Prof. Dr. Jong-Sub Lee

Topic of the Presentation:

Comprehensive Subsurface Characterization in Extreme Regions

About Speaker:

Jong-Sub Lee is a Professor at the School of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at Korea University, and had served as a Vice-Dean at the Graduate School, KU (2017-2019). Jong-Sub Lee received his bachelor’s degree in in civil and environmental engineering from Korea University in 1991 and his master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea in 1993. After working for the Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company for seven years (1993~1999) as a research engineer, he entered the civil and environmental engineering graduate program at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 2000. In 2003, he received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. In 2005, he was hired as an Assistant Professor in Korea University, where he is currently a professor. He is a Principal Investigator (PI) of Hyper-converged Forensic Research Center for Infrastructure (ERC sponsored by National Research Foundation of Korea). He delivered many keynote lectures in international conferences including the 19th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ICSMGE) and the 17th Asian Regional Conference (ARC) on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. He is fellow of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He published more than 276 journal papers (163 international and 113 national) and 320 conference papers. His research interests are non-destructive testing and evaluation with advanced sensing, in-situ subsurface characterization, and foundations