Dr. Philip Park
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Primary area: Structural and Materials Engineering
Office: EACSB 1.202E
Phone: (956) 882-6532
E-mail: philip.park@utrgv.edu
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About
Dr. Philip Park has interdisciplinary research experience as an Assistant Professor at UTRGV and Texas A&M University, and research scientist at Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science. His research interests include structural applications of multifunctional materials, high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete/asphalt, fracture mechanics, continuum mechanics, computational simulation, and structural sensing/health monitoring. Dr. Park has taught courses on structural analysis, continuum/fracture/polymer mechanics, pavement design, and materials engineering
Research Interests
- Development and structural applications of multifunctional conductive concrete/asphalt
- High-performance fiber reinforced concrete/asphalt
- Fracture mechanics
- Viscoelastic constitutive modeling
- Structural health monitoring and safety evaluation
- Nondestructive techniques
- Geothermal power generation and energy harvesting
Teaching
- Graduate-level courses
- Theory of Structures
- Continuum Mechanics
- Fracture Mechanics
- Viscoelastic Theory and Modeling
- Advanced Pavement Design and Analysis
- Undergraduate-level courses
- Structural Analysis I
- Structural Analysis II
- Mechanics of Materials
- Civil Engineering Materials
- Highway Engineering
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering , The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA , 2012
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering , The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA, 2011
- M.S., Civil Engineering , Yonsei University at Seoul, South Korea , 1997
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Yonsei University at Seoul, South Korea, 1995