PROFESSOR

Youngjib Ham, Ph.D.

History Maker Homes Endowed Associate Professor, Construction Science, Texas A&M University (TAMU)

Editorial Board, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (JCEM), Information Technologies (IT) area

A Member-at-Large, ASCE Visualization, Information Modeling, And Simulation (VIMS) committee

Faculty Fellow, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC)

Research Affiliate, Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS)

Affiliate, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)

President, Korean-American Construction Engineering and Project Management Association (KACEPMA)

329B Francis Hall, 3137 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 E-mail: yham at tamu dot edu / Office: (979) 458-0184

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Dr. Youngjib Ham is an Associate Professor of Construction Science at TAMU. He received B.S. (cum laude) and M.S. degrees from Seoul National University in 2009 and 2011, respectively; and M.S. in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Before joining TAMU in 2017, he was an Assistant Professor in The Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability at Florida International University (FIU) (2015-2017).

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015

Construction Engineering & Management

M.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014

Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Mobile Computing

M.S. in Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, 2011

Construction Engineering & Management

B.S. in Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, 2009

Civil EngineeringGraduated with honors (Cum Laude)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

History Maker Homes Endowed Associate Professor, 09/2021 – Present, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University
Assistant Professor, 08/2017 – 08/2021, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University

Assistant Professor, 08/2015 – 08/2017, Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure, and Sustainability, Florida International University

AWARDS AND HONORS

Best Paper Award, The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management, 2022
History Maker Homes Endowed Professorship, Texas A&M University, 2021
Research Excellence Award, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, 2021
Best Paper Award, ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering, 2020
Junior Faculty Award, The Korean-American Construction Engineering and Project Management Association (KACEPMA), 2020
Montague-CTE Faculty Award, Texas A&M University, 2019
ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Fellow, ASCE, 2019
Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2018, 2016
Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2017, 2016
Best Paper Award, The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management, 2015
FIATECH CETI Award, FIATECH, 2015
FIATECH Scholarship, FIATECH, 2015, 2013
Chester P. Siess Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2014
Best Poster Award (Third-Place), ASCE Construction Research Congress, 2014
Construction Management Association of America (CMAA)'s Scholarship, CMAA Chicago and National Capital Chapter, 2014, 2012
Best Paper Award Runner-up, ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, 2012
CMAA National Foundation Scholarship (Nationally competitive*), CMAA Foundation, 2012
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association Graduate Scholarship, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association, 2012
Vecellio Fellowship, Virginia Tech, 2011
Cum Laude Bachelor's Degree, Seoul National University, 2009
Best Paper Award, The 5th Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management Conference, 2008
National Science & Technology Scholarship, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF), 2004
Merit-based Scholarship, Seoul National University, 2003-2010