Soung Eil Houng

SOUNG EIL HOUNG (홍성일, 洪性一)

Ph.D. student @ University of California, Berkeley

Education

2024.01 - Present : Ph.D. student (Civil and Environmental Engineering), UC Berkeley

2023.09 - 2023.12 : Ph.D. student (Civil Engineering), New York University

2013.09 - 2015.08 : Completion of Ph.D. Coursework (Earth System Sciences with seismology major), Yonsei University

2011.09 - 2013.08 : M. S. (Earth System Sciences with seismology major), Yonsei University

2006.03 - 2011.08 : B. S. (Earth System Sciences), Yonsei University

Employment

2024.01 - Present : Graduate Student Researcher @ UC Berkeley

2017.05 - 2023.08 : Seismologist @ Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., - Central Research Institute (KHNP-CRI)

2015.10 - 2017.05 : Seismologist @ National Institute of Meteorological Sciences (NIMS)

Peer-reviewed papers

Houng, S.E. (2018). Discrimination between natural earthquakes and explosions based on the azimuthal distribution of S/P amplitude ratios, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108, 218-229. [link] [pdf]

Houng, S.E., Lee, J., and Hong, T.-K. (2016). Dynamic seismic response of a stable intraplate region to a megathrust earthquake, Tectonophysics 689, 67-78. [link] [pdf]

Hong, T.-K., Park, S., and Houng, S.E. (2016). Seismotectonic properties and zonation of the far-eastern Eurasian plate around the Korean Peninsula, Pure and Applied Geophysics 173, 1175-1195. [link] [pdf]

Hong, T.-K., Lee, J., and Houng, S.E. (2015). Long-term evolution of intraplate seismicity in stress shadows after a megathrust, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 245, 59-70. [link] [pdf]

Hong, T.-K., Houng, S.E., and Jo, E. (2014). Temporal changes of medium properties during explosive volcanic eruption, Geophysical Research Letters 41, 1944-1950. [link] [pdf]

Houng, S.E., and Hong, T.-K. (2013). Probabilistic analysis of the Korean historical earthquake records, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 103, 2782-2796. [link] [pdf]

Scholarship and Fellowship

SOE (School of Engineering) Fellowship, New York University Sep. 2023 - Dec. 2023

Brain Korea 21 plus Scholarship, Yonsei University Sep. 2013 - Aug. 2015

Energy & Mineral Resources Development Association, Yonsei University Mar. 2013

Korea National Oil Corporation Scholarship, Yonsei University Aug. 2011

Brain Korea 21 Scholarship , Yonsei University Sep. 2011 - Aug. 2013

National Science & Technology Scholarship , Yonsei University Fall 2010

Talks and Seminars (* = invited)

*Seminar on Current State-of-the-Art PSHA for Korea's NPPs, KAERI (Jul. 8. 2020)

2018 Site-specific GMRS project Workshop, POSTECH POSCO International Center (Dec. 21. 2018)

2018 KHNP CRI-CRIEPI-KEPRI General Meeting, Courtyard by Marriott Seoul Namdaemun (Nov. 8. 2018)

2018 Fault Source Modeling Workshop, KEPCO Research Institute (Aug. 24, 2018)

2018 Nuclear Safety & Security Information Conference, Daejeon Convention Center (Mar. 30, 2018)

*Seminar on Synthesis of Strong Ground Motion using Empirical Green's Function , Korean Earthquake Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (Feb., 2018)

Conference abstracts (first author only)

Houng, S. E., and Park, D.-H. (2019). Impact of Fault Source Parameters on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis, 2019 Fall Joint Conference of the Geological Sciences, Oct. 23-26, 2019. (in Korean)

Houng, S. E., Kim, H., and Park, D.-H. (2018). Verification of seismic hazard computer program and PSHA sensitivity tests, The Korean Society of Engineering Geology 2018 fall conference, Nov. 8-9, 2018. (in Korean)

Houng, S. E., Park, D.-H., Kim, H.-S., and Han, A. (2018). Ground motion simulation using empirical Green's function: Application to Scenario earthquake on the Korean Peninsula, Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference 2018, Inha University, Mar. 23, 2018. (in Korean)

Houng, S. E., Jo, E., Jeon, Y. S., Lee, D., and Lee, J. (2016). Seismic discrimination between explosions and natural earthquakes based on the source radiation pattern property, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 12-16, 2016 (S31A-2719).

Houng, S. E., and Jo. E. (2016). Source characteristics of the 2016 North Korea nuclear test and comparison with the 2013 test, 2016 Joint Conference of the Geological Science & Technology of Korea, Busan, Apr. 20-22, 2016. (in Korean)

Houng, S. E., Hong, T.-K. (2014). Dynamic response of intraplate seismicity to the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 15-19, 2014 (S51A-4419).

Houng, S. E., and Hong, T.-K. (2013). Investigation of Seismic Waves from Non-Natural Sources: A Case Study for Building Collapse and Surface Explosion, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 9-13, 2013 (S33B-2406).

Houng, S. E., and Hong, T.-K. (2012). Spatial Variation of Peak Ground Acceleration Attenuation in the Korean Peninsula, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 3-7, 2012 (S41B-2432).

Houng, S. E., and Hong, T.-K. (2012). Probabilistic analysis of Korean historical seismicity, The 2012 conference of Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea, Global campus, Kyung Hee University, Mar. 23, 2012. (in Korean)

Houng, S. E., and Hong, T.-K. (2011). Probabilistic analysis of historical seismicity, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, Dec. 5-9, 2011 (S21A-2167).

Certificates

Korean History Proficiency Test, Level-Ⅲ, 16-328669 (한국사검정능력시험 3급)

TESAT (Test of Economic Sense And Thinking), Level-Ⅱ, 6800004255 (한경 TESAT 2등급)

Military Service

2018.09 - Present : ROK Reserve Troops

2017.05 - 2018.08 : Technical Research Personnel @ KHNP-CRI

2016.10 - 2016.11 : 4-week Army Basic Training @ Korea Army Training Center

2015.10 - 2017.05 : Technical Research Personnel @ NIMS

2015.09 - 2015.10 : Technical Research Personnel @ Yonsei University