Seoul National University’s College of Engineering announced on the 28th that Professor Kang Hyun-gu and his research team from the Department of Architecture received the outstanding paper award (T.Y. Lin Award) from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The awards ceremony is set to take place next year in Boston, USA.
Co-recipients include Professor Kim Sang-hee of Kyonggi University, who was a doctoral student of Professor Kang, as well as master's student Lee Dong-joo (HANSSEM), engineer Kwon Byung-woon (CNP Dongyang), and former postdoctoral researcher Jung Dong-hyuk, who is a professor at Korea University.
The awarded paper, titled 'Seismic behavior of beam-column joints with unbonded post-tensioning,' demonstrated through experiments and theory that it can increase the joint strength by more than 60% compared to traditional reinforced concrete structures, significantly enhancing the seismic performance of structures. Unbonded post-tensioning is a method where steel tendons are installed to move freely without being directly fixed to the concrete, improving both the ductility and strength of the structure.
Professor Kang Hyun-gu, the research leader, previously received the ACI Outstanding Paper Award in 2009 and the PCI Outstanding Paper Award in 2023, and he also won the outstanding paper award from the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) in 2013 and 2023. As a result, Professor Kang is recorded as the only scholar to have received outstanding paper awards from all four prestigious international organizations in the field of post-tensioned concrete structures.
Professor Kang said, "I will continue to strive to become a scholar who is not embarrassed in front of my seniors and students in the future."
Structural Journal (2023), DOI: https://doi.org/10.14359/51739085