Youchan Hwang, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

• 2025.09 ~ Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Pukyong National University

• 2025.04 ~ 2025.08: Research Assistant Professor, BK21 FOUR Education & Research Program for InfraSPHERE, Seoul National University

• 2023.10 ~ 2025.03: Senior Researcher, Floating Infrastructure Research Center, Seoul National University

• 2023.03 ~ 2023.09: Senior Researcher, Institute of Construction and Environmental Engineering (ICEE), Seoul National University

• 2021.03 ~ 2023.02: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Semyung University

o    College Mathematics, Applied Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Steel Structures Engineering, Computational Structural Analysis, Bridge Engineering, Construction Safety Engineering, Dynamics

• 2019.09 ~ 2021. 02: Researcher, Korea Bridge Design & Engineering Research Center

PROFESSIONAL & SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

• 2022.06 ~  Present: Research Director, The Wind Engineering Institute of Korea (WEIK)

• 2021.08 ~  Present: Member, Footbridge Committee, Korea Institute of Bridge and Structural Engineers (KIBSE)

• 2022.11 ~   2024.10: Member, Development Project Committee, Sejong city

• 2021.06 ~ 2023.05: Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Wonju city

• 2021.09 ~  2022.12: Member, Structural Engineering Committee, Korean Society of Civil Engineering (KSCE)

EDUCATIONS

• 2011.03-2019.08: The integrated MA/Ph.D. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University

• • Major concentration: Real-time Hybrid Simulation for the Bridge Deck

  • Minor: Wind tunnel test, vibration control, aero-elastic analysis, and Vibration/ serviceability assessment

  • Thesis: Real-time Hybrid Simulation System for the Aeroelastic Phenomena of the Bridge Deck

  • Advisor: Prof. Ho-Kyung Kim

  • Relevant courses: Advanced Structural Analysis, Dynamics of Structures, Fundamentals of Earthquake Engineering, Advanced Bridge Engineering (Theory of Composite Structures), Introduction to Digital Signal Processing, Offshore Structures Engineering, Numerical Analysis in Mechanical Engineering, Structural Information Engineering

  • Scholarship: Lecture & Research scholarship (2 semesters, 2017 spring and 2011 spring)

• 2007.03-2011.02: B.S. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University

• • Major: Civil Engineering

  • Relevant courses: Engineering Mathematics, Mechanics of Materials and Lab., Elementary Fluid Mechanics and Lab., Hydraulics and Lab., Structural Analysis, Field Applications of Engineering Knowledge, Theory of Applied Dynamics, Statistics for Civil & Environmental Engineers, Theory of Reinforced Concrete and Lab., Coastal and Harbor Engineering, Designs of Steel Structures, Statistics for Civil & Environmental Engineers, Introduction to Bridge Design

  • Scholarship: National scholarship for science and engineering (Whole semesters (8),2007~2010)

  • Completed the program accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK)

Curriculum Vitae