Website: http://ok.tec.appstate.edu
Education:
- Ph.D., Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2009
- M.S., Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2005
- B.S., Department of Civil Engineering, KonKuk University, Seoul, Korea, 1999
Teaching Specialties:
- Survey, Soils and Foundations in Construction
- Construction Materials
- Structural Systems in Construction
- Construction Visualization (4D Modeling, BIM)
- Project Risk Management
- Decision Analysis with Decision Tools Software
Research Interests:
- Infrastructure Sustainability: Remote structural health monitoring, Natural hazard mitigations (Early warning systems)
- Renewable Energy Monitoring System Development: Biomass conversion, Landfill gas monitoring systems
- Risk and Decision Analysis for Project System Management: Bayesian probability, Forecasting, Optimal modeling
- Building Information Modeling (BIM): Building energy performance management, Construction Visualization
- Soils in Construction: Reliability-based design of foundations for oil and gas elevated platforms
Courses Taught:
- TEC 2758: Survey, Soils and Foundations
- TEC 2739 (previously TEC 3039): Materials Science
- TEC 3531 (Fall 2010): Applied Residential Construction Management
- TEC 3534 (Fall 2011): Residential Construction Management
Title: Interim Department Chairperson and Professor
Department: Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment
Email address: Email me
Phone: (828) 262-2527