Biography

Intern Researcher – KEERC, Seoul National University, May. 1999 ~ Jul. 1999
Graduate Student Researcher – PEER, UC Berkeley, May. 2000 ~ May. 2004
Postdoc Researcher, UC Berkeley, May. 2004 ~ Mar. 2005
Senior Vulnerability Engineer, Risk Management Solutions, Inc., Apr. 2005 ~ Aug. 2005
Senior Researcher, Information Trust Institute, Univ. of Illinois, Sep. 2007 ~ Dec. 2013
Research at UIUC & SNU: See “Research” section of this website

Graduate Student Instructor – for developing the new course, CE93: Engineering Data Analysis, UC Berkeley, 2002 ~ 2003
Graduate Student Instructor – CE93: Engineering Data Analysis, UC Berkeley, 2003
Lab Instructor – CE93: Engineering Data Analysis, UC Berkeley, 2005
Teaching at UIUC & SNU: See “Teaching” section of this website

Journals: 26 Journals including Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME), Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE), Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (ASCE), Reliability Engineering & System Safety, Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), Structural Safety, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics (ASME), Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, International Joural of Steel Structures, Journal of Korean Society of Civil Engineers, Earthquake Spectra.
Editorial board: International Journal of Steel Structures (2007-), Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea (2011-2015), ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (2011-2015), ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems (2013-), Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure (2015-), Structural Safety (2017-), Reliability Engineering & System Safety (2017-)
Editorship: ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering (Associate Editor on “Optimization & Safety and Reliability”, 2011-2015)
Guest-editorship: Special Issue, “Probabilistic Learning for Decision-making on Civil Infrastructures under Uncertainties,” KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (March 2018)
Proposals: National Science Foundation

International Scientific Committee
- International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP) (11th 2011, 12th 2015, 13th 2019)
- IFIP WG7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems(16th 2012; 18th 2016; 19th 2018)
- ASCE Joint Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability (PMC) (11th 2012; 12th 2016; 13th 2020)
- International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management (ISRERM) (5th 2016; 6th 2018; 7th 2020)
- Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and Its Applications (APSSRA) (7th 2020)
- International Probabilistic Workshop (IPW) (18th 2020)
- International Symposium on Steel Structures (ISSS) (9th 2017; 10th 2019)
International Advisory Committee
- International Symposium on Reliability of Engineering Systems (SRES2015), 2014-2015.
Conference Program/Steering Committee
- The 9th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP9), 2001-2003
Organizing sessions or mini-symposia: EM08, ICOSSAR2009, ICASP11, ICASP12, ICASP13

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): Engineering Mechanics Institute, Probabilistic Methods Committee
International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR): SC3 Subcommittee on “Structural Reliability and Optimization”
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 7.5 on “Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems”: Chairman (2016-present)
International Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association (CERRA): Board of Directors (2011-present), Chairman (2015-present)
Joint Committee on Structural Safety (JCSS)
The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE): SC1 committee on “Structural Performance, Safety and Analysis”
Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea: Hazard Countermeasure-Response Committee (Chairman, 2015-present); Board Member (2015-present)
The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK): Member (2018-present)
KSCE, KIBSE, EESK, KWRA

Soo-Am Scholarship (1993-1995) – Soo-Am Education & Cultural Foundation
Graduated with honor (B.S.,Summa Cum Laude)(1996) – Civil Engineering, Seoul National University
Honors Award (1996) – Alumni Association of the College of Engineering, Seoul National University
SEMM Merit Fellowship (1999-2000) – Civil Engineering, UC Berkeley
Student Travel Award (2003) – The Sixth Conference on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (2003-2004) – GSI Teaching & Resource Center, UC Berkeley
Named to the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students (Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2012 and Spring 2013) – Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Air Force Summer Faculty Research Fellow (2008,2009) – US Air Force; American Society for Engineering Education
Faculty Fellow, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)/UIUC 2009-2010
IASSAR Research Prize (2009): Junior (under 40) Award, System Reliability and Optimization – International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability
Young Alumni Award (2017) – Civil Engineering Alumni Association, Seoul National University
“100 Future Technologies and Leaders of Korea in 2025” (2017) – The National Academy of Engineering of Korea
Shinyang Engineering Academic Award (2018) – College of Engineering, Seoul National University

A partial list of international and special talks:

Oskar von Miller Forum (Aug 05, 2014)
Engineering Risk Analysis Group at TUM (Aug 12, 2014)
Samsung Construction (Oct 28, 2014)
Tongji University (Apr 9, 2016)
City of Seoul (Feb 13, 2019)