PROFESSOR

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Republic of Korea, 2020

• Dissertation Title :  Self-Healing of Cracked Cementitious Materials Incorporating Superabsorbent Polymers

M.S. Civil Engineering, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Republic of Korea, 2016

• Thesis Title : Self-sealing behavior of cementitious materials incorporating different superabsorbent polymer types and dosages

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Republic of Korea, 2014

• Sep. 2022 – Present                                  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University 

• Apr. 2022 – Jul. 2022                                  Senior Researcher, Advanced Railroad Civil Engineering Division, Korea Railroad Research Institute 

• Feb. 2022 – Mar. 2022                               Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

• Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2022                                Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, Chung-Ang University

• Mar. 2014 – Feb. 2022                               Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chung-Ang University 

• Outstanding Research Achievement of the National R&D of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (2025년 국토교통 R&D 우수논문 20선 선정 - 우수상)

• Outstanding Researcher Award (2024), Kyungpook National University 

• Outstanding Research Project (2024), 2023 HCORE Solution, Hyundai Steel

• Best Presentation Award (2021) KRCRI Fall 2021 Conference, Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute

• A principal investigator of postdoctoral fellowship program (2021), Nurturing Next-generation Researchers, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

• A principal investigator of postdoctoral fellowship program (2020), Nurturing Next-generation Researchers, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

• Received Chung-Ang University Graduate Research Scholarship (Mar. 2016 ~ Feb. 2018) 

• Best Presentation Award (2016), KCI Spring 2016 Conference, Korea Concrete Institute

• Received National Excellence Scholarship (Natural Sciences and Engineering) (Fall 2013)

• Self-Healing Concrete

-  SAP-blended self-healing cementitious materials

-  Rapid self-sealing and long-term self-healing of cracks

-  Combined self-healing with internal curing in cementitious materials

• Smart Construction Materials and Technology

-  Development of advanced smart concrete

-  Development of 3D printing concrete

-  Rheological behavior of smart construction materials

• Nanotechnology in Concrete

-  Nano-engineered and nano-indented concrete

-  Effects of nano-reinforcements on durability of concrete

-  Characterization of the nanoscale structure of cementitious materials

• Sustainable Green Concrete

-  SCM-blended cementitious materials

-  Development of EcoSmart concrete

-  Development of carbon-neutral concrete