Dr. Thomas Kang is a professor in the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering and the director for Engineering Education Innovation Center at Seoul National University, Korea. Prior to that, he was a professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA. He has held various affiliated positions in the USA and Japan, including an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma, an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the lecturer at UCLA, the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of Tokyo. Prof. Kang received his PhD from UCLA, his MS from Michigan State University, and his BS from Seoul National University. Prof. Kang is a fellow of Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) and a fellow of American Concrete Institute (ACI). Prof. Kang received the Kenneth B. Bondy Award for Most Meritorious Technical Paper as Lead Author from PTI in 2012, and the Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper as a lead author from ACI in 2009 with the subject of post-tensioned concrete. Prof. Kang is an editor-in-chief for three journals: Wind and Structures, Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, and Advances in Computational Design, and an associate editor for PTI Journal of Post-Tensioning Institute. Prof. Kang published more than 150 international journal papers and more than 150 international conference proceedings, including 50 in ACI Structural Journal and 10 in PTI Journal. He has chaired many sessions/symposiums of structural engineering; delivered many keynote/invited speeches; and organized international conferences/workshops as a chair. Additionally, Dr. Kang has done a lot of practice as a consulting engineer in Korea and the USA prior to joining the academia, he had a working experience in California, USA (e.g., John A. Martin & Associates) and was a licensed Professor Engineer (PE) in California.Prof. Youngjin Leeis currently a faculty of the Boston Architectural College in Massachusetts, USA, and a senior associate at Sasaki Associates, Inc. in Massachusetts, USA as a licensed architect with 18 plus years of experience. He received a BS (1998) in Aeronautical Engineering from Seoul National University, Korea, a BS (2000) in Architecture from the same school, and an M.Arch (2007) from School of Architecture at Yale University, U.S. Prof. Lee is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a member of Boston Society of Architects (BSA), a member of US Green Building Council (USGBC), and a member of Architectural Institute of Korea (AIK). He is also a peer reviewer of international journals including Nexus Network Journal and Architectural Research and a research project reviewer of National Research Foundation of Korea. Prof. Lee’s research stems from his experience in both academia and practice, and efforts to improve design methodology, which offers design possibilities through integrative design media and generative algorithms. He has published in many journals including Architectural Research, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, Automation in Construction, Nexus Network Journal, and Advances in Computational Design, and presented his works at International Conference on Sustainable Building Asia 2016, AIA Conference on Architecture 2017, and ASHRAE 2017 Building Performance Analysis Conference.
