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Julian Kang

Julian Kang

Title

Department Head & Associate Professor

Office Building

Solberg Hall

Office

116

Mailing Address

Solberg Hall 116
Construction & Concrete Industry Mgmt-Box 2223
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

  • B.S. in civil engineering | Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea | 1986
  • M.S. in civil engineering | Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea | 1988
  • Ph.D. in civil engineering | Texas A&M University, College Station, TX | 2001

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • CII Horizon 360 Committee

Awards and Honors

  • William A. Klinger Memorial Research Award, Associated General Contractors (AGC) Education and Research Foundation | 2007
     

Patents

  • A method to repair of small spall damage on the concrete road using 3D printers (with Yeon, J.) | Patent Number 10-1706626 | Korean Intellectual Property Office

Work Experience

  • Associate investigator | Technology Research Institute, Sampyo Cement (formerly Tongyang Cement)
  • 3D CAD team leader | Department of Civil Engineering, KEPCO E&C (formerly KOPEC)
  • Assistant professor | Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University
  • Associate professor | Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University

Areas of Research

  • Building information modeling
  • Stochastic construction simulation
  • Biomimetic concrete structure design and printing
  • Industrialized construction

Publications

  • Kang, J., Yadav, N. Ramadoss, S., Yeon, J. (2023). “Reliability of Distance Estimation in Virtual Reality Space: A Quantitative Approach for Construction Management”, Computers in Human Behavior, 145, doi:10.1016/j.chb.2023.107773.
  • Yadav, N., Kang, J., Rybkowski, Z., Yarnold, M., He, W. (2023). “Stress-Weighted Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation for Structural Design”, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 216, doi: 10.1016/j.finel.2022.103905.
  • Yeon, J., Rew, Y., Choi, K. and Kang, J. (2020). "Environmental Effects of Accelerated Pavement Repair using 3D-Printng: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach", Journal of Management in Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 36, Issue 3.
  • Yeon, J., Kang, J., and Yan, W. (2018). “Spall Damage Repair using 3D Printing Technology”, Automation in Construction, Vol. 89, 266-274, doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2018.02.003.
  • Faghihi, V., Reinschmidt, K.F., and Kang, J. (2016). “Objective-driven and Pareto Front Analysis: Optimizing Time, Cost and Job-site Movements", Automation in Construction, Vol. 69, 79-88, doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2016.06.003
  • Kang, J. (2012). “BIM/CAVE: Immersive BIM Reviewing System”, Journal of Building Information Modeling, National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), pp. 23-24.
  • Kang, J., Anderson, S., and Clayton, M. (2007). “Empirical Study on the Merit of Web-based 4D Visualization in Collaborative Construction Planning and Scheduling”, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 133 (6), 447-461, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733- 9364(2007)133:6(447).

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