News Archive
- Prof. Park received a Minister’s Citation from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) for his contribution to international collaboration and exchange within the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC). - Mar. 30, 2026
- Prof. Park moderated a plenary session at GEEF 2026, featuring a keynote by ASCE President Dr. Bomar and a subsequent interactive discussion. - Mar. 12, 2026
- Seongwoo Jang joined the group for his graduate study. Welcome to the CEM group! - Mar. 1, 2026
- Prof. Park received the Academic Award from the Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE). - Jan. 9, 2026
- Han Eul Lee and Ghea Maharani joined the group for their graduate study. Welcome to the CEM group! - Sep. 1, 2025
- Prof. Park received the outstanding teaching award from Yonsei University. - Mar. 12, 2025
- Haeram Seo and Jungwon Seo joined the group for their graduate study. Welcome to the CEM group! - Mar. 1, 2025
- Prof. Park is selected as World Top 2% Scientist by Elsevier in 2024 - Dec. 1, 2024
- A paper on the Gurson-cohesive modeling (GCM) for 3D ductile fracture simulation, which is a main topic of Ph.D. thesis by Jihyuk Park, is published at International Journal of Plasticity (IJP). Note that IJP is the best journals in solid mechanics! - April 1, 2024
- A paper on the recursive aggregate segmentation by erosion and reconstitution (RASER) to characterize concrete microstructure using complementarity of X-ray and neutron computed tomography, which is a main topic of Ph.D. thesis by Tiana, is published at Cement and Concrete Composites (CCC). Note that CCC is one of the best journals in concrete materials! - April 1, 2024
- Prof. Park serves as Associate Dean at Yonsei University Graduate School from Mar. 1, 2024 - Feb. 28, 2026
- Prof. Park is selected as World Top 2% Scientist by Elsevier in 2023 - Dec. 1, 2023
- Ms. Siwoo is visiting Prof. Paulino's research group at Princeton University as part of an exchange student program from October 2023 to October 2024.
- Prof. Park has a sabbatical leave at University of California at Davis from Sep. 1, 2023. - Feb. 15, 2023
- Prof. Park received the outstanding teaching award from Yonsei University. - Apr. 20, 2023
- Jongha Joo and Seok Hyeon Ko joined the group as undergraduate interns. - Mar. 1, 2023
- Dr. Hyeong Tae Kim received the best paper award (CEE Best Paper of the Year) from Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University. - Mar. 18, 2022
- Nastaran Movahedi joined the group for her graduate study. Welcome to the CEM group! - Mar. 1, 2022
- Mr. Hyeong Tae Kim received the merit academic paper award for his outstanding contributions in the academic field of Natural Science from Yonsei University. - Jan. 12, 2022
- Dr. Habeun Choi will join Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). Best wishes for his professional career. - Dec. 3, 2021
- Ms Siwoo Jeon received the best paper presentation award from Korea Concrete Institute (KCI). - Nov. 4, 2021
- Mr. Chulmin Kweon and Dr. Park received the best paper award from KSCE convention. - Oct. 22, 2021
- Yi Yu has joined the group for his graduate study. Welcome to the CEM group! - Aug. 30, 2021
- A paper on the numerical evaluation of long-term neutron irradiation damage on reinforced concrete (RC) members, which is a main topic of Ph.D. thesis by Hyeong Tae Kim, is accepted at Construction and Building Materials (CBM). Note that CBM is one of best journals in concrete materials! - Jul. 14, 2021
- A paper on the reconstruction of concrete microstructure using complementarity of X-ray and neutron tomography, which is a main topic of Ph.D. thesis by Hyeong Tae Kim, is accepted at Cement and Concrete Research (CCR). Note that CCR is the best journals in concrete materials! - Jul. 14, 2021
- The paper on mixed-mode fatigue modeling (Choi et al., 2020) is selected as Most Downloaded articles in Engineering Fracture Mechanics - Apr. 14, 2021.
- The paper on multi-scale dynamic fracture computation (Baek et al., 2020) is selected as Most Accessed articles in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering – Apr. 14, 2021.
- Siwoo Jeon continues his research at CEML. Welcome to the graduate school of Yonsei. - Mar. 1, 2021
- Dr. Choi received the best thesis award from Yonsei University. - Dec. 11, 2020.
- Dr. Choi received the best paper award from Yonsei University. - Dec. 11, 2020.
- Dr. Choi received the best paper award from Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping (KPVP). The paper is on the estimation of stress intensity factor using virtual mesh grid and stress recovery. Congratulation on his achievement! - Dec. 1, 2020.
- The paper by Baek et al. (2020) is selected as the featured cover of International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Congratulations! - Nov. 13, 2020
- Drs. Ju and Park received the best paper award from Korea Concrete Institute. The paper is on the mechanical behavior of recycled fine aggregates concrete with high slump property in normal- and high- strength. Congratulations! - Oct. 20, 2020
- A paper on Computational morphogenesis: morphologic constructions using polygonal discretizations, which is the research outcome of his visit at Georgia Tech, is published in International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Congratulations! - Aug. 4, 2020
- Habeun Choi successfully defended his thesis! Congratulate Dr. Choi on receiving his PhD. - Dec. 13, 2019
- A paper on removing mesh bias in mixed-mode cohesive fracture simulation with stress recovery and domain integral, which is a main topic of Ph.D. thesis by Habeun Choi, is accepted at International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (IJNME). Note that IJNME is one of best journals in computational mechanics! - Aug. 16, 2019
- Siwoo and Jong-Yeob have joined the group as undergraduate interns. - Aug. 5, 2019
- Two papers on elastodynamic virtual element method are published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME) and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (IJNME). CMAME and IJNME are the best journals in computational mechanics! - Aug. 1, 2019
- Cui Hui Ru, from National University of Defense Technology, China, visited the CEM group. He will stay at Yonsei from Mar. 15 ~ Sep. 14, 2019. - Mar. 15 - 2019
- Chulmin Kweon continues his research at CEML. Welcome to the graduate school of Yonsei. - Mar. 1, 2019
- Prof. Park will host the fifth general meeting of International Committee on Irradiated Concrete (ICIC). - Nov. 19, 2018
- Mr. Choi visits Georgia Institute of Technology as a visiting scholar from July 2018 ~ June 2019 - Aug. 1, 2018
- A paper on the assessment of cohesive traction-separation relationships in Abaqus is selected as a Most Downloaded Article in Mechanics Research Communications. - July 17, 2018
- A paper on the size effect of interfacial fracture between concrete and FRP, which is a main topic of M.S. thesis by Kyungsu Ha, is accepted at Cement & Concrete Composites (CCC). Note that CCC is one of best journals in construction materials! - July 10, 2018
- A paper on a generalized fiber-beam element formulation for distributed plasticity in multiple regions is published at Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CACIE). Note that CACIE is a top journal in civil engineering! - July 10, 2018
- A paper on a cohesive fractional-contact model, which is a chapter of M.S. thesis by Hyunil Baek, is accepted at International Journal of Solids and Structures (IJSS). Note that IJSS is one of best journals in solid mechanics! - April 30, 2018
- Prof. Park will have a sabbatical leave at Georgia Institute of Technology from March 1, 2019. - Feb. 15, 2018
- Prof. Park was elected as a technical area coordinate (TAC) for Structural Performance and Mechanistic Understanding of Irradiated Concrete at International Committee on Irradiated Concrete (ICIC). - Jan. 10, 2018
- Chulmin Kweon has joined the CEM group an an undergraduate intern. Welcome to the CEM group! - Jan. 1, 2018
- Syed Qasim Shabbir joined the group for his graduate study, and received a scholarship (tuition waiver) from Yonsei University. Welcome to the CEM group! - Sep. 1, 2017
- Tiana received her master degree in August. She will continue her graduate study at CEM group. - Aug. 25, 2017
- Prof. Park was selected as a chair of a computational analaysis committee at Korea Concrete Institute (KCI). - Mar. 1, 2017
- Hyunil Baek received his master degree in February, 2017. His research focused on dynamic fracture investigation for materials with micro-structures. Congratulation! - Feb. 27, 2017
- Jinyoung Kim and Yeji Hong have joined the group as undergraduate interns - Jan. 7, 2017
- Dr. Minkwan Ju has joined the group as a research professor. Welcome to the CEM group! - Jan. 3, 2017
- Prof. Park and H.T. Kim received the distinguished paper award at the 5th International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management (ISRERM 2016). The title of the paper is Effects of neutron radiation on performance and design strength of RC beams for nuclear power plants. - Aug. 19, 2016
- Ngoc Tan Nguyen has joined the group for his graduate study. Welcome to the CEM group! - Aug. 12, 2016
- Prof. Park is invited to deliver a presentation at the 2nd general meeting on the International Committee on Irradiated Concrete (ICIC) in Nagoya, Japan. - Aug. 9, 2016
- A paper on design strength evaluation of RC beams under radiation environments for nuclear power plants is published at Nuclear Engineering and Design. - Mar. 23, 2016
- Prof. Park and Prof. Kwon (University of Toronto) organize an international workshop on 'Resilience on Urban Infrastructure.' The workshop will be held at University of Toronto, Canada, Apr. 25-26, 2016 - Jan. 14, 2016
- Prof. Park delivers a lecture on 'Computational Fracture Mechanics: Theory and Applications', organized by Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea. - Jan. 14, 2016
- Prof. Park co-organizes a mini-symposium on Cohesive Zone Models - Fundamentals and Multiscale Applications in the World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM) with Prof. Glaucio H. Paulino (Georgia Institute of Technology), Prof. Kenjiro Terada (Tohoku University), Prof. Mao Kurumatani (Ibaraki University), and Prof. Rene de Borst (University of Glasgow). The WCCM2016 will be held at Seoul, Korea, July 24 - 29, 2016. - Aug. 11, 2015
- Prof. Park delivered an invited seminar at Georgia Institute of Technology - Aug. 3, 2015
- Prof. Park and his research group will attend U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM) at San Diego, California. Research group members, Habeun Choi and Hyunil Baek, will deliver presentations at the conference - May 13, 2015
- Prof. Park, Mr. Choi and Mr. Baek received the best paper award at the Korea-Japan workshop on computational mechanics. - Apr. 10, 2015
- Hyunil Baek and Hyeong Tae Kim continue their research at CEML. Welcome to the graduate school of Yonsei. - Feb. 28, 2015
- Prof. Park co-organizes a mini-symposium on Cohesive Zone Models - Fundamentals and Multiscale Applications in the 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM13) with Prof. Glaucio H. Paulino from Georgia Institute of Technology. The USNCCM13 will be held at San Diego, California, July 26 - 30, 2015. - Feb. 23, 2015
- Kyungsu Ha and Sungsik Yoon received their master degree in February, 2015. Congratulation! - Feb. 23, 2015
- Hyeong Tae Kim has joined the group as undergraduate interns - July 1, 2014
- Sungsik Yoon was selected to receive the best presentation award at Korea Concrete Institute Conferences in Fall, 2013. The presentation is titled, "Measurement of Local Displacement and Strain by Using Digital Image Correlation Technique." Congratulation! - May 7, 2014
- Euikeun Kim received his master degree in February, 2014. His research focused on probability of failure accounting for crack interactions in semi-infinite domain. Congratulation! - Feb. 27, 2014
- Jong-Beom Park and Jihyuk Park have joined the group as undergraduate interns - Jan. 6, 2014
- A paper on scalable parallel dynamic fracture simulation has been published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME). Note that CMAME is ranked #4 in 'Engineering, Multidisciplinary' category (top 4.4%), and its Impact Factor is 2.617 for 2012 - Oct. 8, 2013
- Prof. Park and his research group will attend the Korea Concrete Institute (KCI) conference in October 16-18, 2013. Research group members, Habeun Choi and Sungsik Youn, will deliver presentations at the conference - Sep. 2, 2013
- A paper on the unified potential-based cohesive model of mixed-mode fracture is one of the most cited Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (JMPS) articles published since 2008, extracted from SciVerse Scopus. Note that JMPS is ranked #6 in the Mechanics category (top 4.5%), and its Impact Factor is 2.806 for 2011 - Apr. 23, 2013
- A review paper on the cohesive zone model has been published in Applied Mechanics Reviews (AMR) - ASME. Note that AMR is ranked #4 in the Mechanics category (top 3.0%), and its Impact Factor is 3.97 for 2011 - Apr. 7, 2013
- An educational paper on the cohesive zone model is selected as Top 25 Hottest Articles in Engineering Fracture Mechanics from January to December 2012 - Mar. 21, 2013
- Taehong Kim has joined the group as undergraduate interns - Mar. 1, 2013
- Sungsik Yoon continues his research at CEML. Welcome to the graduate school of Yonsei. - Feb. 28, 2013
- Undergraduate internships are available. Please, submit the application form to civilabeek@yonsei.ac.kr - Feb. 18, 2013
- Prof. Park co-organizes a mini-symposium on Cohesive Zone Models - Fundamentals and Multiscale Applications in the 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM12) with Prof. Glaucio H. Paulino from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The USNCCM12 will be held at Raleigh, North Carolina, July 22 - 25, 2013. - Jan. 9, 2013
- Hyunil Back and Doyun Kim have joined the group as undergraduate interns - Jan. 9, 2013
- Undergraduate internships are available. Please, submit the application form to civilabeek@yonsei.ac.kr - Dec. 28, 2012
- Prof. Park and his group visited the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) to initiate collaborative research for a sustainable nuclear power plant - Nov. 12, 2012
- Prof. Park and his entire research group will attend the Korea Concrete Institute (KCI) conference in November 7-9, 2012. Research group members, Habeun Choi and Euikeun Kim, will deliver presentations at the conference - Nov. 5, 2012
- Group information is available in Korean - Sep. 20, 2012
- Jaeho Shin, Seongsik Youn and Jong-Hyeon Lee have joined the group as undergraduate interns - Sep. 6, 2012
- Graduate research assistantships for Spring 2013 are available. Please, contact Prof. Kyoungsoo Park and/or other group members for more information - Sep. 1, 2012
- Undergraduate internships are available. Please, submit the application form to civilabeek@yonsei.ac.kr - Aug. 27, 2012
- An educational paper on the cohesive zone model has been published in Engineering Fracture Mechanics (EFM) - Aug. 25, 2012
- The CEML web-site is published - Aug. 1, 2012
Seminars Invited by CEML
- Byungmin Kim (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, UNIST), Dynamic characteristics of Gyeongju/Pohang earthquake - Feb. 5, 2018
- Junho Chun (Syracuse University, U.S.A.), Design and topology optimization of buildings subjected to stochastic dynamic loading - Sep. 1, 2017
- Soondo Kweon (Southern Illinois University, U.S.A.), Ductile damage model: Computational scheme - Aug. 1, 2017
- Petr Stemberk (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech), Examples of design and analysis of Czech and Slovak NPPs for extreme situations - Jun. 14, 2017
- Youngsuk Kim (Risk Management Solutions, Inc.), Introduction of Earthquake Risk Modelling and Risk Management - Oct. 5, 2016
- Hyungchul Yoon (Michigan Technological University), Enabling Smart City Resilience: Post-disaster Response and Structural Health Monitoring - Jul. 12, 2016
- Jeongho Kim (University of Connecticut), Dynamic Response of Corrugated Sandwich Plates under Shock-Tube Loading - Jun. 28, 2016
- Myoungsung Choi (Dongguk University), The Next Generation of Structural Engineering - Jun. 10, 2016
- Moochul Shin (Western New England University), Seismic Retrofit and Repair of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns Using Shape Memory Alloy Spirals - May 27, 2016
- Robin Eunju Kim (Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Korea), Fire Research Institute & Test Facilities - Apr. 15, 2016
- Oh-Sung Kwon (University of Toronto, Canada), Recent Developments in Integrated Hybrid Simulation Method in University of Toronto - Aug. 31, 2015
- Gun Jin Yun (University of Akron, U.S.A.), Mechanoluminescence Applications for Sensing, NDT and SHM - Aug. 17, 2015
- Erdogan Madenci (University of Arizona, U.S.A.) and Erkan Oterkus (University of Strathclyde, U.K.), Peridynamic Modeling of Materials and Structures - Mar. 19, 2015
- B.F. Spencer, Jr. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.), Monitoring of Highway and Railroad Bridges Using Wireless Smart Sensors - Mar. 3, 2015
- Jong-Su Jeon (Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.), Fragility Assessment of a Long Multi-Frame Bridge Subjected to Spatially Correlated Ground Motions - Sep. 12, 2014
- Won Hee Kang (University of Western Sydney, Australia), Seismic Risk Assessment of Lifeline Networks Using New System Reliability Analysis Methods - Dec. 27, 2012