Hybrid Composite Precast Systems

Dr. Won‐Kee Hong is a professor of Architectural Engineering at Kyung Hee University, South Korea. He received his master's and PhD degrees from UCLA, and has worked for Englekirk and Hart, Inc. (USA), Nihhon Sekkei (Japan), and the Samsung Engineering and Construction Company (Korea). Dr. Hong has more than 35 years of professional experience in structural and construction engineering. He has been both an inventor and researcher in the field of modularized hybrid composite structures and is the author of more than 100 technical papers and over 100 patents in both Korea and USA. In 2019, Dr. Hong also published “Hybrid Composite Precast Systems: Numerical Investigation to Construction”, in the Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering, which has had an enthusiastic reception from readers. In this book, the author presented the basic concepts of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in Chapter 10 which contains an introduction to the implementation of AI-based neural networks applied to the design of reinforced concrete beams. More than 15 papers of Dr. Hong on the area of AI-based structural designs have been published or accepted in Journals published by Elsevier, Taylors and Francis. He also runs a YouTube channel (Deep learning for beginners; Won-Kee Hong, Kyung Hee University) on AI-based structural designs. Dr. Hong is a registered professional and structural engineer both in Korea and the United States.

• 1. Conventional precast assembly2. Experimental investigation of precast concrete and precast steel-concrete composite frames having novel mechanical joints3. The investigation of the structural performance of the hybrid composite precast frames with mechanical joints based on nonlinear finite element analysis4. L-type hybrid precast frames with mechanical joints using laminated metal plates5. Novel erection of precast frames using interlocking mechanical couplers 6. Novel precast frame for facile construction of low-rise buildings using mechanically assembled joint to replace conventional monolithic concrete frame 7. Novel pipe rack frames with rigid joints8. Application to modular construction9. Precast steel-concrete composite structural frames with monolithic joints10. Artificial-intelligence-based design of ductile precast concrete beams