Hee-Jeong Kim

Hee-Jeong Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Arizona. She received a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering, all from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and did her postdoctoral research at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT.

Her area of expertise is the multi-scale chemo-mechanical characterization of advanced materials in civil engineering. Kim's research involves designing and developing new construction materials based on advanced multi-scale computational modeling and experimental characterization, improving the sustainability and resilience of civil infrastructure, utilization of digital fabrication, including large-scale printing in the development and application of new construction.

Projects:

1) Sponsor: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (DARPA), Title: Concrete Assisted by Particles
Sealed Under Large-scale Encapsulation (CAPSULE), Role: Co-PI, Period: 2/13/23/-7/31/27
2) Sponsor: Elysium Exotics Management LLC, Title: Developing and understanding clean energy
technologies, Role: PI, Period: 7/1/23-6/30/24

Publications after joining UA:

• Kim, H. J.*, Yamada, Y., Zeng, H., & Iwanami, M. (2023). A study of chloride pretreatment methods for
  enhancing strength of mortar by recycling Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) bottom ash. Case
  Studies in Construction Materials, 19, e02349.
• Kurniati, E. O., Pederson, F., & Kim, H. J.* (2023). Application of steel slags, ferronickel slags, and copper
  mining waste as construction materials: A review. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 198, 107175.
• Kurniati, E. O., & Kim, H. J.* (2023). Utilizing Industrial By-Products for Sustainable Three-Dimensional-
  Printed Infrastructure Applications: A Comprehensive Review. Infrastructures, 8(10), 140.

Award

• WITec Paper Award 2022 (Gold medal): Time-space-resolved chemical
  deconvolution of cementitious colloidal systems using Raman spectroscopy. Langmuir 37:
  7019-7031. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00609

Professional memberships

• Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires et Experts des Matériaux (RILEM) Technical
  committee member (2018 - Current)
  • 277-LHS: Specifications for testing and evaluation of lime-based repair materials
    for historic Structures
  • 281-CCC: Carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials
• American Concrete Institute (ACI)
  Committee member (2022 Feb - Current)
  • 130-00 Sustainability of Concrete
  • 241-00 Nanotechnology of Concrete
  • 555-00 Concrete with Recycled Materials
  • 555-0A Development of ACI 555-1R Technical Report
  • 564-00 3-D Printing with Cementitious Materials
  • 565-00 Lunar Concrete
  • 88-S803 Faculty Network
  • 88-S806 Young Professional Activities
• Transportation Research Board
  • Member of Standing Committee on Advanced Concrete Materials and
    Characterization (AKM50) (01/20/23-4/14/2025)
  • 2023 Served as an auditor for Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA)
    (2023 Jan – Current)
  • Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Massachusetts chapter member (08/15/2020 -
    11/30/2023)
  • Association for Women in Civil Engineering, KAIST Founder member(2020- current)
  • Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), Young generation
    committee member (2021-2024)

Services

• Reviewer for 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, International Journal of Concrete
  Structures and Materials, Materials and Structures, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy,
  Clean Technologies and Recycling etc.
• Served on CMMI NSF panel review
• 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) CMMI Game Changer Academies for Advancing
  Research Innovation Program Panel Fellow (2022-2023)
• Scientific Technical Committee member for International Conference on Transportation
  Infrastructure (2022 Feb – current)
• 2023 Served as an auditor for Korean Transportation Association in America (KOTAA)
• 2022- Current Mentor at WICE (Women in Civil Engineering) at the University of Arizona
• 2022- Current Mentor at Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program mentorship
  University of Arizona.