Jooyoung Im

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Scientists

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

Research Interests

- Sustainable geotechnical engineering solutions to combat climate change and desertification.

- Soil erosion prevention and soil preservation against natural and climate hazards.

- Geotechnical evaluation of natural; artificial; and bio-treated soils through laboratory (micro) to field (macro) experimental approaches.

Selected Publications

Im, J., Tran, An T.P., Chang, I., Cho, G.C., 2017, “Dynamic properties of gel-type biopolymer-treated sands evaluated by Resonant Column (RC) Tests”, Geomechanics and Engineering, Techno Press, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 815-830.

Chang, I., Im, J., Chung, M.C., and Cho, G.C., 2018, “Bovine casein as a new soil strengthening binder from diary wastes”, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier, Vol. 160, pp. 1-9.

Im, J., Chang, I., Cho, G.C., 2021, “Effects of malonic acid crosslinking starch for soil strength improvement”, Transportation Geotechnics, Elsevier, Vol. 31.

Education

2020 Ph.D. in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
2016 M.A.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
2013 B.A.Sc. in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

Professional Profile

2021.11-Present Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ali I Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
2020.09-2021.11 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Korea (Coordination with Korea Ministry of Land, Transportation)

Scientific and Professional Membership

Korean Society of Geotechnical Engineers (KGS)

International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)

Awards

National Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2016

Excellent Paper Award for the Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS), 2016

Global Doctoral Fellowship by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), 2017-2019 

KAUST Affiliations

ANPERC

PSE