Education

• Ph.D. (2016) in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, Advisors: Prof. Larry Jacobs and Prof. Kimberly Kurtis

• M.S. (2016) in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, Advisor: Prof. Larry Jacobs

• M.S. (2011) in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Advisors: Prof. Moon-Kyum Kim

• B.S. (2009) in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Employment

• (Feb. 2025 to present) Tan Swan Beng Endowed Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• (Oct. 2020 to Dec. 2024) Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Eingineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Korea

• (Sep. 2022 to Dec. 2024) Chief Technical Officier, O2MEDi (Sonodynamic therapy corporation), Ulsan, Korea

• (May 2017 to Sep. 2020) Postdoctoral Research Associate, Beckman Institute / Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Advisors: Prof. King C. Li (Dean of College of Medicine), and Prof. Jeffrey S. Moore (Stanley O. Ikenberry Endowed Chair, and Director of Beckman Institute)

• (Jan. 2017 to May 2017) Instructor, College of Engineering, Gerogia Institute of Technology

• (Aug. 2012 to Dec. 2016) Graduate Research Assistant, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Awards & Honors

• Tan Swan Beng Professorship in Construction Industry, (2025 to present)

• Outstanding Presentation Award, Korea Institute for Structural Maintenance and Inspection (2025)

• Outstanding Presentation Award, Recycled Construction Resources Institute (2024)

• Hyundai E&C Annual Technology Competition, Bronze Medal (2M KRW) (2023)

• Outstanding Presentation Award, Recycled Construction Resources Institute (2023)

• Outstanding Presentation Award, Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing (2022)

• Outstanding Presentation Award, Korea Concrete Institute (2022)

• Grand Prize, The Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy (1M KRW) (2021)

• Outstanding Paper Award for 2015 (Materials and Structures) (2016)

Editorial Duties

Reviewer, Refereed Journal Articles (since 2017)

: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Chemical Science, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Extreme Mechanics Letters,, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, International Journal of Pavement Engineering, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Engineering Geology, NDT & E International, Ultrasonics, Applied Acoustics, Energies, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Cement and Concrete Composites, Structural Health Monitoring, Applied Materials Today, ACS Applied Bio Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Small, Angewandte Chemie, ACS Nano, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, etc.

Editorial Board

• Associate Editor, Structural Health Monitoring: An International Journal, 2026-present

• Guest Editor in Special Issue: "Emerging Topics in Ultrasound Across Mechanics, Material Science, and Biomedical Enginering," Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2026−present 

• Early Career Editorial Board, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2023−present 

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 2023−2025

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing, 2022−present

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 2021−present