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 Assistant Professor and 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)