Dr. Tae-Hyuk Kwon
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Assistant Professor Phone: 509-335-7320 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2008, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA, 2011 - present
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2009-2011
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Korea 2008-2009
- Visiting Scholar, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005
- Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, KAIST, Korea 2002-2008
RESEARCH
- Energy Geotechnology - CO2 sequestration, MEHR, and Gas Hydrates
- Wave-based Techniques and Smart Sensor Application to Geo-engineering
- Fundamental Bio-Physico-Chemo-Geo Processes in Soils
TEACHING
- Geotechnical Engineering
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Kwon, T.H., Kneafsey, T.J., and Rees, E.V.L. (2011) "Thermal dissociation behavior and dissociation enthalpies of methane-carbon dioxide mixed hydrates", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, doi: 10.1021/jp111490w.
- Kwon, T.H., Lee, K., Cho, G.C., and Lee, J.Y. (2011) "Geotechnical properties of deep oceanic sediments recovered from the hydrate occurrence regions in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea, Offshore Korea", Marine and Petroleum Geology, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.02.00315.
- Chang, I., Kwon, T.H. and Cho, G.C. (2011) "An Experimental Procedure for Evaluating the Consolidation State of Marine Clay Deposits using Shear Wave Velocity", Smart Structures and Systems, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 289-302.
- Oh, T.M., Kwon, T.H., and Cho, G.C., (2011) "Effect of partial water saturation on attenuation characteristics of low porosity rocks", Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 245-251, doi:10.1007/s00603-010-0121-6.
- Kwon, T.H., Song, K.I., and Cho, G.C. (2010) "Destabilization of marine gas hydrate-bearing sediments induced by a hot wellbore: A numerical approach", Energy and Fuel, Vol. 24, pp. 5493-5507, doi:10.1021/ef100596x.
- Kwon, T.H., Hong, E.S., and Cho, G.C. (2010) "Shear behavior of rectangular-shaped asperities in rock joints", KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 323-332, doi:10.1007/s12205-010-0323-1.
- Kwon, T.H. and Cho, G.C. (2009). "Evolution of compressional wave velocity during CO2 hydrate formation in sediments", Energy and Fuel, Vol. 23, pp. 5731-5736, doi:10.1021/ef900634w.
- Kwon, T.H., Kim, H.S., and Cho, G.C. (2008). "Dissociation behavior of CO2 hydrate in sediments during isochoric heating", Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 42, pp. 8571-8577, doi: 10.1021/es801071e.
- Kwon, T.H., Cho, G.C., and Santamarina, J. C. (2008). "Gas hydrate dissociation in sediments: Pressure-temperature evolution", Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, Vol. 9, No. 2, Q03019, doi:10.1029/2007GC001920.
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