Jorge Loy-Benitez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Artificial Intelligence

Kyungdong University, 46 Bongpo 4-gil, Goseong-gun, Gangwon state 24764 

Tel: +010-3879-8894

E-mail: loybenitez@hanyang.ac.kr

Education

Kyung Hee University, Yongin, South Korea

Ph.D. Applied Environmental Engineering

September 2017 - February 2023

Advisor: Professor ChangKyoo Yoo

Thesis: Artificial intelligence-driven context-aware frameworks for sustainable management of indoor and underground environments: Modeling, monitoring and control

Research:

• Artificial intelligence-based integrated frameworks for indoor air quality management

• Renewable energy management in railroad transportation

• Wastewater treatment smart monitoring 

Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Mining Engineering, BSc.

October 2010 - April 2016

Thesis: Investigation of metallogenic features through DRX techniques

Experience

Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

Research Professor, Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering

Rock Mechanics and Underground Space Lab.

Professor Sean Seungwon Lee

March 2023 - February 2026

Research:

• Integrated AI-based management of tunneling processes with Earth Pressure Balance machines

• Smart monitoring of hazards and multi-objective optimization of excavation processes

• Resource planning and maintenance of tunneling elements