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Sangyoung Son, Ph.D ORCID iD icon google scholar icon

Associate Professor
Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering
School of Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering
Korea University

sson@korea.ac.kr

http://coastal.korea.ac.kr

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Short Bio

I am an Associate Professor at School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering in Korea University(KU) since 2015. Before joining KU, I was with University of Southern California as a postdoctoral scholar and with University of Ulsan as an assistant professor. I earned Ph.D degree from the University of Southern California in 2012 and ME degree from Texas A&M University in 2011. I completed BS and MS degrees at Seoul National University, from 1996 to 2002. My research highly focuses on the numerical modeling of long waves, tsunamis, storm surges, sediment transports, coastal processes and turbulent mixing in the nearshore, even though some experimental works have featured in my career. Since 2007, I hold a Professional Engineering Certificate registered at Oregon State.

Education

Employments

  • Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Sep. 2015 ~ present)
    Assistant/Associate Professor in School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

  • University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea (Sep. 2013 ~ Aug. 2015)
    Assistant Professor in Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US (Sep. 2012 ~ Aug. 2013)
    Postdoctoral Scholar in Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US (Sep. 2011 ~ Aug. 2012)
    Graduate Research Assistant in Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

  • Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, US (May 2009 ~ Jul. 2009)
    Visiting Graduate Researcher in O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory

  • Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, US (Aug. 2008 ~ Aug. 2011)
    Graduate Research Assistant in Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

  • Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Korea (Mar. 2002 ~ JUl. 2008)
    Assistant Senior Engineer in HICT and Div. of Civil Design

Professional Services

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Hydro-Environment Research (2022 ~ present)

  • Associate Editor, Coastal Engineering Journal (2019 ~ present)

  • Topical Advisory Panel, Applied Sciences (2021 ~ present)

  • Special Issue Editor, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (Jul. 2019 ~ Mar. 2020)

  • International Coastal Engineering Committee (2018~present)
    International Society of Offshore & Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE)

  • Local Organization Committee, Busan, Korea, (May 2018)
    International Coastal Symposium (ICS)

  • Local Organization Committee, Incheon, Korea, (Aug. 2016)
    International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC)

Certificates

  • Professional Engineer, OR, US (2007~2016)

  • Information Processing Engineer, KR (since 1999)

Honors and Awards

  • Best Paper Awards, KOSHAM Anual Conference (Feb. 2019)
    Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation, Korea

  • Awarded Commendation for Supporting Services of Hazards Mitigation (Jan. 2019)
    Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Korea

  • Best Paper Awards, KSCE Annual Conference (Sep. 2018)
    Korea Society of Civil Engineers, Korea

  • Best Presentatation Awards, KWRA Anual Conference (May 2017)
    Korean Water Resource Association, Korea

  • Best Paper Awards, KSCDP Annual Conference (Nov. 2015)
    Korea Society of Coastal Disaster Prevention, Korea

  • Best Paper Awards, KSCOE Annual Conference (Nov. 2013)
    Korea Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers, Korea

  • Chester P. Jelesnianski Scholarship (Sep. 2010)
    Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, US

  • Joseph A. Orr. Fellowship (Sep. 2008)
    Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, US

  • Scholarship Assistance (Sep. 1997, Mar. 1998, Sep. 1999)
    School of Civil,Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea

Professional Membership

  • American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE)

  • Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute(COPRI)

  • American Geophysical Union(AGU)

  • International Associationof Hydraulic Engineering and Research(IAHR)

  • Coastal Eduation & Research Foundation(CERF)

  • Korean Society of Civil Engineers(KSCE)

  • Korean Water Resource Association(KWRA)

  • Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation(KOSHAM)

  • Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers(KSCOE)

  • Korean Society of Coastal Disaster Prevention(KSCDP)

  • Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea(EESK)