Contact

Phone: 470-578-5496

Email: yseo2@kennesaw.edu

Office Location: L 111

Office Hours:
By Appointment Only

Youngguk Seo

Professor of Civil Engineering
Dr Seo

Degrees and Appointments

B.S. (Civil Engineering), University of Seoul, 1993; M.S. (Civil Engineering -  Structural), Seoul National University, 1996; Ph.D (Civil Engineering - Transportation Materials), North Carolina State University, 2003. Researcher (1996 - 2006) and Deputy Research Director (2006 - 2013) at Expressway and Transportation Research Institute (ETRI) of Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC), Korea; Pavement Engineer at Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 2013 - 2014; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, 2014 - 2020; Director of Georgia Pavement and Transportation Research Center (GPTRC website), 2019 - 2022; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, 2020 - 2025; and Professor of Civil Engineering, 2025 - present.

Professional Experience

  • Pavement Engineer, TFHRC of FHWA, SES Group, 02.2013 – 08.2014
  • Senior Researcher, KEC, Korea 02.2006 – 02.2013
  • Researcher, KEC, Korea 02.1996 – 02.2006
  • Brain Pool Scholar, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, Korea, 05.2015 – 08.2015
  • Visiting Scholar, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Korea,10.2015 – 03.2016
  • Visiting Scholar, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Korea, 01.2007 – 02.2007
  • Civil Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 10.1997 – 12.1997

Honors and Awards

  • Fellow ASCE, 08.2025
  • Distinguished Scholarship Award, SPCEET, KSU, 02.2022
  • Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award. KSU Foundation, 11.2018
  • Brain Pool Program Award, KOFST, 05.2015
  • KSCE Award, Korean Society of Civil Engineers, No. 2010-257, 01.2011
  • Best Paper Award, Korean Society of Civil Engineers, No. 2008-120, 10.2008
  • Best Paper Award, Korean Society of Road Engineers, No. 08-20, 10.2008
  • Best Young Researcher Award, Korean Society of Civil Engineers, No. 346, 01.2007
  • Best Researcher Award, Ministry of Construction and Transportation, 04.2006
  • Ward K. Parr/Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists Scholarship, 07.2002
  • Summa Cum Laude, University of Seoul, 02.1993
    Curriculum Vitae

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