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Dr. Jo is an assistant professor in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1999, 2001) and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013). Prior to starting his Ph.D. study, he has worked as a professional bridge engineer in the Seoyeong Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea in 2001~2007. He teaches the reinforced concrete structure design (CE335 & CE437/537) and advanced structural dynamics (EM634). His research interests are in the development of the next-generation of smart technologies for innovating the way our civil systems are monitored, protected, and rehabilitated; which include, but not limited to, structural health monitoring, wireless smart sensor networks, bio-inspired sensing technologies, computer vision-base sensing, structural damage identification, advanced functional materials, seismic retrofit and rehabilitation, earthquake/Wind/Bridge engineering, energy harvesting, full-scale dynamic testing.

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Courses
  • S
    Statics

  • ASDC
    Advanced Structural Design in Concrete

  • PCS
    Prestressed Concrete Structures

  • SDC
    Structural Design in Concrete

  • ESA
    Elementary Structural Analysis

  • ASD
    Advanced Structural Dynamics

Grants
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    Actively Managed Battery Degradation of IoT Wireless Sensors for Group Replacement

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2020

    $479.0K
    Active
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    Robust Wireless Skin Sensor Networks for Long-Term Fatigue Crack Monitoring of Bridges, Phase l

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2020

    $105.0K
    Active
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    Wind-Induced Structural Risk Monitoring System Development for SRP Power Substation and Transmission Structures

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2019

    $96.4K
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    Wind-Induced Vibration Investigation and Mitigation for Jojoba Substation A-frame Structure

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2018

    $124.5K
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    Flood Induced Bridge Scour Prediction Using Bio-Inspired Smart Sensor Network

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2015

    $326.0K
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    Strain-Based Fatigue Crack Monitoring of Steel Bridges Using Wireless Elastomeric Skin Sensors

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2015

    $47.0K
Technologies / Patents
      News
      • Class of 2015: Apple's Doors Open for UA Grad

        2015

      Publications (71)
      Recent
      • Automatic control of AC bridge-based capacitive strain sensor interface for wireless structural health monitoring

        2022

      • Real-time generic target tracking for structural displacement monitoring under environmental uncertainties via deep learning

        2022

      • Structural Health Monitoring of Fatigue Cracks for Steel Bridges with Wireless Large-Area Strain Sensors

        2022

      • Long-term field monitoring of fatigue cracks for steel bridges with wireless large-area strain sensors

        2022

      • Investigation of textured sensing skin for monitoring fatigue cracks on fillet welds

        2022

      • Deep reinforcement learning for automated design of reinforced concrete structures

        2021

      • Monitoring impact damage in composites with large area sensing skins

        2021

      • Investigation of surface textured sensing skin for fatigue crack localization and quantification

        2021

      • Soft Elastomeric Capacitor for Angular Rotation Sensing in Steel Components

        2021

      • Multi-objective sensor placement optimization for structural response estimation under spatially varying dynamic loading of bridges

        2021

      • Experimental validation of textured sensing skin for fatigue crack monitoring

        2021

      • Convolutional neural networks for pavement roughness assessment using calibration-free vehicle dynamics

        2020

      • Flood-fragility analysis of instream bridges - consideration of flow hydraulics, geotechnical uncertainties, and variable scour depth

        2020

      • Human motion component and envelope characterization via wireless wearable sensors

        2020

      • Wireless soft elastomeric capacitor sensor network for long-term fatigue crack monitoring of steel bridges

        2019

      • Thin-Film Sensor for Fatigue Crack Sensing and Monitoring in Steel Bridges under Varying Crack Propagation Rates and Random Traffic Loads

        2019

      • Impact force localization for civil infrastructure using augmented Kalman Filter optimization

        2019

      • Flood fragility analysis of instream bridges

        2018

      • Sensing distortion-induced fatigue cracks in steel bridges with capacitive skin sensor arrays

        2018

      • Capacitance-based wireless strain sensor development

        2018

      • Heterogeneous data fusion for impact force identification in truss structure

        2018

      • Thin-film sensor for fatigue crack monitoring in steel bridges under varying crack growth rate and random traffic load

        2018

      • Development of wireless sensor node hardware for large-area capacitive strain monitoring

        2018

      • Dense capacitive sensor array for monitoring distortion-induced fatigue cracks in steel bridge

        2018

      • Next generation wireless smart sensors toward sustainable civil infrastructure

        2017

      • Model-Based Heterogeneous Data Fusion for Reliable Force Estimation in Dynamic Structures under Uncertainties

        2017

      • A robust signal processing method for quantitative high-cycle fatigue crack monitoring using soft elastomeric capacitor sensors

        2017

      • Advanced signal processing of sonar measurement for bridge scour monitoring

        2017

      • A large-area strain sensing technology for monitoring fatigue cracks in steel bridges

        2017

      • Practical application of RINO, a smartphone-based dynamic displacement sensing application for wind tunnel tests

        2016

      • Reference-Free Displacements for Condition Assessment of Timber Railroad Bridges

        2016

      • Multi-metric strain estimation at unmeasured locations of plate structures using augmented Kalman filter

        2016

      • Feasibility Test of Low-cost Sonar Sensors for Bridge Scour Monitoring

        2016

      • Simulating Sediment Transport around a Bridge Pier Using Open FOAM Software

        2016

      • Real-time image processing for non-contact monitoring of dynamic displacements using smartphone technologies

        2016

      • High-sensitivity strain visualization using electroluminescence technologies

        2016

      • Development of High-Sensitivity and Low-Cost Electroluminescent Strain Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring

        2015

      • Recent advances in wireless smart sensors for multi-scale monitoring and control of civil infrastructure

        2015

      • Multi-metric model-based structural health monitoring

        2014

      • Low-Latency Data Acquisition Hardware for Real-Time Wireless Sensor Applications

        2014

      • A wireless smart sensor network for automated monitoring of cable tension

        2014

      • Dynamic Assessment of Timber Railroad Bridges Using Displacements

        2014

      • A damage localization method based on the ‘jerk energy’

        2014

      • Develoment of high-sensitivity wireless strain sensor for structural health monitoring

        2013

      • Automated wireless monitoring system for cable tension using smart sensors

        2013

      • Feasibility of displacement monitoring using low-cost GPS receivers

        2013

      • Design and validation of high-precision wireless strain sensors for structural health monitoring of steel structures

        2012

      • Full-scale experimental validation of decentralized damage identification using wireless smart sensors

        2012

      • Preliminary study of low-cost GPS receivers for time synchronization of wireless sensor networks

        2012

      • Feasibility study of micro-wind turbines for powering wireless sensors on a cable-stayed bridge

        2012

      • Sensing Measurement Bridge monitoring using wireless smart sensors

        2012

      • Full-scale decentralized damage identification using wireless smart sensors

        2011

      • Decentralized Random Decrement Technique for Data Aggregation and System Identification in Wireless Smart Sensor Networks

        2011

      • Decentralized random decrement technique for efficient data aggregation and system identification in wireless smart sensor networks

        2011

      • Bio-inspired structural displacement monitoring strategy using low-cost GPS receivers: feasibility test

        2011

      • Hybrid wireless smart sensor network for full-scale structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge

        2011

      • Automated cable tension monitoring using smart sensors

        2011

      • Decentralized bridge health monitoring using wireless smart sensors

        2010

      • Structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge using smart sensor technology: deployment and evaluation

        2010

      • Development of high-sensitivity accelerometer board for structural health monitoring

        2010

      • Feasibility study of wind generator for smart wireless sensor node in cable-stayed bridge

        2010

      • Structural health monitoring system of a cable-stayed bridge using a dense array of scalable smart sensor network

        2010

      • Long-term structural health monitoring system of a cable-stayed bridge based on wireless smart sensor networks and energy harvesting techniques

        2010

      • Structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge using wireless smart sensor technology: data analyses

        2010

      • Autonomous structural health monitoring using wireless smart sensors on a cable-stayed bridge

        2010

      • Structural health monitoring of a cable-stayed bridge using acceleration data via wireless smart sensor network

        2010

      • Structural monitoring of a historic truss bridge using a wireless sensor network

        2009

      • Sensitivity analysis of non-conservative eigensystems

        2004

      • Simplified Algebraic Method for Computing Eigenpair Sensitivities of Damped Systems

        2001

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