Geuntae Hong (홍근태), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Kyungpook National University
E2-209, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
Office: +82-53-950-8548
E-mail: gthong@knu.ac.kr
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
Guest Editor, Special Issue "Advanced Concrete Technology – Smart and Multifunctional Cementitious Composites", Materials (SCIE) (2021 – 2022)
Guest Editor, Special Issue "Smart and Multifunctional Cement-Based Materials", Buildings (SCIE) (2023 – 2024)
Scientific Committee, ITC2023 Conference (Integrative Technology Stemmed from Interdisciplinary Convergence Research Leading to the Human-Friendly Earth), August 23–25, Seoul, South Korea (2023)
위원, 한국콘크리트학회 학생위원회 (2023 – 2024)
편집위원, 한국건설순환자원학회 학회지편집위원회 (2023 – 현재)
산업기술혁신 평가단 정위원, 한국산업기술기획평가원 (2024 – 현재)
건설안전위원회 평가위원, 국토안전관리원 (2024 – 현재)
편집위원, 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 학회지편집위원회 (2025 – 현재)
편집위원, 한국콘크리트학회 학회지편집위원회 (2025 – 현재)
편집간사, 한국콘크리트학회 국문논문집편집위원회 (2025 – 현재)
Cement and Concrete Composites
Construction and Building Materials
Automation in Construction
Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Case studies in Construction Materials
Journal of Building Engineering
Materials and Structures
Materials
International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
Journal of the Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance and Inspection