Assistant Professor at Dong-A university
E-mail : donghojeon@dau.ac.kr
Graduate Student Recruitment (M.S. / Ph.D. / Integrated M.S.–Ph.D.)
석사과정 및 석박사 통합과정 학생 모집합니다. (등록금 전액 지원 및 추가 인건비 지급)
We are recruiting graduate students for Master’s, Doctoral, and Integrated M.S.–Ph.D. programs.
Funding Support: Qualified students will be supported with tuition fees and a monthly stipend through the BK21 Program and externally funded individual research projects.
Please feel free to contact me by email if you are interested.
Research Field
Construction materials for sustainability
Waste valorization
AI applications
Smart sensing (PZT, ERT)
Research Keyword
1) Low-carbon / cementless binder
Low-carbon cement, Clinker-free binder, Alkali-activated materials, Quicklime-activated binder
2) CO2 utilization / carbonation / carbon sequestration
CO2 curing, Mineral carbonation, CO2 sequestration, Carbon storage in cementitious materials, Carbon-negative binder, CO2-responsive materials (zeolite), In-situ CO2 mixing, Internal carbonation, Carbonate phase formation, Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), Cementitious carbon capture materials
3) Industrial by-products / waste valorization
Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS), Fly ash, Coal bottom ash, Ferronickel slag, Steel slag, Copper slag, Waste glass powder, Waste oyster shell, Red mud, Reverse osmosis (RO) reject water, Desalination reject brine, Biochar, Perlite, Vermiculite, Industrial waste recycling, Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), Alternative SCMs, Waste-derived binders
4) Hydration / reaction kinetics
Cement hydration, Hydration kinetics, Early-age hydration, Heat evolution, Isothermal calorimetry, Cumulative heat release, Slag activation, Fly ash activation, Pozzolanic reaction, R3 test, Degree of reaction, Reaction acceleration, Setting acceleration, Early strength development
5) Phase evolution / microstructure
Phase evolution, Microstructural evolution, Pore structure refinement, C-S-H, C-A-S-H, M-S-H, AFm phases, Ettringite, Delayed ettringite formation (DEF), Calcium carbonate, Monocarboaluminate, Hydrotalcite-like phase, Amorphous phase, Crystallinity, Thermodynamic modeling, Phase equilibrium calculation
6) Chemical activators / additives
Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), Calcium oxide (CaO), Calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), Magnesium oxide (MgO), Magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2), Calcium chloride (CaCl2), Calcium formate, Aluminum sulfate hydrate, Barium hydroxide, Barium nitrate, Triethanolamine (TEA), Monoethanolamine (MEA), Glycine, Sugar retardation, Calcium complexation, Aluminate-induced reaction
7) Mechanical performance
Compressive strength, Early strength, Strength enhancement, Mechanical performance, Dynamic modulus, Elastic modulus evolution, Poisson’s ratio, High-performance cementitious composites, Lightweight concrete, Lightweight binder, Artificial aggregate, Cold-bonded pelletization
8) Durability / special performance
Sulfate resistance, Water resistance, Hydrophobic modification, Flowability, Thermal insulation, Acoustic performance, Neutron shielding, Radiation shielding, Phase change material (PCM), Leak-free PCM aggregate, Protective wall, Blast pressure mitigation, Hydrogen refueling station safety, Fire/high-temperature exposure of cementitious materials
9) AI for cement and concrete materials
Machine learning for cementitious materials, Deep learning-based prediction, Hybrid machine learning framework, GAN-augmented data, CT-GAN, Synthetic data generation, R3 reactivity prediction, Pozzolanic reactivity prediction, Hydration heat prediction, Physics-informed neural network (PINN), Physics-informed surrogate model, Data-driven materials design, AI-assisted mix design, Low-carbon binder optimization
10) Infrastructure AI / predictive maintenance
Rail joint-gap prediction, Rail temperature effect, Curved ballasted track, Field-measured rail data, Rail condition monitoring, Site-specific prediction, Airborne chloride prediction, Marine bridge durability, Artificial neural network (ANN), Infrastructure maintenance prediction
11) PZT sensing
Piezoelectric sensing, Multi-mode PZT sensing, In-situ monitoring, Dynamic property profiling, Resonance-based sensing, Cement setting monitoring, Hydration monitoring, Non-destructive evaluation, NDE
12) ERT / EIT
Electrical resistance tomography (ERT), Electrical impedance tomography (EIT), Frequency-difference ERT, Single-side ERT, Rebar detection, Embedded rebar imaging, High-spatial-resolution mapping, Micro-CT validation, Theoretical sensitivity analysis, Cement mortar imaging, Concrete structure monitoring
13) Characterization methods
X-ray diffraction(XRD), Quantitative XRD (QXRD), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Differential thermogravimetry (DTG), Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP), Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), 27Al and 29Si MAS NMR, Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT), Isothermal calorimetry, ICP-OES, Pore size distribution, Amorphous content quantification