Seng-Kwan CHOI
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address: 27A07 FireSERT
School of Built Environment Phone: (+44) 28 9036 8300
University of Ulster
Shore Road
Newtownabbey, BT370QB
Email: s.choi@ulster.ac.uk
Nationality: Korean (South)
EDUCATION
Oct 00 Nov 04 PhD in Civil Engineering,
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Univ. of Sheffield
Title: The Structural Behavior of the Composite Truss System in Fire
Supervisors: Prof. Ian W. Burgess and Prof. Roger J. Plank
Funding: Industrial funding from METSEC Ltd and Sheffield Univ Bursary
Oct 97 Sep 98 MSc in Structural Engineering
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, UMIST
Dissertation: The Structural Behavior of the Roof of the Royal Albert Hall
Mar 90 Feb 97 BSc in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering, Inha University, Korea
EMPLOYMENT
April 08 present University of Ulster
FireSERT, School of Built Environment, UK
Lecturer in Structural Fire Engineering
Dec 04 Mar 08 Korea Institute of Construction Technology
Centre of Fire and Engineering Services Research, Korea
Senior Researcher in Structural Fire Engineering
Jan 00 Sep 00 Hyundai Development Engineering & Construction
Structural Engineering Group, Civil Design Team, Seoul, Korea
Structural Design Engineer & Assistant Project Coordinator
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Mar 07 Jul 07 Visiting Lecturer
Postgraduate module of Advanced Heat Transfer
Department of Safety Engineering, Incheon City University
Sep 05 Jan 06 Visiting Lecturer
Postgraduate module of Structural Fire Engineering
Department of Architectural Engineering, Korea University
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Journal Papers
Choi, S.K., Burgess, I.W. and Plank, R.J., Performance in Fire of Long-Span Composite Truss Systems, Engineering Structures, Vol.3, No.3, (March 2008), pp 683-694.
Choi, S.K., Kim, S.B., Structural performance of heat transfer characteristics of the TSC composite beam in fire, Journal of Korean Architectural Institute (Structures), Vol.24 No.1, (January 2008), pp27∼35 (in Korean).
Han, S.H., Choi, S.K., Kim, H.J., Behaviour of asymmetric slim floor in fire, Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction, Vol.19 No.4, (August 2007), pp357∼366 (in Korean).
Kim, H.J., Han, S.H, Choi, S.K., Review of spalling effect on concrete element in fire, Journal of Korean Institute of Fire Science and Engineering, Vol.21 No.2, (June 2007), pp54-63 (in Korean).
Choi, S.K., Burgess, I.W. and Plank, R.J., Behavior of Light Weight Composite Trusses in Fire - a Case Study, Steel and Composite Structures, Vol.7 No.2, (April 2007), pp105-118.
Lee, S.J., Kang, S.D., Choi, S.K., Kim, M.H., Kim, S.D., Experimental study on performance of iTECH composite beam in fire, Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction, Vol.18 No.5, (October 2006), pp643-653 (in Korean).
Choi, S.K., Kim, H.J., Spalling effect of concrete structures in fire, Construction Technology Review, Vol.271, (June 2006), pp22-27 (in Korean).
Kim, S.B., Choi, S.K., Lee, C.N., Kim, S.S., Fire resistance of TSC composite beam, Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction, Vol.18 No.1, (February 2006), pp113-122 (in Korean).
Proceedings
Choi, S.K., Han, S.H., Structural Performance of Slim floor System in Fire, The 3rd International Symposium of The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Tokyo, Japan, (March 2008).
Choi J.Y., Jang H., Chun C. and S.K. Choi, Thermal Conductivity Measurements of Intumescent Coatings, The 3rd International Symposium of The 21st Century Center of Excellence Program, Tokyo, Japan, (March 2008).
Han, S.H., Choi, S.K., A study on the fire resistance capacity of asymmetric slim floor beam members, The 2nd International Conference on Advanced Nondestructive Evaluation, Busan, Korea, (October 2007).
Han, S.H., Choi, S.K., Jeong S.H., Lee C.H., Review of PBD method of structures in fire, Conference of Korea Concrete Institute in Autumn 2007, (November 2007), pp 1085-1088 (in Korean).
Lee C.H., Choi, S.K., Han, S.H., Experimental investigation of concrete spalling in fire, Conference of Korea Concrete Institute in Autumn 2007, (November 2007), pp 953-956 (in Korean).
Jeong S.H., Choi, S.K., Han, S.H., Lee C.H., Characteristics of heat transfer of slim floor beam in fire, Conference of Korea Concrete Institute in Autumn 2007, (November 2007), pp 237-240 (in Korean).
Han, S.H., Choi, S.K., Assessment of structural performance in fire, Conference of Korean Institute of Fire Science & Engineering in Autumn 2007, (November 2007), pp 1085-1088 (in Korean).
Han, S.H, Choi, S.K., Jeong S.H., Analytical study on asymmetric slim floor in fire, Conference of Korean Society of Steel Construction in spring 2007, (June 2007), pp 355-358 (in Korean).
Choi, S.K., Lee C.H., Kim H.M., Kim, S.B., Experimental study on enhancement of flexural capacity for TSC composite beam in fire, Conference of Korean Society of Steel Construction in spring 2007, (June 2007), pp710-715 (in Korean).
Kim, H.J., Choi, S.K., Eun S.H., Bae G.U., Experimental study on flexural capacity of asymmetric slim floor in fire, Conference of Korean Society of Steel Construction in spring 2007, (June 2007), pp 716-721 (in Korean).
Lee, S.J., Choi, S.K., Oh M.H., Kim M.H., Kim, S.D., Experimental study on iTECH composite beam in fire, Conference of Korean Society of Steel Construction in spring 2006, (June 2006), pp140-145 (in Korean).
Im, Y.H., Choi, S.K., Oh, M.H., Kim. M.H., & Kim, S.D., Analytical study on iTECH composite beam in fire, Conference of Korean Society of Steel Construction in spring 2006, (June 2006), pp222-227 (in Korean).
Choi, S.K., Kim, S.B., Lee, C.N., Kim, S.S., Kim, H.Y, Shin, H.J., Numerical Study on TSC composite beam in fire, Conference of Architectural Institute of Korea in autumn 2005, (October 2005) (in Korean).
Ham, J.T., Kim, S.B., Lee, C.N., Choi, S.K., Min, B.Y., Kim, S.S., Experimental Study on TSC composite beam in fire, Conference of Architectural Institute of Korea in autumn 2005, (October 2005) (in Korean).
Choi, S.K., Predicting the Collapse Behaviour of Light Steel Floor Trusses in Fire, Annual Conference of Center for Underground Fire and Environment Research, (June 2005).
Kim, H.Y., Seo, C.H., Choi, S.K., Jeon, H.G., Material properties of high strength concrete in fire, Conference of Korea Concrete Institute in spring 2005, (May 2005) (in Korean).
Choi, S.K., Burgess, I.W. and Plank, R.J., Structural performance of long-span composite truss and beam systems in fire, 2nd International Conference on Steel & Composite Structures, Seoul, Korea, (September 2004).
Choi, S.K., Burgess, I.W. and Plank, R.J., The Behaviour of Lightweight Composite Floor Trusses in Fire, SFPE & ASCE Specialty Conference: Designing Structures for Fire, Baltimore, USA, (October 2003) pp 24-32.
Burgess, I.W., Choi, S.K. and Plank, R.J., Predicting the Collapse Behaviour of Light Steel Floor Trusses in Fire, Paper SD23, CIB-CTBUH International Conference on Tall Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (October 2003).
Choi, S.K., Burgess, I.W. and Plank, R.J., Structural Behaviour of Unrestrained Composite Truss Systems in Fire, 3rd European Conference on Steel Structures, Coimbra, Portugal, (September 2002) pp1459-1468.
RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED
Jan 07 Mar 08 An advanced study on performance-based fire safety of structures (6 years, 1M GBP)
Supported by Korean Ministry of Science and Technology
Also project chairman of Advanced Research into Performance Based Fire Safety Design Method (6 years, 3M GBP)
Jan 07 Mar 08 Development of fire resistance design method for railway tunnel structures (5 years, 175,000 GBP)
Supported by Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation &
Hyundai Development Construction and Engineering
Dec 06 Mar 08 Development of performance-based fire safety design for slim floor using ASB in fire (3 years, 250,000 GBP)
Supported by Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation &
Hyundai Steel Ltd.
Jan 06 Mar 08 Safety design method of concrete lining in road tunnel subject to extreme fire conditions (3 years, 325,000 GBP)
Supported by Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation
Aug 05 - Dec 05 Strategy study on development of performance-based design method for structures in fire (4 months, 20,000 GBP)
Supported by Korean Institute of Constructional Technology
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