Dr. Ilhan Chang
Dr. Ilhan Chang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Systems Engineering at Ajou University (www.ajou.ac.kr), Republic of Korea. Dr. Chang graduated from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) with a Bachelor of Science (2000), Master of Engineering (2004), and Doctor of Philosophy (2010) in Civil and Geotechnical Engineering. Main master's and doctoral dissertations focused on "Soft Soil Evaluation using Elastic Waves" and "Soil Stabilization using Microbial Biopolymers", respectively.
Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Chang previously worked as a Research Assistant Professor at KAIST (2010-2011), Senior Researcher at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (2012-2017.02), Lecturer (2017.04-2018.06) and Senior Lecturer (2018.07-2020.08) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia.
Dr. Chang and his research group (SURE3 GEO) are primarily interested in multi-disciplinary research for emerging geotechnical engineering topics such as: Soil Characterization, Ground improvement, Soil erosion and preservation, Biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST), Biological/bio-inspired soil treatment, Anti-desertification, Hydrogeotechnical engineering, New civil engineering materials, and Sustainable urban development.
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Professional Careers
Ajou University
Associate Professor. 2020.09~Present
Education
2006 - 2010
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Canberra
(Adjunct) Senior Lecturer. 2020.09~Present
Senior Lecturer. 2018.07~2020.08
Lecturer. 2017.04~2018.06
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT)
Senior Researcher. 2011.12~2017.02
University of Science & Technology (UST) - Korea
(Adjunct) Associate Professor. 2016.03~2017.03
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Invited Professor. 2014.09~2014.15 / 2015.09~2015.12
2004 - 2006
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering
2000 - 2004
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professional memberships
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE)
Engineers Australia (EA)
Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS)
Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS)
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT)
Research Assistant Professor. 2011.04~2011.12