Youngsoo Kim
Jimmy D. Clark Distinguished University Professor
- 919-515-7758
- kim@ncsu.edu
- Fitts-Woolard Hall 3221
Dr. Y. Richard Kim received his Bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University, Korea, and Master’s and PhD degrees from Texas A&M University, USA. Currently Dr. Kim is the Jimmy D. Clark Distinguished University Professor and Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University and Changjiang Scholar in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Chang’an University in China. Changjiang Scholar is the highest academic award issued to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. He has over thirty years of experience in both the laboratory and field aspects of the performance evaluation of asphalt materials and pavements.
Professor Kim is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Korean Academy of Science and Technology. He is also a board member of International Society for Asphalt Pavements (ISAP) and was the chair of the 2014 ISAP Conference on Asphalt Pavements. Dr. Kim has published over 300 papers in national and international technical journals and proceedings. He is the editor of the ASCE book entitled Modeling of Asphalt Concrete and the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering and International Journal of Highway Engineering. He has spoken at numerous national and international settings, including over 120 invited/keynote speeches.
Professor Kim teaches CE 332 Materials of Construction, CE 595A Bituminous Materials, CE 594C Nondestructive Evaluation of Civil Infrastructure, CE 755 Highway Pavement Design, CE 757 Pavement Management Systems, and CE 759 Inelastic Behavior of Civil Infrastructure. Professor Kim has advised 55 PhD students and 43 Masters students during his 30-year tenure at NC State University. His teaching and mentoring efforts were recognized by the Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship in 2012. Professor Kim has won numerous awards, including the Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence (2019). The Holladay Medal is the highest award at NC State University to recognize members of the faculty whose careers have demonstrated outstanding achievement and sustained impact in research, teaching or extension and engagement. In 2016, Professor Kim became one of the eleven inaugural members of the Research Leadership Academy at NC State University. The Research Leadership Academy is the faculty-driven epicenter of research leadership and faculty mentoring enhancing NCSU’s research culture and is composed of the University’s most outstanding researchers and mentors from diverse fields.
Education
Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
Civil Engineering
Seoul National University
Research Description
Dr. Kim's research interests are in pavement design and rehabilitation, bituminous materials, pavement preservation, nondestructive evaluation of pavements, and performance modeling.
Honors and Awards
- Kimley-Horn Faculty Award, 1992
- Walter J. Emmons Best Paper Award by the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists , 1997
- The ALCOA Foundation Engineering Research Achievement Award , 1998
- Distinguished Research Fellowship by the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation , 2003
- Special Contribution Appreciation Award by the Korean Society of Pavement Engineers , 2004
- Walter J. Emmons Best Paper Award by the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists , 2006
- Walter J. Emmons Best Paper Award by the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists , 2009
- Elected Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers , 2011
- Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship Award , 2012
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Civil Engineering Department, Seoul National University, Korea , 2014
- Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award , 2014
- The ALCOA Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award , 2015
- Elected Fellow of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, 2015
- Elected inaugural member of the Research Leadership Academy at NC State University , 2016
- Changjiang Scholar Award by the Ministry of Education, China, 2016
- The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Extension, 2018
- Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence Award , 2019
Publications
- Modeling damage caused by combined thermal and traffic loading using viscoelastic continuum damage theory
- Zeng, Z., Kim, Y. R., Underwood, B. S., & Guddati, M. (2024), CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135425
- Asphalt mixture fatigue damage and failure predictions using the simplified viscoelastic continuum damage (S-VECD) model
- Zeng, Z., Kim, Y. R., Underwood, B. S., & Guddati, M. (2023), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FATIGUE, 174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107736
- Case Studies of Asphalt Pavement Quality Assurance Specifications, Performance-Related Specifications, and Performance-Based Specifications
- Saleh, N. F., DeCarlo, K., Underwood, B. S., Pine, W. J., Huber, G., Tran, N., … Kim, Y. R. (2023, May 4), TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231166685
- Effect of synthetic fibers on the mechanical performance of asphalt mixture: A review
- Jia, H., Sheng, Y., Guo, P., Underwood, S., Chen, H., Kim, Y. R., … Ma, Q. (2023). [Review of , ]. JOURNAL OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING-ENGLISH EDITION, 10(3), 331–348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2023.02.002
- Laboratory Performance Evaluation of Alternative Approaches to Incorporate Recycled Binder Availability into Mixture Design Procedures
- Mocelin, D. M., Isied, M. M., Alvis, M. C. A., Kusam, A., Underwood, B. S., Kim, Y. R., & Castorena, C. (2023, April 19), TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231161601
- Laboratory investigation into the crack propagation mechanism of geosynthetic reinforced asphalt concrete using digital image correlation technique
- Sudarsanan, N., Zeng, Z. A., & Kim, Y. R. (2023), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PAVEMENT ENGINEERING, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/10298436.2023.2251079
- Repeatability and Reproducibility Analysis for Functional Test Results from Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester Cyclic Fatigue Test
- Ding, J., Jeong, J., Lee, K. C., Underwood, B. S., Kim, Y. R., & Castorena, C. (2023, April 11), TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231159409
- Ruggedness Evaluation of Dynamic Modulus Test Using Small-Scale Test Specimens for Asphalt Mixture Performance Tester
- Kuchiishi, A. K., Castorena, C., Kim, Y. R., & Underwood, B. S. (2023, April 27), TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981231165780
- A Composite Model for Predicting the Coefficient of Thermal Contraction for Asphalt Concrete Mixtures
- Keshavarzi, B., Mocelin, D., & Kim, Y. R. (2022), JOURNAL OF TESTING AND EVALUATION, 50(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1520/JTE2021003
- A Triaxial Viscoplastic Model with Temperature Dependence for Asphalt Concrete Permanent Deformation
- Cao, W., & Kim, Y. R. (2022), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS, 14(03). https://doi.org/10.1142/S1758825122500235