Thomas Kang, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
University of Oklahoma
202 W. Boyd St. Room 334
Norman, OK 73019

 

Phone: (405) 325-1416
Fax: (405) 325-4217
Email: tkang@ou.edu

Education

Ph.D.,  Civil Engineering,  University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.,  2004.

M.S.,  Civil Engineering,  Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.,  2000.

B.S.,  Architecture,  Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea,  1998.

Interests

Dr. Kang’s research interests encompass the field of structural earthquake engineering,
with a focus on structural dynamics, shake table tests, large-scale tests of reinforced,
prestressed, and post-tensioned concrete structures, as well as analytical/numerical modeling
and the development of design models and provisions.

Teaching  (Student comments following courses)

CEES 3673   Structural Design – Concrete I  & Laboratory

CEES 4903   Civil Engineering Design  (Capstone; with Dr. G.A. Miller)

CEES 4993   Design of Building Systems  (Capstone; with Dr. G.A. Miller)

CEES 5783   Structural Design – Concrete II

CEES 5793   Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures & Laboratory

Advising Student Activities and Achievements

ACI Concrete Projects Competition for Undergraduate Student Yonathan Reches,

University of Oklahoma (2009)

 

Nomination of Oklahoma Traffic Engineering Scholarship Recipient Jessica Callahan,

University of Oklahoma (2009)

 

PCI Engineering Student Design Competition for 2 teams, University of Oklahoma (2009)

 

Rank #1 in both State and National Level in Division 2 for JV 2008 TEAM+S Students,

TEAM+S Competition, Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (2008)

 

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program for UROP Award Recipient Randy

Martin, University of Oklahoma (2007)

Current Research

1.  Experimental Evaluation of ACI 318-08 & 352R-02 for Headed Bars  (OTC & Erico)

 

  2.  Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Beams and Beam-Column Joints  (OTC & Coreslab)

 

  3.  Seismic Behavior of Two-way RC and PT Concrete Slabs  (OU)

 

4.  Self-Consolidating Concrete for AASHTO Girders  (ODOT; with Dr. C. Ramseyer)

 

  5.  Rating Precast Prestressed Concrete Bridges for Shear  (ODOT; with Dr. J.-S. Pei)

Supervision of Graduate Students

Randy D. Martin  (M.S. thesis, May 2009; co-advised by Dr. J.-S. Pei)

Current Students – Research Assistants

Woosuk Kim  (PhD student – Research #1, 2 & 4)

Yu “Peter” Huang  (MS/PhD student – Research #3)

Kah Mun Lam  (MS student – Research #1)

Michael Van Zandt  (BS/MS student – Research #3)

Yonathan Reches  (Undergraduate student – “Human hair-reinforced concrete”)

Selected Consulting Services

1.  High-Rise Post-Tensioned Concrete Building Design, Seoul, Korea – Structural

       Consulting  (to Dongyang Structural Engineers Co., Ltd., 2009)

 

2.  Kaiser Permanente, Ontario, Calif. (Unb. Braced System) – Perform-3D Nonlinear

       Dynamic Analysis  (to John A. Martin & Assoc., with Dr. Farzad Naeim, 2007)

 

3.  St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, Calif. – Seismic Evaluation of Horizontal

       Wall Segments  (to KPFF-Los Angeles, with Dr. John Wallace et al., 2007)

 

4.  PCA Educational Tool Project – Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures

       (to Portland Cement Association, with Dr. Attila Beres, 2006)

  Professional Affiliation

License

        Registered Professional Engineer, California  (Lic. # 71385)

Secretary

        Joint ACI-ASCE 352 – Joints & Connections in Monolithic Concrete Structures

Voting Member

        ACI Collegiate Concrete Council

        Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 352 – Joints and Connections

        ACI Committee 369 – Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation

        PTI Building Design Committee

Member

        American Society of Civil Engineers  (ASCE / M. ASCE)

        Earthquake Engineering Research Institute  (EERI)

        American Concrete Institute  (ACI)

        Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 423 – Prestressed Concrete

        Korea Concrete Institute  (KCI)

        George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation  (NEES)

        Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute  (PCI / Professional Member)

        Post-Tensioning Institute  (PTI / Professional Member)         

Professional Services

Technical Activities

          1.  Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 352, Task Group – Chair; Design and Behavior

              of Headed Reinforcement in Beam-Column Joints

 

          2.  Joint ACI-ASCE Committee 352, Editorial Subcommittee; ACI 352.1R

 

          3.  ACI Committee 369, Task Group; ACI 369.R, Document to Serve

              as Supplementary Information for ASCE 41  (Slab-Column Frames)

 

          4.  PTI Building Design Committee, Editorial Subcommittee; Practical Design

              Guide for Post-Tensioned Buildings         

Conference Activities

          1.  2009 ASCE Str. Congress, Austin, Tex., Session Chair, New Developments

  for Practical Analysis and Design of Structural Concrete Frame Connections

 

          2.  4^th International Conference on Advances in Structural Engineering and

               Mechanics, Jeju, Korea, Session Chair, Concrete & RC Structures II

 

          3.  8^th U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco

  Calif., Session Moderator, Seismic Performance of Industrial Structures

Editorial Board

          1.  International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics

 

          2.  Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea

University Activities

          1.  Architectural Engineering Faculty Search Committee, University of Oklahoma

 

          2.  Donald G. Fears Structural Engineering Laboratory Oversight Committee

Selected Awards and Honors

Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper, American Concrete Institute  (2009)

  Certificate of Appreciation Awarded by the Post-Tensioning Institute  (2009)

Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development Award, UCLA  (2005 ~ 2006)

  Graduate Fellowship, Michigan State University  (1998)

Selected Journal Publications  (For a complete list of refereed journal publications)

1. Kang T. H.-K., Ha S.-S. and D.-U. Choi, “Bar Pullout Tests and Seismic Tests of

Small-Headed Bars in Beam-Column Joints,” ACI Structural Journal, In press.

 

2. Kang T. H.-K., Shin M., Mitra N. and J. F. Bonacci, “Seismic Design of Reinforced

Concrete Beam-Column Joints with Headed Bars,” ACI Structural Journal, In press.

 

3. Kang T. H.-K., Wallace J. W. and K. J. Elwood, “Nonlinear Modeling of Flat-Plate

Systems,” ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 135(2), Feb. 2009, 147-158.

 

4. Kang T. H.-K. and J. W. Wallace, “Stresses in Unbonded Tendons of Post-

Tensioned Flat Plate Systems under Dynamic Excitation,” Journal of the

Post-Tensioning Institute, 6(1), Feb. 2008, 31-44.

Selected Books, Articles and Conference Proceedings

1. Kang T. H.-K., “Earthquake Engineering of Concrete Flat Plate Systems: A

Laboratory and Computer Simulation,” VDM Verlag, Apr. 2009, Saarbrücken, Germany.

 

  2. Hueste M. B. D., Kang T. H.-K. and I. N. Robertson, “Lateral Drift Limits for

Structural Concrete Slab-Column Connections, Including Shear Reinforcement

Effects,” Proc. 2009 ASCE Structures Congress, Austin, Tex., Apr. 2009.

 

3. Kang T. H.-K., “Recommendations for Design of RC Beam-Column Connections

with Headed Bars Subjected to Cyclic Loading,” Proc. 14WCEE, Beijing, Oct. 2008.

 

4. Kang T. H.-K., LaFave J. M., Robertson I. N. and N. M. Hawkins, “Post-Tensioned

Slab-Column Connections – Drift Capacity at Punching of Connections Subjected to

Lateral Loading,” ACI Concrete International, 29(4), Apr. 2007, 70-77.

Selected Professional Publications/Presentations

1. Kang T. H.-K., “Lateral Load Analysis & Design of PT Slab-Column Connections,”

Technical Session #2 – Innovative PT Building/Parking Structure Design, The

Post-Tensioning Institute’s Conference and Exhibition, Portland, Ore., May 2009.

 

2. Kang T. H.-K., Kim W., Lam K. M., Badasci J. P. and S. M. Patel, “Relief of

Steel Congestion in Beams and Bent Caps of Concrete Bridges,” 2008 ODOT-OTC

Research Day, Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 2008.

 

3. Kang T. H.-K., “Design Recommendations for PT Slab-Column Connections

under Lateral Loads,” Technical Session #2 – Building Design, The Post-Tensioning

Institute’s Conference and Exhibition, St. Louis, Mo., May 2008.

 

4. Martin R. D., Pei J.-S. and T. H.-K. Kang, “Estimation of Span-varying Stiffness

and Prestressing Stress of a Real-world Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girder,” Open

Paper Session, ACI Spring Convention, Los Angeles, Calif., Apr. 2008.

 

 

 

Last update: June 17, 2009 by T. H.-K. Kang