
Profs. Chen, Mohan, Lim
2024 한미전문가세미나 학술프로그램 @ 한국건설기술연구원(KICT), 9/23/2024
FHWA (미국연방도로청) 엔지니어들과 함께 토목인프라 관련 워크숍
하와이주립대 (Univ of Hawaii at Manoa) 방문 및 하와이 화산 국립공원 방문, 9/8/2024
with Professors from UHM
Field trip
KGS-CTGS Joint Workshop 한국-대만 국제 워크숍 @ National Taiwan University, 8/29/2025
제2회 한국-미국 지반공학 워크숍 (2nd KGS- ASCE GI Joint Workshop) @ 경희대, 8/10/2025
준비위원장(남부현 교수)
above 100 participants
with USA speakers
with ASCE GI president and my students
일본 오사카대학 (Osaka University) 방문, Osaka, Japan, 8/5/2024
2024 기후위기 시대, 건설분야 - 복합재난.재해 대응 방안 국회포럼, 7/18/2024
국회포럼 발표
국회포럼 패널
이상식 국회의원외 참가자
남부현교수 패널 좌장
Hong Kong PolyU- KHU Student exchange program @ 경희대, 5/29/2024
GeoShanghai 2024 참석, 5/27/2024
with Prof. Liu(Tongji), Yun(홍익대), Zhan (UCF)
with the ISSMGE President
with Prof. Julian Tao (Arizona State Univ)
홍익대 윤희정교수님과 함께
Invited Talk at Shanghai University, 5/26/2024
with Prof. Hou's group
Visiting Shanghai Univ
with Prof. Juan Hou (Shanghai Univ)
My old friend (Prof. Richard Coffman) visiting Seoul, March 2024
with Prof. Joh (중앙대) and Coffman
2024 한국지반공학회 봄 학술대회 기조강연(Keynote speech), 3/22/2024
한국지반공학회 기조강연
학회장상
Prof. Andy Leung(홍콩지반공학회 학회장), Hong Kong PolyU 특별 강연 @ 경희대, 3/12/2024
2024 국제세미나 (KHU-UCF Joint Seminar), 올랜도, 플로리다, USA, 2/2/2024
International Workshop for Geohazards and Urban Geotechnics
The 1st YGE Career Workshop (제1회 YGE 커리어 워크숍), Dec 2023
한국지반공학회 젊은지반공학자(YGE) 커리어워크숍 (남부현교수 위원장) - 멘토 7명, 멘티(박사/포닥과정) 20명 참석
Interview with 위클리피플 ('대한민국을 빛낸 100인의 교수' 선정), Dec 2023
Outreach Education Event, Oct 2023
수원시 영일중학교 기부재능 세미나 (주제: "공학이란 무엇인가?")
2023 한국지반공학회 가을학술대회 참석, Sep 2023
Join Associate Editor of International Journal of Geo-engineering (IJGE)
September 2023
Reunion with UCF friends! Prof. Aty (chair of civil eng dept, UCF) and Prof. Lee (Central South Univ) visited KHU
Apri 2023
Prof. Nam got selected as the web director of Korean Geosynthetics Society (KGS) (홈페이지 전담이사).
Apri 2023
Prof. Nam's visit to Univ. of Central Florida (UCF) and Univ. of North Florida(UNF)
Feb. 2023
With UCF geo-friends (left), former student (Prof. Ryan Shamet at UNF), FL's sinkhole visit (right)
Prof. Nam's invited talk at The 1st Korea-Hong Kong Geotechnical Workshop
Jan. 2023
경희대(KHU)-금오공대 지반워크숍
Jan. 2023
2022 경희토목 송년의밤
End of Year Party!.
Dec. 2022
Prof. Jongwan Eun's(University of Nebraska-Lincoln) seminar to KHU Geo group.
"Geo-environmental engineering and multi-physics problems"
Nov. 2022
Prof. Sonny S. Kim's (University of Georgia) seminar to KHU Geo group.
Seminar about "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Geotechnics"
Oct. 2022
Prof. Jae Ryu's(University of Idaho) seminar at KHU
Seminar about "UAV in water engineering"
Sept. 2022
Prof. Yong Je Kim's visit to Kyung Hee University (Geotech group). Thanks for the great seminar on sinkhole remote sensing.
Aug. 2022
Prof. Nam gave an invited talk at Kangwon National University (College of Education). @ "Workshop on Surface Displacements Monitoring using Big data in Geophysics" August 5, 2022.
Korean Geotechnical Society- North America (KGS-NA) monthly meeting via Zoom. We are making a great visibility in the US!
UCF Geotech group at Geo-Congress 2022!! (@ Charlotte, North Carolina, March 20-24, 2022). Great to see our alumni. From left to right... Ryan, Nick, Berk, Jorge, Felippe, Tim, Boohyun, Luis, Jamie
The 1st US-Korea Geotechnical Workshop (chair: Prof. Boohyun Nam) @ Charlotte, North Carolina, March 20, 2022. This international workshop was supported by ASCE G-I and Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS).
Welcome Prof. Young-Hoon Joung from Kyung Hee University, South Korea. Lunch after the monthly seminar. Feb & March 2022
2022 KOTAA Annual Meeting, Jan 2022, Washington D.C.
Dr. Nam serves the president of Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA), Group photos with the KOTAA members and the travel grant awardees
US-Korea (UKC) 2021 Conference, December 15-18, 2021, Los Angels, CA
Invited talk at CEA session and with students (Jorge, Berk, Kyungwon)
KSEA Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEED) 21, December 14-15, 2021, Los Angels, CA
Dr. Nam got invited as one of SEED mentors.
Geo-extreme 2021 Conference, November 7-11, 2021, Savannah, GA
Gathering with friends and former students (Ryan at UNF, YJ at TXST)
Arirang's prime time News (Live) - Dr. Nam interview on Miami condo collapse, July 2021
Drone testing in waste landfill, June 20, 2021 (UCF-Geosyntec collaboration)
Dr. Nam received the Excellence in Research Award 2021
The 2nd US-Korea Geotech Workshop 2021 (organized by KGS-NA), Omaha, Nebraska
2021 Geotech Cross Border Seminar (UCF-UNF-Kyung Hee Univ- Hongik Univ)
Dr. Nam's Sinkhole research talk at CECS College Seminar Series, September 2020
Tim and Jordan Wedding. Beautiful couple! Congrats!
Field testing during COVID-19 Pandemic (FDOT pile driving project)
Dr. Nam's K-12 outreach (Sinkhole seminar at Carillion Elementary School)
Farewell "Party" for Dr. Cho? - He worked at MCF a day before he return to Korea :-)
Dr. Cho accepted Assistant Professor at Sanmyung Univ, Republic of Korea. Congrats!
2021 KOTAA (Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA)
Dr. Nam became the new president of KOTAA. Congrats!
Geo-Congress 2020 (UCF Geotech group)
Dr. Robert Bachus's talk at UCF (2020 GI Cross-USA Lecturer), Feb 2020
Research presentations at TRB 2020, Jan 2020
Keynote speaker at 2nd International Conference Green Sustainable Roads Industry In Egypt, Dec 2019
Prof. Raphael Crowley's talk at UCF's Geo-Seminar, Dec 2019
K-12 Education Outreach for Sinkhole Talk - April 2019
Ryan gave a fun Sinkhole talk to kids who attended the National Math and Science Competition (NMSC) 2019 organized by Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) Orlando Chapter. Dr. Nam served the NMSC chair of the Orlando chapter.
Nam's invited talk at USF Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR)
Dr. Nam was invited to give a sinkhole research talk to Dept. of Civil Engineering of USF.
New Year Party 2019 (Nam Group)
Geo-conference 2019 - March 2019
Nam's group (Boohyun Nam, Ryan Shamet, Yong Je Kim, Moataz Soliman) made three(3) presentations at Geo-Conference 2019, Philadelphia, PA.
2019 TRB Annual Meeting
Nam's group (Boohyun Nam, Byounghooi Cho, Moataz Soliman, Yong Je Kim) made eight(8) presentations at TRB 2019.
FSRI Seminar Series (January 31, 2019) - Prof. Paul Mayne
FSRI Seminar Series (February 28, 2019) - Prof. Sanghyun Lee from Florida State University
Title: Fracture propagation in porous media using the phase field approach
Nam's invited talk at KICT Sinkhole Workshop, Korea
Dr. Nam's Invited Talk at University of Tokyo (with Prof. Reiko's group)
Devil Den sinkhole visit (with Prof. Heejung Youn)
Sinkhole Conference - April 2018
IFCEE 2018 Conference - Students presentations, March 2018
We made three sinkhole presentations (From top left, Yongje Kim, Amirarsalan Rajabi, Ryan Shamet).
Dr. Nam served the chairs of two pavement/subgrade sessions.
Korean-American Geotechnical Faculties visit to UCF, March 2018
UCF host an annual meeting of Korean-Geotechnical Society (KGS)-North America.
Dr. Lee Petersen's guest seminar at UCF - Geotechnical Numerical Modeling, March 2018
Dr. Lee Petersen is a principal engineer from Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
Prof. Osmau Kusakabe's visit to Florida Sinkhole Research Institute (FSRI), March 2018
Dr. Kusakabe (center with gray hair)- Current president of International Press-In Association; former president of Japanese Geotechnical Society
G-I Outreach Committee visiting to UCF: Talks about "Being a Geotechnical Engineer", March 2018
From left, Ms. Anna Kotas, Dr. Menzer Pehlivan, Dr. Stacey Kulesza
ASCE Southeastern Student Conference: ASCE-UCF Concrete Canoe, March 2018
Korean sinkhole researchers visiting to Florida Sinkhole Research Institute (FSRI), March 2018
Prof. Seung-Ho Lee is a former president of Korea Geotechnical Society (KGS).
TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC, January 2018
With Prof. Surendra P. Shah (Northwestern Uni.) With Yongje (left) and Motaz (right)
Geo-Risk 2017 in Denver, CO (June 2017). Good job, Yongje! Snow in the middle of summer...Love this place! :-)
Ryan and Cody's wedding (May 2017). Congrats, lovely couple!
Having fun in lab with mess. These guys will be professors in the future. Believe they will miss fun time. :-)
Meeting with the NAE member, Prof. Kumares Sinha (April, 2017) - we talked about fun sinkhole research!
Nam's Geotech Group at 2017 Jim Jammal Lecture (April, 2017)
- Photo with Leila and Vic Donald (speaker; senior principal with Terracon Consultants and national director for geotechnical services) and dinner with group members.
Nam's Group at 2017 Geotechnical Frontiers Conference, Orlando, FL (March, 2017)
- Presentations from Adam and Yongje; Ron's exhibit booth for all sinkhole research! Great jobs guys!
Sinkhole K-12 Outreach at STEM Night at Sanford Middle School (Oct. 27th, 2016)
Visit from Korea Infrastructure Safety Technology Corporation (KISTEC), February, 2017 - meeting with Nam's group and Prof. Kapucu
With Prof. Mishac Yegian (Northeastern University), October 2016 - Thanks for the great seminar!
Nam attended GeoChina International Conference 2017 in Jinan (7/25/16-7/28/16)
With Professors Avijit Maji (IIT, India), Dharamveer Singh (IIT, India), Shih-Huang Chen (National Central Univ., Taiwan), Jia-Ruey Chang (National Ilan Univ., Taiwan), Shu-Rong Yang (National Pingtung Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Taiwan)
Nam served the session chair with Prof. Hadi Khabbaz (Univ. of Technology Sydney, Australia) and presented his sinkhole research
2016 Jim Jammal Lecture
Nam attended the ASCE Southeast Student Conference (3/10/2016-3/16/2016)
Great jobs on concrete canoe, steel bridge, and others. Go Knight !!
Nam's group visited the recent failed dams due to Hurricane Jaoquin in South Carolina (Drs. Nam, Singh, Ms. Barredo, 11/05/2015-11/06/2015)
Old Mill Pond Dam
Mr. Lars Forslof (RoadRoid CEO) visited UCF and gave a special talk about RoadRoid technology.
Visiting Florida International University (FIU), with Prof. Lee at the Wind Research Facility
Field trip to Argos's concrete mix plant, Orlando, FL (10/17/2014)
Nam attending at Geohubei International Conference 2014, Yichang, China (July 2014)
Nam attending at the Professors' Driven Pile Institute (PDPI) by Pile Driving Contractor Association, Logan, Utah (July 2013)
Quincy, trip to Nicaragua to help build kid's school (Summer 2013)
Celebrating Zach's successful MS defense, Orlando, FL (May 2013)
Hamid, Nam, Zach, and Kazi at Transportation Research Board 91st Meeting, Washington D.C. (Jan 2012)
Nam in the Softball Team ("Olson's Army") of the Dept. of Geotechnical Eng. at The University of Texas at Austin (Spring 2008)