Regular biography
Professor Hoon Sohn is a faculty member in the Department of Construction and Environmental Engineering at KAIST. His research focuses on Smart Structures and Systems, with an emphasis on Structural Health Monitoring and Sensing Technologies. His work involves developing data interrogation and damage detection techniques using statistical pattern recognition approaches. He has contributed to the field through research on structural dynamics, system identification, and signal processing. Professor Sohn's academic background includes a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. He has held various academic and research positions, including roles at Carnegie Mellon University and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Scholar-generated biography
Hoon Sohn is a researcher at KAIST, specializing in Structural Health Monitoring & Damage Detection, Non-destructive Testing, and Sensing Technologies. His work focuses on developing advanced methods for structural health monitoring using vibration signals, statistical pattern recognition, and time series analysis. He has explored the impact of environmental and operational variability on structural integrity and has contributed to the design of wireless active sensing units for real-time monitoring. His research also includes the application of Bayesian probabilistic approaches and nonlinear ultrasonic wave modulation for fatigue crack detection. Additionally, he has investigated the use of 3D laser scanning and BIM for dimensional quality assurance of precast concrete elements.