Title: Performance-Based Earthquake Design of Building Structure in Korea

Bio:

Hong-Gun Park is a Professor in the Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU), Seoul, South Korea, where he has served on the faculty since 1997.

Prof. Park is the past President of Korea Concrete Institute (KCI), and served as a vice-President of The Korean Structural Engineers Association (KSEA). Currently, He is the President of Korea Protective Facility Institute (KPFI).

Prof. Park is a member of two national academic societies in Korea: National Engineering Academic Society in Korea (NEAK), and The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST). He is a member of CAEE Academy of Distinguished Alumni, The University of Texas at Austin.

Prof. Park is a Fellow member of American Concrete Institute(ACI). He received The ACI Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence in Structural Research, two times in 2009 and 2012.

Prof. Park has authored or co-authored over 300 technical papers. His research interests include earthquake design of reinforced concrete, composite, and nuclear power plant structures, material model for nonlinear finite element analysis, and evaluation of existing building structures.

Prof. Park received his BS and MS in architectural engineering from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and his PhD in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, in 1994. He is a registered Professional Engineer in South Korea.