Assistant Professor (Construction Program)

License

• Professional Engineer, West Virginia
• Fundamental Engineer, Michigan

Certification

• "LEED AP" -- U.S. Green Building Council
• "Concrete Field Test Technician Level I" -- American Concrete Institute
• "Precast Concrete Quality Control Level I and II" -- Prestressed/Precast Concrete Institute
• "Seismic Rehabilitation Process and Evaluation" -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Selected Publications

Journals

“Cyclic Shear-Friction Constitutive Model for FEA OR R/C Membrane Elements”, Mi-Gume So, Yoo-Jae Kim, Gun-Gin Yun, Shirley Dyke, and Harmon, G. Thomas, submitted to the ACI Structural Journal

 “Mechanical Properties of Aerated Lightweight Aggregate Concrete”, Yoo-Jae Kim, Thomas G. Harmon, submitted to the ACI Material Journal

“Analytical Model for Confined Lightweight Aggregate Concrete”, Yoo-Jae Kim, Thomas G. Harmon, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 103, No 2, March-April 2006, pp. 263-270.

“Bond of Surface-Mounted Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Reinforcement for Concrete Structures”, Thomas G. Harmon, Yoo-Jae Kim, John Kardos, Timothy Johnson, and Andrew Stark. ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 100, No 5, Sep-Oct. 2003, pp. 557-584.

Conference Proceedings

“Composite Insulated Precast Wall Panels with Shear Transfer Provided by Carbon Fiber Grid”,  Yoo-Jae Kim, Thomas G. Harmon, The Third Congress  of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) 2010, Washington D.C. (May 29-June2, 2010)

“Mechanical Properties of Fiber Aerated Lightweight Aggregate Concrete”, Yoo-Jae Kim, Chee-Ho Seo, and Thomas G. Harmon, ConMat’05, Construction Materials: Performance, Innovations and Structural Implications, Vancouver, Canada, August 22-24, 2005.

“Bond of Surface Mounted FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures”, Thomas G. Harmon, Yoo-Jae Kim. International Symposium on Structural Design and Performance Evaluation, Seoul, South Korea, February 12, 2003.

“Confined Reinforced Concrete Columns for Multistory Buildings”, Victoria Marie Winn, Yoo-Jae Kim, and Thomas G. Harmon. International Conference on Tall Building, and Urban Habitat, Seoul, South Korea, February 10, 2003.

 “An Experimental Study on the Properties of Insulated Concrete using Artificial Lightweight Aggregate”, Yoo-Jae Kim, Chi-Ho Seo. Conference of the Architectural Institute of Korea. April 1994.

Technical Reports

“Technical Manual for CarbonCastTM Architectural Panels”, Kenneth Baur, Thomas G. Harmon, Yoo-Jae Kim, and Matthew Krick, Altusgroup, January 2006.

“Grid Element Tensile Strength Test and Flexural Tests of Scrim Reinforced Concrete Panels”, Altusgroup Research Reports No.1.1, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Aug. 2003-Jan. 2005, Sponsor: Tech-Fab Inc.

 “Splice Length of C-Grid used for Normal and Lightweight Concrete”, Altusgroup Research Report No.2.2.,Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Aug. 2003-Jan. 2005, Sponsor: Tech-Fab Inc.

 “Effect of Temperature on the Reinforcement Value of C-Grid”, Altusgroup Research Report No.2.3, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Aug. 2003-Jan. 2005, Sponsor: Altusgroup.

“Strength of C-Grid used for Shear Transfer in Composite Panels”, Altusgroup Research Report No.2.4, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Aug. 2003-Jan. 2005, Sponsor: Altusgroup.

Affiliations

Member of Chi Epsilon                           
Member of American Society of Civil Engineering  
Member of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Member of American Institute of Steel Construction
Member of Prcast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
Seismic Committee Member of Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute