Education 

• 2018      Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Construction Management), University of Michigan, U.S.

• 2017      Certificate of Graduate Studies in Complex Systems, University of Michigan, U.S.

• 2014     MSc, Architectural Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management), Seoul National University, Korea

• 2007     BS, Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea

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Academic and Professional Experience 

• 2023 - present     Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Ajou University, Korea

• 2019 - 2023            Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Ajou University, Korea

• 2018 - 2019             Assistant Professor, Department of Construction, Southern Illinois University, U.S.

• 2014 - 2018            Graduate Student Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, U.S.

• 2007 - 2012           Assitant Manager & Field Engineer, Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd. Korea

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Awards & Honors  

• 2025     Outstanding Research Award, Ajou University

• 2025     Outstanding Service Award, Ajou University

• 2024     Outstanding Research Faculty Award, Ajou University

• 2024     Outstanding Research Award, Ajou University

• 2023     Best Paper Award, Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management Annual Conference

• 2021     Outstanding Paper Award, Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management Annual Conference

• 2023     Outstanding Research Faculty Award, Ajou University

• 2023    Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE

• 2023     Outstanding Research Award, Ajou University

• 2022     Best Paper Award, International Conference on Construction Applications of Virtual Reality (CONVR 2022)

• 2022     Outstanding Paper Award, Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management Annual Conference

• 2022     Outstanding Research Faculty Award, Ajou University

• 2022     Best Lecture Award, ​Ajou University

• 2021     Outstanding Paper Award, Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management Annual Conference

• 2020     Outstanding Reviewer, ​Journal of Construction Engineering and Management ASCE

• 2020     Outstanding Research Faculty Award, Ajou University

• 2020     Outstanding Research Award, Ajou University

• 2018      Outstanding Reviewer, ​Journal of Construction Engineering and Management ASCE

• 2018      The Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize, University of Michigan

• 2017      Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan

• 2016      2nd award, Graduate Research Symposium, University of Michigan

• 2015      Academic Poster Session Finalist, Construction Industry Institute (CII) Annual Conference

• 2014      John L. Tishman Fellowship, University of Michigan

• 2016      Phi Kappa Phi, The University of Michigan Chapter

• 2015      Tau Beta Phi, Michigan Gamma Chapter

• 2015      Chi Epsilon, The University of Michigan Chapter

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