Advisor

Advisor

S. Sonny Kim, Ph.D, P.E., F.ASCE

Professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow 
Associate Chair for Global Engagement
School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2004
Email: kims@uga.edu

Research Interests

  • Use of Nondestructive Testing, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning for Resilient/Sustainable Infrastructure Health Monitoring
  • AI-Based Infrastructure Asset Management 
  • Climate Resilient Infrastructure 
  • Transportation Geotechnics | Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design

Honors/Awards/Achievements

  • President’s Award, Korean Geotechnical Society – 2023
  • Georgia Engineer of the Year, Georgia Society of Professional Engineers (GSPE) – 2021
  • Civil Engineer of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Georgia Section (2020-2021)
  • Distinguished Faculty Fellow Award, College of Engineering, University of Georgia – 2019
  • Appreciation Plaque, Egyptian Housing and Building National Research Center – 2018 & 2019
  • UGA PSO Fellowship Award, Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia – 2018
  • Fellow, Geosynthetics Institute – 2018
  • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – 2017
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, KSU Foundation, Inc – 2015

Service to Professional Society

  • Voting Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) TC202 Transportation Geotechnics
  • Board of Directors, Falling Weight Deflectometer User Group (FWDUG)
  • Academic Representative, FHWA’s Asphalt Pavements and Materials Technical Feedback Group (APM-TFG)
  • Member, ASCE Geo-Institute Pavement Committee
  • Member, ASCE T&DI Highway Pavement Committee
  • Member, TRB AKM 80 Aggregates
  • Member, TRB AKP 20 Design and Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavements
  • Editorial Board, MDPI Journal of Infrastructures
  • Editorial Board, Innovative Infrastructure Solutions

Courses Taught

  • CVLE 8410 Inelastic Behavior of Construction Materials
  • CVLE 8420 Geomechanics
  • CVLE 8460 Soil Improvement
  • CVLE 8470 Advanced Pavement System Design
  • CVLE 3420 Introduction to Soil Mechanics
  • CVLE 3450 Civil Engineering Lab – Soils
  • CVLE 4450 Geotechnical Structures
  • CVLE 4470/6470 Pavement Design