Dr. Byungjoo Choi

Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering

Director of Smart Construction Lab

bchoi@ajou.ac.kr

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

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 Assistant Manager & Field Engineer, Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd., Korea

Awards & Honors

2026 Outstanding Research Award, Ajou University
2025 Outstanding Research Faculty Award, Ajou University
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
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
2016 Phi Kappa Phi, The University of Michigan Chapter
2015 Academic Poster Session Finalist, Construction Industry Institute (CII) Annual Conference
2015 Tau Beta Phi, Michigan Gamma Chapter
2015 Chi Epsilon, The University of Michigan Chapter
2014 John L. Tishman Fellowship, University of Michigan