Principal Investigator (PI)
Kil-Wan Ko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Since 2025 Spring)
Research Interests
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Soil Dynamics, and Physical Modeling in Geotechnics
Members
Dong-Hyeong Choi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher (Since 2025 Fall)
Research Interests
Soil Liquefaction, Seismic Incoherency
Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Eng., KAIST, 2025
M.Sc. Civil & Environmental Eng., KAIST, 2021
B.S. Geological Science, Pusan National University, 2019
Jaewoo Kang
Ph.D. Student (Since 2025 Fall)
Research Interests
Dynamic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction
B.S. Civil & Environmental Eng., KAIST, 2023
Gunhak Kim
M.S. Student (Since 2026 Spring)
Research Interests
Topographic Effects on Site Amplificiation
B.S. Civil & Architecture Eng., Sungkyunkwan University, 2026
Jinyong Kim
Researcher (Since 2026 Spring)
Research Interests
Dynamic Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction
M.Sc. Civil & Environmental Eng., KAIST, 2026
B.S. Civil Eng., Kyung Hee University, 2023
Changsung Yim
Researcher (Since 2026 Spring)
Research Interests TBD
B.S. Civil Eng., Kyung Hee University, 2026
Undergraduate Researchers
Hyelim Park
Undergraduate (Since 2025 Spring)
Research Interests
Soil Liquefaction
B.S. Civil & Environmental Eng., KAIST
Kyeongmin Noh
Undergraduate (Since 2025 Fall)
Research Interests
Seismic Source Charaterization
B.S. Civil & Environmental Eng., KAIST
Staff @ KOCED Geo-Centrifuge Testing Center
Chan Seon Lee
Admin Assistant
Sung-Bok Lee
Researcher and Operation Manager
Yonghyun Kang
Research Engineer
Alumni and Past Members
🧑🎓: Ph.D. ;🧑🔬: M.S.; 🧚:Undergraduate; 🦸:Postdoc
🧑🔬Jinyong Kim (2024 - 2025, Prof. Jinhyun Choo at SNU in primary advisor), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST
🧚Nasution Ahmad Carleone (2025 - 2026), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST
🧚Sungwoo Joo (2025), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
🧚Sumin Cha (2025), Department of Mechanical Engineering, POSTECH
🧚Tiffany Lim (2025), Department of Environmental Earth Systems Science, NTU (Singapore)