B.E., M.E. Seoul National University, Korea
M.S., Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, U.S.

Professor Hong-Gun Park received bachelor’s degree in 1985 and master’s degree in 1987 at the Department of Architecture of Seoul National University. After graduation, he worked Jeon & Partners as a structural engineer for two years. He has studied structural engineering at 0the University of Texas at Austin since 1990 and finished doctor’s degree in 1994. After graduation, he joined Jeon & Partners as a partner. Since the second semester of 1997, he has been working as a professor at the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering of Seoul National University. Currently, he is teaching “Building Structural System”and “Design of Reinforced Concrete II”for undergraduate students, and “Finite Element Method”and “Earthquake Engineering for Building Structures”for graduate students. His research includes reinforced concrete design, structural analysis, earthquake design, and composite member design.

In order to realize an architectural design concept, economy, efficiency, serviceability, and safety of a building, a well-thought structural design should be performed. For this purpose, understandings of various structural systems, load-transfer mechanism, member design methods, structural materials, and structural analysis are required. The studies in structural engineering focus on findings and development of solution methods for these structural issues. The structural engineering research includes various topics: construction materials, concrete design, steel design, numerical analysis, structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, evaluation and inspection methods, etc.