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Yeesock Kim

Assistant Professor

Office: Kaven Hall, 209D
Phone: +1-508-831-5340
Fax: +1-508-831-5808
yeesock@wpi.edu

Educational Background

• B.E. Architectural Engineering, Kwandong University, 2000
•  M.S. Structural Engineering, Yonsei University, 2002
• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2007
• Postdoc. Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2010

Research & Teaching Interests

Research Interests:

• Smart Structures: adaptive smart controls of structures with time-varying parameters and/or time-delays
• Structural Health Monitoring: damage detection of structures using system identifiers and probabilistic pattern recognition algorithms
• Sensor/Actuator Fault Diagnosis: probabilistic pattern recognition methods for isolation and detection of faulty sensors/actuators in large smart structures

Teaching Interests:

• Undergraduate: Engineering Mechanics-statics and dynamics; Mechanics of Materials; Structural Analysis; Matrix Structural Analysis; Finite Element Method; Fundamentals of Dynamics and Vibration; Design of Steel Structures
• Graduate: Structural Control and Monitoring; Structural Dynamics and Vibration

Recent Publications

• Y. Kim, R. Langari, and S. Hurlebaus, "Model-based Multi-input, Multi-output Supervisory Semiactive Nonlinear Fuzzy Controller," Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 25, 387-393, 2010.

• Y. Kim, S. Hurlebaus, and R. Langari, "Control of a Seismically Excited Benchmark Building using Linear Matrix Inequality-based Semiactive Nonlinear Fuzzy Control," ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 136, 2010.

• Y. Kim, R. Langari, and S. Hurlebaus, "Semiactive Nonlinear Control of a Building Structure equipped with a Magnetorheological Damper System," Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 23, 300-315, 2009.

• Y. Kim, S. Hurlebaus, and R. Langari, "Fuzzy Control of Large Civil Structures subjected to Natural Hazards," Recent Advances in Intelligent Control Systems, Wen Yu (ed.), Springer, London, 3-20, 2009. 

• Y. Kim, R. Langari, and S. Hurlebaus, Smart Structural Systems, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., accepted.

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Collaborations

• Texas A&M University
• University of Massachusetts  
• Yonsei University  
• Kunsan National University

Honors & Awards

• Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME Student Travel Grant 7/2007 
• Office of Graduate Studies Student Travel Grant 7/2006 
• Graduate Program Fellowship for Student Excellence 3/2000-3/2002 
• Undergraduate Program Fellowship (First Class Honor) 9/1999-12/1999 
• Undergraduate Program Fellowship (First Class Honor) 3/1999-6/1999 
• Undergraduate Program Fellowship (First Class Honor) 9/1997-12/1997 
• Undergraduate Program Fellowship (First Class Honor) 3/1997-6/1997 
• Undergraduate Program Fellowship (First Class Honor) 9/1996-12/1996 
• Undergraduate Program Fellowship (First Class Honor) 3/1996-6/1996

Professional Experience & Activities

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Mechanical Engr., Texas A&M University,            9/2008-6/2010
• President and Chief Scientist, Advanced Structural Control & Monitoring (ASCM),   9/2009-present 
• Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University,                             9/2008-5/2009
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Zachry Dept. of Civil Engr., Texas A&M University,           1/2008-8/20008
• Graduate Research Assistant, Zachry Dept. of Civil Engr., Texas A&M University,    9/2003-12/2007
• Lecturer, Hyundai Academy of Civil Engineers,                                                          3/2000-3/2002
• Research Associate, ABSTRC, Yonsei Univ.,                                                             3/2000-5/2003
• Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Architectural Engr., Yonsei Univ.,                    3/2000-2/2002
• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Architectural Engr., Kwandong Univ.,    3/1997-2/2000

Professional Societies/Memberships

• Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Techniques 10/2010-present 
• Reviewer, Advances in Structural Engineering 9/2010-present 
• Reviewer, Automatica 10/2009-present 
• Reviewer, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 5/2009-present 
• Session Co-Chair, American Control Conference 6/2008-6/2008 
• Reviewer, American Control Conference 9/2007-present 
• Reviewer, IEEE Conference on Decision & Control 2/2007-present 
• Chair, Research Symposium in Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University 8/2007-11/2007 
• Reviewer, ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition 7/2006-present 
• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 9/2006-Present 
• Member, Institute of Electrical, Electronics and Engineers (IEEE) 9/2006-Present 
• Member, Association of Civil Engineering Doctoral Students (AceDoc) 9/2006-12/07 
• Member, Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SeAoT) 9/2003-5/2010

 

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