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
Team 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
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
🧚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)