◾Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, USA (Aug. 2024)
Major: Civil Engineering (Pavement Engineering) / Minor: Statistics

◾M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (Dec. 2013)
Major: Civil Engineering (Structure)

◾B.S., Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea (Aug. 2012)
Major: Civil Engineering

◾Assistant Professor, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea (Mar. 2026 - Present)
◾Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA (July 2024 - Feb. 2026)
◾Graduate Research Assistant, Iowa State University, USA (Jan. 2020 - May 2024)
◾Graduate Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, USA (Aug. 2019 - May 2024)
◾Structural Engineer, Dohwa Engineering, Seoul, Korea (Dec. 2017 - June 2019)
◾Research Engineer, ESCO-RTS, Seoul, Korea (Jan. 2014 - Mar. 2017)

◾Pavement Analysis and Design
◾Transportation Geotechnics
◾Data-Driven Modeling and Artificial Intelligence
◾Remote Sensing for Infrastructure Inspection
◾Vibration Control and Railway Track Analysis

◾Pavement Engineering
◾Basic Software Applications

[1] SCIE. SSCI, SCOPUS

(*: Corresponding Author)

◾N.S. Ahmed, Y.S. Koh*, N. Citir, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, I.H. Cho, "Development of Granular Road Assessment and Asset Management Tool for Quantifying Superload Impacts", Transportation Geotechnics, 2026, 101960.
◾Y.S. Koh*, Y. Lu, R. Wiggins, Y.D. Kim, I.I.A. Qamhia, E. Tutumluer, J. Tingle, T. Parsons, and M.J. Harrell, "Performance Prediction Models for Flexible and Rigid Pavements – State-of-the-Practice Review for Implementation in North America", International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2025, 26(1), 2513454.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, "Enhancing Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement Performance Analysis through Remote Data Collection on Oversize/Overweight Vehicles: Evaluating Damage Costs and Reduced Service Life", International Journal of Pavement Engineering, 2025, 26(1), 2457040.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, "Multivariate Life Cycle Cost Analysis Related to Fatigue Cracking in Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements Subjected to Superloads", Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part B: Pavements, 2025, 151(1), 04024053.
◾A. Hasheminezhad*, Y.S. Koh, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, J. Tinoco, and A.G. Correia, "Recent Advancements on Artificial Intelligence in Revolutionizing Transportation Geotechnics: Integration and Innovations (2013-2025)", Transportation Geotechnics, 2025, 101775.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, "An Artificial Intelligence Based Approach for Predicting Structural Damages of Paved Road Systems under Superloads", Construction and Building Materials, 2024, 134257.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, "Mechanistic Basis for Permit Fee Decision of Superloads Traveling on Low-Volume Roads Using Structural Damage Evaluation", Transportation Research Record, 2023, 03611981231156577.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, "Structural and Fatigue Analysis of Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement Top-Down and Bottom-Up Transverse Cracking Subjected to Superloads", Transportation Research Record, 2022, 2676(9), pp.76-93.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, "Critical Responses of Flexible Pavements Under Superheavy Loads and Data-Driven Surrogate Model", International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 2022, pp.1-31.

[2] KCI

(*: Corresponding Author)

◾Y.S. Koh*, C.Y. Lee, Y.S. Ji, and J.W. Kim, "Analysis of Performance Tests and Friction Characteristics of a Friction Type Isolator Considering Train Load Conditions", Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society, 2017, 18(3), pp.694-702.
◾Y.S. Koh, Y.S. Ji, H.S. Choi, and S.H. Choi*, "Optimum Design Property Estimation of the Precast Floating Track System for Vibration Reduction", Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation, 2016, 16(2), pp.69-76.
◾C.Y. Lee, S.H. Choi, Y.I. Lee, S.G. Kwon, Y.S. Koh, and Y.S. Ji*, "A Behavior Test on a Frictional-Wedge-Type Vibration Isolation Device for Vibration Reduction of a Railway Track", Journal of the Korea Society of Disaster Information, 2015, 11(1), pp.45-54.

[1] Overseas Conference

(*: Corresponding Author)

◾Y.S. Koh*, Y. Lu, I.I.A. Qamhia, E. Tutumluer, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and R. Velasquez, “Balancing Thickness and Quality: An Economic Design Framework for Flexible Pavement Foundations in Minnesota”, Transportation Research Board 105th Annual Meeting, 2026.
◾Y.S. Koh*, Y.D. Kim, Y. Martinez, E. Tutumluer, J. Tingle, A.M. Ioannides, J.M. Stache, T. Parsons, and M.J. Harrell, “Rapid Design Reliability Evaluation of Jointed Plain Concrete Pavements: A Radius of Relative Stiffness Benchmark”, Transportation Research Board 105th Annual Meeting, 2026.
◾Y. Martinez, Y.S. Koh*, Y.D. Kim, E. Tutumluer, J. Tingle, J.M. Stache, T. Parsons, and M.J. Harrell, “How to Assign Nonlinear Anisotropic Modulus Model Parameters for Mechanistic Analyses of Unbound Aggregate Pavement Layers”, Transportation Research Board 105th Annual Meeting, 2026.
◾H. Ko, Y.S. Koh*, I.I.A. Qamhia, E. Tutumluer, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, A. Hasheminezhad, T. Beaudry, and R. Velasquez, “Geosynthetic Applications and Design Methods for Paved and Unpaved Road Systems in Minnesota: Review of Current Practice”, Transportation Research Board 105th Annual Meeting, 2026.
◾Y.D. Kim*, R. Chkaiban, Y.S. Koh, Y. Martinez, E. Tutumluer, J. Beasley, A. Cisko, R. Langlois, and M.J. Harrell, “Evaluation of Railway Track Substructure Moduli Using Falling Weight Deflectometer Backcalculation”, Transportation Research Board 105th Annual Meeting, 2026.
◾H. Wang*, H. Ko, Y.S. Koh, E. Tutumluer, and H. Shoup, “Mechanistic Analysis and Design Framework for Geosynthetic Stabilized Unpaved Roads”, Transportation Research Board 105th Annual Meeting, 2026.
◾Y.S. Koh*, Y. Kim, M.S. Abbas, Y. Martinez, E. Tutumluer, J.S. Tingle, J.M. Stache, T. Parsons, and M.J. Harrell, "Critical Response Evaluations of Airfield Flexible Pavements under Heavy Military Loads" Airfield and Highway Pavements 2025, pp. 704-714, 2025.
◾Y. Kim, K. Ding, Y.S. Koh, T. Kong, E. Tutumluer*, J. Beasley, A. Cisko, and M. J. Harrell, "Evaluation of Field Ballast Degradation at Ft. Campbell Army Installation Using Computer Vision and Comparison with Ground Penetrating Radar" International Conference on Transportation and Development 2025, pp. 842-852, 2025.
◾Y.S. Koh, Y. Lu, R. Wiggins, Y.D. Kim, I.I.A. Qamjia, E. Tutumluer*, J. Tingle, T. Parsons, and M.J. Harrell, “Performance Prediction Models for Flexible and Rigid Pavements – State-of-the-Practice Review for Implementation”, Transportation Research Board 104th Annual Meeting, 2025.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, “Development of Artificial Intelligence-Based Rutting Damage Prediction Models for Granular Roads Under Superload Traffic”, 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, pp. 87-95, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, “Construction of Remote Data-Acquisition System for Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement and Performance Monitoring”, Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting, 2024.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, “A Data-Driven Approach for Fatigue Damage Prediction in Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement Subjected to Superloads”, Engineering Proceedings, 36(1), p. 2, 2023.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, “Characterizations of Super Heavy Loading Configuration for Flexible Pavement Analysis”, Eleventh International Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, 2, pp. 370-379, CRC Press, 2022.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, “Structural and Fatigue Analysis of Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement Top-Down and Bottom-Up Transverse Cracking Subjected to Superloads in Iowa”, Transportation Research Board 101st Annual Meeting, 2022.
◾Y.S. Koh*, H. Ceylan, S. Kim, and I.H. Cho, “Mechanistic Analysis of Superheavy Loads on Flexible Pavement Structures”, Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting, 2021.

[2] Domestic Conference

(*: Corresponding Author)

◾Y.S. Koh, C.Y. Lee, Y.S. Ji, and S.G. Kwon*, "An Experimental Study of the Isolator Applied on Precast Floating Slab Rail System", The 1st Asian Conference on Railway Infrastructure and Transportation (ART2016), 2016.
◾Y.S. Koh, C.Y. Lee, Y.S. Ji, and I.S. Bang*, "Development of a Precast Floating Slab Rail System Applying Vibration Isolator", 8th World Congress on Joints, Bearings and Seismic Systems for Concrete Structures (IJBRC), 2016.

[1] Overseas Project

◾U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Pavement Strength and Deformation (PSD) (May 2025 - ) - UIUC
◾U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Advancing Power Projection through Lines-of-Communication (APPLoC) (July 2024 - ) - UIUC
◾Minnesota DOT: Pavement Design: Performance of Base versus Subbase (July 2024 - July 2025) - UIUC
◾Minnesota DOT: Quantify the Benefits of Using Geotextiles and Geogrids to Improve the Performance of Unbound Pavement Layers (Nov. 2024 - ) - UIUC
◾Iowa DOT: Development of Approaches to Quantify Superloads and Their Impacts on the Iowa Road Infrastructure System (Jan. 2020 - May 2024) - Iowa State University
◾Federal Aviation Administration: Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft System Data for Transportation Infrastructure Inspections (Sep. 2020 - June 2021) - Iowa State University

[2] Domestic Project

◾Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) Project: Development of Vibration and Noise Reduction Technology for Railway Stations (Jan. 2014 - Apr. 2017) - ESCO-RTS