Hyun Woo Park, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Dong-A University
Concurrent appointment: Dept. of ICT Integrated Ocean-front Smart City Engineering, Graduate School, Dong-A University
s12-0507, 37 Nakdong-Daero 550beon-gil, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, South Korea
Tel +82-51-200-7630 · Fax +82-51-201-1419 · E-mail hwpark@dau.ac.kr

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Seoul National University (Feb. 2002)
• M.E., Civil Engineering, Seoul National University (Feb. 1997)
• B.E., Civil Engineering, Seoul National University (Feb. 1995)

Ph.D. Thesis

• “Regularization techniques in system identification for damage assessment of structures” (Supervisor: Prof. Hae Sung Lee, Seoul National University)

Experience

• Mar. 2018 – Present Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Dong-A University
• Mar. 2013 – Feb. 2018 Associate Professor, Dong-A University; Vice Dean, College of Engineering (Feb. 2013 – Jan. 2015)
• Sep. 2007 – Feb. 2013 Assistant Professor, Dong-A University
• Mar. 2007 – Aug. 2007 Full-time Lecturer, Dong-A University
• Jun. 2006 – Feb. 2007 General Deputy Manager, Korea Railroad Corporation R&D Center — decision-support system for renewal and maintenance planning of high-speed (KTX) tracks
• May 2005 – May 2006 Senior Researcher, Korea Bridge Design & Engineering Research Center
• Nov. 2004 – Apr. 2005 Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Mellon University (Host: Prof. Hoon Sohn)
• Aug. 2003 – Aug. 2004 Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University (KOSEF postdoctoral program; Supervisor: Prof. Kincho H. Law)
• Mar. 2002 – Apr. 2003 Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

Awards and Honors

• Mar. 2026 Commendation from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (29th Civil Engineering Day), for contributions to the advancement of construction technology
• Nov. 2025 ICSV31 Best Paper Award, Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering — “Wave scattering coefficients at the crack in an infinite elastic beam considering axial-bending coupling” (Nur Indah Mukharromah, Taejeong Lim and Hyun Woo Park)
• Dec. 2018 Commendation from the Minister of the Interior and Safety, for contributions to national safety policy through the 2018 evaluation of disaster and safety programs

Patents

• May 2018 Hyun Woo Park, “Method for estimating the damping ratio of a beam using electromechanical signals of surface-bonded piezoelectric transducers,” Korean Patent No. 10-1864665 (filed Mar. 30, 2017)
• Dec. 2016 Hyun Woo Park, “Method for predicting the resonance of a simply supported beam using admittance signals of surface-bonded piezoelectric transducers,” Korean Patent No. 10-1691458 (filed Sept. 14, 2015)

Professional Service

Editorial

• Jun. 2024 – Present Associate Editor, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering

International conferences

• Sept. 2026 Member, Scientific Committee, IABSE Congress Incheon 2026 (Sept. 16 – 18, 2026, Incheon, Korea)
• July 2025 Member, Local Organizing Committee, 31st International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV31) (July 6 – 11, 2025, Incheon, Korea)

National advisory committees

• Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2025 Member, Central Construction Technology Deliberation Committee (13th and 14th design review subcommittees), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
• Oct. 2021 – Dec. 2024 Member, Policy Advisory Committee (safety policy, disaster management and natural disaster subcommittees), Ministry of the Interior and Safety
• Dec. 2019 – Nov. 2021 Member, 4th Technical Advisory Committee (civil structures), Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries