Past Students and Post-docs at USC
Dr. Seong-Nam May 2022 - present
Research Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Min-Kyu Park
Visiting Researcher
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lauren McKnight Aug. 2020 -
Graduate Research Assistant (MS)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Cheng Yu Jan. 2021 -
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Past and Alumni
Dr. Sewoon Kim, Oct. 2017 - May 2021
May 2021 - Sep. 2021 (Post-doc at UofSC)
Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Lesley Joseph, Jan. 2018 - May 2021 (PhD. currently Manager at Hazen
and Sawyer)
Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Minjung Jeon Aug. 2019 - May 2021
Graduate Research Assistant (MS, currently at Samsung Electronics,
South Korea)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering




Megan Dawson, Jan. 2019 - May 2019
Undergraduate Research Assistant (BS)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Claire Folk, Jan. 2019 - May 2019
Undergraduate Research Assistant (BS)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Yasir Al-Hamadani, Aug. 2013 - May 2018 (currently at Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq)
Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Gooyong Lee, Feb. 2017 - Dec. 2017 (currently Professor at Chungnam State University, South Korea)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Kyoung-Hoon Chu, Ph.D. Oct. 2014 - Dec. 2017 (currently at Korea University in South Korea)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jason Whiteman, Spring 2017
Undergraduate Research Assistant (BS)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Changmin Park, Ph.D. Jan. 2016-Dec. 2016 (currently Associate Professor at Kyungpook National University in South Korea)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Vaibhavi Shankar, Spring 2015 – Fall 2016, currently at LNV, Inc.
Graduate Research Assistant (MS)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Linkel Boateng, Fall 2011 – Fall 2015, currently at SCDHEC
Co-advised with Dr. Joe Flora
Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Narong Phal, Summer 2014 – Spring 2015
Undergraduate Research Assistant (BS)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Chanil Jung, Summer 2011 – Fall 2014 (currently at Amazon, WA, USA)
Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Seungwoo Nam, Feb. 2014 – Nov. 2014 (currently at the Korean Army
Visiting Graduate Research Assistant (PhD))
Department of Environmental Health
Seoul National University

Dr. Julie J. Song, Ph.D. Jan. 2013 – Oct. 2014 (currently at DHEC, SC)
Research Associate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Swetank Pandey, Feb. 2014 – June. 2014, currently MS student at MIT
Visiting Undergraduate Research Assistant
VIT, India

Dr. Jongkwon Im, Ph.D. Oct. 2012 – Oct. 2013 (currently at National Institute of Environmental Research in South Korea)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Jiyong Heo, Fall 2009 –Summer 2013 (currently Assistant Professor at Korean Army Academy)
Graduate Research Assistant (PhD)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Caleb Braswell, Summer, Fall 2013 & Summer 2014
Undergraduate Research Assistant (BS)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sally Bartelmo, Fall 2012 -
Undergraduate Research Assistant (BS)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Hwan Kim, Jun – December, 2011 (at Korea Testing Laboratory, South Korea
Visiting student (MS))
Dept of Construction and Environmental Engineering
University of Science and Technology
113 Gwahangno, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-333 South Korea
Lesley Joseph (BS and MS), Sep. 2009 –May 2012, currently Engineer at Hussey Gay Bell
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Suhan Kim
Visiting Scholar (Feb. 2015 – Feb. 2016)
Associate Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering, Pukyong University
South Korea
Dr. Namguk Her
Visiting Scholar (Jul. 2012 – Jan. 2013)
Professor
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Army Academy
South Korea









Dr. Moonil Kim
Visiting Scholar (Aug. 2009 - July 2010)
Associate Professor
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University
1271 Sa 3-dong, Sangnok-gu, Ansan City, Kyeonggi-do, 426-791
South Korea
