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
Curriculum Vitae: Click here
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   Architectural & Civil Engineering Design  (Capstone; with Dr. G.A. Miller)

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

CEES 5713   Design of Post-Tensioned Structures

CEES 5723   Structural Design – Composites

CEES 5783   Structural Design – Concrete II

CEES 5793   Design of Prestressed Concrete Structures & Laboratory

Advising Student Activities and Achievements

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program for UROP Award Recipients Randy

Martin (2007) and Amy Hufnagel (2009), University of Oklahoma

 

Third Place Winner for Undergraduate Student Yonathan Reches in ACI Concrete

Projects Competition, University of Oklahoma (2009)

 

Nomination of Oklahoma Traffic Engineering Scholarship Recipient Jessica Prince,

University of Oklahoma (2009)

 

Zone 2 Fourth Place for Chris Davis, Yu Huang, Randy Martin, Victor Njiru & Shelby

Pankop in PCI Engineering Student Design Competition, 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)

Current Research

1.  Relief of Steel Congestion Using Headed Bars & Steel Fibers  (UTC: $0.3M; sole PI)

 

  2.  Seismic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete & Post-Tensioned Slabs  (OU; internal)

 

3.  Rehabilitation Using Hybrid Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Sheets  (UTC: $0.2M; sole PI)

 

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 Thesis-Option 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, 3 & 4)

Yu Huang  (PhD student – Research #2 & 3)

Kah Mun Lam  (MS student – Research #1)

Amy Hufnagel  (MS student – Research #2)

Moustapha Ibrahim Ary  (MS student – Research #3)

Selected Consulting Services

1.  Consulting Advisory Board for HanmiParsons Co., Ltd.  (Since 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 335 – Composite and Hybrid Structures

        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)

        Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat  (CTBUH)

        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 – Chair; Report, Slab-Column Connections

 

          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 Co-Chair, Concrete & RC Structures II

 

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

  Calif., Session Co-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.  Structures/Architecture Faculty Search Committee, University of Oklahoma

 

          3.  Donald G. Fears Structural Engineering Laboratory Oversight Committee

Selected Awards and Honors

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

Award of Excellence, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute  (2009)

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

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

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

1. Huang Y., Kang T. H.-K., Ramseyer C. and C. Rha, “Background to Multi-Scale

Modeling of Unbonded Post-Tensioned Concrete Structures,” International Journal of

Theoretical and Applied Multiscale Mechanics, Inderscience, 2010  (In press).

 

2. 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, 107(1), Jan.-Feb.

2010, 32-42.

 

3. 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, 106(6),

Nov.-Dec. 2009, 868-877.

 

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., “Sustainable Cast-in-Place Post-Tensioned Buildings,” Invited Talk,

  Oklahoma Chapter of ACI, Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 2009.

 

2. Kang T. H.-K. and W. Kim, “Lightweight Concrete Beams with Shear Steel Fibers,”

  Research in Progress Session, ACI Fall Convention, New Orleans, La., Nov. 2009.

 

3. Kang T. H.-K., Kim W., Lam K. M., Van Zandt M., Patel S. and J. P. Badasci, “Relief

of Reinforcing Congestion in Highway Bridges Using Steel Fibers, Headed Bars and Self-

consolidating Concrete,” 2009 ODOT-OTC Research Day, OKC, Okla., Oct. 2009.

 

4. 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.

 

 

 

Last update: February 1, 2010 by T. H.-K. Kang