 Ph.D. Civil Eng., The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A., 2010  M.S. Civil Eng., The University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A., 2005  B.S. Civil Eng., Kyunghee University, Korea, 2003

 부교수, 공과대학 사회기반시스템공학과, 경희대학교2022 – pres.  Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, U.S.A., 2017 – 2022  Director, Florida Sinkhole Research Center, U.S.A., 2019 – 2022  Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, U.S.A., 2011 – 2017  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Transportation Research, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010 – 2011

Selected out of total 70 papers (Full list: https://sites.google.com/site/namucf/publication/journal-papers)  Nam, B. H., Kim, Y., Youn, H., "Identification and quantitative analysis of sinkhole contributing factors in Florida's karst," Engineering Geology 271 (2020) 105610  Nam, B. H.*, Shamet, R., "A preliminary sinkhole raveling chart," Engineering Geology 268 (2020) 105513  Kim, Y., Nam, B. H.*, Shamet, R., Soliman, M., Youn, H., "Development of sinkhole susceptibility map of east Central Florida," Natural Hazards Review, 2020, 21(4): 04020035  Cho, B., Nam, B. H.*, Seo, S., Kim, J., An, J., Youn, H., "Waterproofing performance of waterstop with adhesive bonding used at joints of underground concrete structures," Construction and Building Materials 221 (2019) 491-500.  S. Kirts, O. Panagopoulos, P. Xanthopoulos, B. H. Nam*, "A machine learning approach to develop soil comprehensibility prediction models," J. of Comput. Civ. Eng., 2018, 32(1):04017067  Kim, Y., Choi, S., Nam, B. H., The need for developing advanced data-driven artificial neural network (ANN) models to understand the complex patterns of mask wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Efforts to accelerate the collective cognition of shared risk, Nat. Hazards Rev., 2021, 22(2): 02521001.  Cho, B., Nam, B.*, Khawaji, M., Flexural fatigue behavior and damage evolution analysis of edge-oxidized graphene oxide (EOGO) reinforced concrete composites. Cement and Concrete Composites, 122 (2021) 104082.  An, J., Nam, B. H.*, Alharbi, Y., Cho, B., Khawaji, M., Edge-oxidized graphene oxide (EOGO) in cement composites: cement hydration and microstructure, Composites Part B 173 (2019) 106795

 Member, Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS)  Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)  Member, Korean Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA)  Member of ASCE G-I Engineering Geology and Site Characterization Committee  Member of ASCE G-I Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Committee  Member of TRB, Committee on Geotechnical Site Characterization – AFP20.  Member of TRB, Committee on Strength and Deformation Characteristics of Pavement Sections – AFD80.  President, Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA), 2021 - 2023  President, KSEA Central Florida Chapter, 2015 - 2017 (currently advisory board member).  Chair, The 1st US-Korea Geotechnical Workshop 2022, co-organized by ASCE G-I and KGS, 03/2022.  Co-Chair, Conference of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Smart Cities (by KSCEE-KOTAA-KOCSEA), 04/2021  Chair, Civil Engineering Symposium (7 technical sessions), US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2018, New York, 08/2018  Editorial Board, Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society  Editorial Board, Frontiers in Built Environment (construction materials section)  Associate Editor, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering (2015- 2018)  Guest Editor, Special issue, Materials (2019 - present)  Guest Editor, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) for Geo-China 2018  Guest Editor, ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP) for Geo-Hubei (07/2014)  2021 College of Engineering and Computer Science Excellence in Research  Terracon Foundation Award (Year 2015, 2020, 2022)  GEOE Award, 2019 Best English Paper of International Journal of Geo-Engineering  Honorary Scientist and Advisor, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea, 1/2017-pres.  IGS-NA Educate the Educators Fellow, International Geosynthetics Society-North America.  2016 Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, ASCE Florida Section  Professor's Driven Pile Institute (PDPI) Fellow, Pile Driving Contractors Association, 2013.  Excellent Research Award, 2010 Korean Transportation Association in America, Washington DC (2011)  TRB Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Graduate Award Fellow (2010)  Innovative Research Award, Best Paper and Presentation at the GAIN 2009 Conference, UT Austin (2009)  PBS&J Poster Award, Best Research Poster at the GAIN 2009 Conference, UT Austin (2009)

Video talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TSDbgN1sw  Natural/anthropogenic geohazards & Resilient geosystem  Remote sensing – geohazards and geoengineering applications  Advanced data-driven methods in natural hazards & disasters  Nondestructive evaluation of geo & infrastructure systems  Construction and building materials (geo, cementitious, recycling materials)  Disaster risk management and mitigation (multidisciplinary approaches)