Pangil Choi

Pangil Choi
Senior Research Associate, Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering
Texas Tech University, Texas, USA

Biography

Ph.D. - Civil Engineering _ Transportation (Aug 2015), Texas Tech University, US
Ph.D. - Civil Engineering _ Concrete Durability (Feb 2010), Kangwon National University, South Korea
M.S. - Civil Engineering (Feb 2005), Kangwon National University, South Korea
B.S. - Civil Engineering (Feb 2002), Kangwon National University, South Korea

Research Interest

Concrete Material Engineering
- Thermal-hydro-mechanical behavior of concrete structures at early age
- Early age behavior including drying and autogenous shrinkage of concrete
- Development of experimental setup for concrete at early age
- Supplementary cementitious materials
- Rapid setting concrete and repair material

Rigid Pavement Engineering
- Concrete pavement design and performance evaluation
- Forensic investigations of concrete pavement failures
- Preservation and Rehabilitation of Rigid Pavement
- Pavement deterioration mechanisms

Experimental Characterization of Infrastructure
- Structural behavior and performance of concrete structures
- Microscopic characterization of hydro-behavior of early-age concrete
- Development of field monitoring system
- Structural evaluation of concrete structures using nondestructive testing

Transportation Engineering
- Development of rigid pavement database
- Pavement maintenance information system
- Traffic analysis