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S. Sonny Kim, Ph.D, P.E., F.ASCE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow<\/em>\u00a0
Associate Chair for Civil Engineering | Global Engagement
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA<\/span><\/p>\n

Adjunct Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea<\/span><\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • Use of Nondestructive Testing, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning for Resilient\/Sustainable Infrastructure Health Monitoring<\/span><\/li>\n
  • AI-Based Infrastructure Asset Management\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Climate Resilient Infrastructure\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Transportation Geotechnics | Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Honors\/Awards\/Achievements<\/span><\/h3>\n
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    • Best Paper Award, TranSoilCold 2025 Conference – 2025<\/span><\/li>\n
    • President’s Award, Korean Geotechnical Society – 2023
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    • Georgia Engineer of the Year, Georgia Society of Professional Engineers (GSPE) – 2021<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Civil Engineer of the Year,\u00a0American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Georgia Section (2020-2021)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Distinguished Faculty Fellow Award, College of Engineering, University of Georgia – 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Appreciation Plaque, Egyptian Housing and Building National Research Center – 2018 & 2019<\/span><\/li>\n
    • UGA PSO Fellowship Award, Public Service and Outreach, University of Georgia – 2018<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Fellow, Geosynthetics Institute – 2018<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – 2017<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Outstanding Faculty Award, KSU Foundation, Inc – 2015<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Service to Professional Society<\/span><\/h3>\n
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      • Voting Member, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) TC202 Transportation Geotechnics<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Board of Directors, Falling Weight Deflectometer User Group (FWDUG)<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Academic Representative, FHWA’s Asphalt Pavements and Materials Technical Feedback Group (APM-TFG)<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Member, ASCE Geo-Institute Pavement Committee<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Member, ASCE T&DI Highway Pavement Committee<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Member, TRB AKM 80 Aggregates<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Member, TRB AKP 20 Design and Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavements<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Editorial Board, International Journal of Geomechanics and Engineering<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Courses Taught<\/span><\/h3>\n
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        • CVLE 8410 Inelastic Behavior of Construction Materials<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CVLE 8420 Geomechanics<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CVLE 8460 Soil Improvement<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CVLE 8470 Advanced Pavement System Design<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CVLE 3420 Introduction to Soil Mechanics<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CVLE 3450 Civil Engineering Lab – Soils<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CVLE 4450 Geotechnical Structures<\/span><\/li>\n
        • CVLE 4470\/6470 Pavement Design<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          S. Sonny Kim, Ph.D, P.E., F.ASCE   Professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow\u00a0Associate Chair for Civil Engineering | Global EngagementSchool of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Adjunct Professor Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea Research Interests Use of Nondestructive Testing, Remote Sensing, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1091","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kims.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kims.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kims.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kims.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kims.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/kims.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"https:\/\/kims.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1091\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kims.engr.uga.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}