Complete CV

B.S. Seoul National University, Korea
M.S. Michigan State University, U.S.
Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles, U.S.

Prof. Kang received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the College of Engineering at Seoul National University, followed by a Master’s degree from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). From 2004 to 2007, he was engaged in various professional projects in Los Angeles while concurrently teaching at UCLA. He then served as a professor at the University of Oklahoma from 2007 to 2011. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering at Seoul National University.

His research focuses on structural engineering and wind engineering, and he has been actively involved in both fields through extensive scholarly contributions. He has received numerous prestigious academic awards at both national and international levels, including all four major best paper awards in the field of concrete engineering. His notable honors include the 2009 Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper from the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the 2025 T.Y. Lin Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the 2023 Martin P. Korn Award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), and the Kenneth B. Bondy Award for the Most Meritorious Paper from the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) in both 2013 and 2023.

He was named a Fellow of PTI in 2012 and a Fellow of ACI in 2013. In 2023, he was elected as a Fellow of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST).