Senior Lecturer
Dr Taehwan Kim
Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), Purdue University, IN, USA
M.Sc. (Civil and Environmental Engineering), KAIST, South Korea
B. Sc. (Civil and Environmental Engineering), KAIST, South Korea
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Taehwan Kim is a Seinior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CVEN) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), a position he has held since June 2016. He received his BS and MS from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea and PhD from Purdue University, US. After gaining PhD, Dr Kim worked as a research associate at Oklahoma State University until June 2016. He was involved in and contributed to several interdisciplinary research projects, including innovative characterization techniques and advancement of the understanding of reactions occurring in cementitious materials. After joining UNSW Sydney, he is branching out to different research areas (rheology of materials, fundamental chemical reactions in cementitious materials, reuse of industrial wastes in construction materials) and to collaborate with various researchers within/outside CVEN.
Research Interest
- Advanced and sustainable infrastructure materials
- Thermodynamics in cementitious materials and the modelling of their chemical process
- Advanced materials characterization techniques
- Fundamental understanding of chemo-physical reactions in cementitious materials
- Microstructure evolution of cementitious materials
- Utilize natural and waste materials to develop the low carbon foot-print materials
Courses
CVEN3304 Concrete Structures
CVEN9824 Advanced Materials Technology
CVEN3101 Engineering Operation and Control
Looking for Students for projects related to:
Candidates are expected to have a Master's degree in one of the following fields: Civil (materials or structures), materials science, chemistry, or related fields. Candidates with Bachelor's degree that includes a substantial research component are able to be considered. The candidates should have strong motivation in fundamental studies of materials and well-developed background of cementitious materials. Candidates with background in synthesis of calcium based materials, characterization techniques (including SEM-EDS, CT, XRF, XRD, NMR and FTIR) or computational thermodynamics are encouraged to apply.
Phone
(+61 2) 9385 5026
E-mail
Location
Civil Engineering Building (H20)
Level 7, Room CE718
Kensington Campus
- Publications
- Grants
- Research Activities
2022 - 2024 Self-Healing Concrete for Mitigation of Chloride Induced Steel Corrosion, ARC Discovery Project (A. Castel, W. Li, T. Kim)
2021 - 2023 Decarbonizing built environments with hempcrete and green wall technology, ARC Linkage Discovery Project (A. Castel, S. Wilkinson, C.G. da Rocha, F. Torpy, P. Irga, Y. Gan, A. Hajimohammadi, M. Karimi, D. Moreau, K. Marosszdky, W. Srubar)
2021 - 2023 Investigation the reuse of glass from waste photovoltaic modulus for construction application, E3Sixtry Solar: Circular Solar Trial, NSW EPA (with A. Hajimohammadi)
2021 BHP's Tailings Challenge consrotium proposal (Leading Theme 3: Repurposing), (with Application leader: S. Kara, S. Saydam)
2020 - 2023 Next generation sustainable concrete trialling recycled glass in geopolymer concrete: NSW EPA (Civil and construction market program) (with A. Hajimohammadi and S. Foster)
2020 - 2022 Development of Sustainable Concrete with Glass Waste Mixes – An Innovation Connection Grant by XL Concrete and the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (with A. Kashani and S. Foster)
Current Members and PhD Students:
Yingda Zhang (PhD, 2018 ~ present): Prevention of early age cracking in concrete through mix design parameters (Co-supervised Prof Arnaud Catel)
Sumaiya Afroz (2019 ~ present): Durability of low-carbon concrete in severe environment. Shrinkage of low-carbon concrete. (Co-supervised Prof Arnaud Catel)
Abdelrahman Hamdan (2019 ~ present): Effect of chemical oxides on the reaction kinetics of alkali activated materials.(Co-supervised by Dr Ailar Hajimohammadi)
Jiehong Li (2020 ~ present): Mechanical properties and durability of fibre reinforced foam concrete (Co-supervised by Dr Ailar Hajimohammadi)
Zuobang Yao (2021 ~ present): Investigation of converting mine wastes as cementitious materials. (Co-supervised by Dr Ali Kashani)
Alumni
Mohammed Alnahhal, PhD (thesis submitted) (2018 ~ 2022): Rheology and durability of alkali-activated materials made of rice husk ash-derived sodium silicates (currently Research Associate at UNSW Sydney)
Quang Dieu Nguyen, PhD (2016 ~ 2020): Durability properties of low-carbon concrete incorporating alternative supplementary cementitious materials and manufactured aggregate (currently Research Assoicate at UTS)