Research Interest

Pavement design and rehabilitation
Concrete material characterization and testing
Mechanical behavior of bi-material interfaces
Numerical modeling and analysis

Education

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
M.E. in Structural Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand, 1990
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1988

Academic/Professional Experience

August 2006 - Present:
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Louisiana State University

Aug. 2001 – Aug. 2006:
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jackson State University

Oct. 2000 – Aug. 2001:
Transportation Engineer (Civil)
Engineering Service Center
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

May 2000 – Sept. 2000:
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jan. 1995 – May 2000:
Research Assistant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mar. 1993 – July 1994:
Chief Engineer
Burim Consultant Inc., Seoul, Korea

Jan. 1992 – Feb. 1993:
Engineer
Hyundai Housing and Industrial Developing Co. LTD.,
Seoul, Korea

Courses

Taught in LSU
CE 4670 Fundamentals of Pavement Design

Taught in JSU
EN 201 Engineering Graphics
EN 222 Engineering Mechanics I
EN 240 Strength of Materials
EN 350 Engineering System Clinics
CIV 320 Structural Analysis
CIV 390 Introduction to Transportation Engineering
CIV 421 Structural/Material Laboratory
CIV 475 Pavement Design
CIV 410& 411 Capstone Design

List of Publications

H-C Shin and D. Lange, “Effects of Shrinkage and Temperature in Bonded Concrete Overlays,” ACI-Material Journal, Vol. 101, No. 5, pp. 358-364, 2004.

H-C Shin and D. Lange, “Effects of Overlay Thickness in Bonded Concrete Overlays at Early Age,” presented in 2002 US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Seoul, Korea, July 2002.

H-C Shin and D. Lange, “Debonding Characteristics in Bonded Concrete Overlays,” Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Vol. 47, No.1, pp. 78 – 79, January, 2002.

D. Lange and H-C Shin, “Early Age Stresses and Debonding in Bonded Concrete Overlays,” Transportation Research Record No. 1778, pp. 174-181, 2001.

D. Lange and H-C Shin, “A Computer-Based Design Tool for Analysis of Bonded Concrete Overlays,” Concrete Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No.12, pp. 189-194, December 2001.

D. Lange and H-C Shin, “Early Age Behavior of Bonded Concrete Overlays Constructed on Old Concrete Pavements,” special publication, 4th ACI International Conference, Seoul, Korea, September 19-22, 2000.

D. Lange, L. Struble, F. Young, S. Altoubat, H-C Shin, and H. Ai, "Early Age Shrinkage and Creep of High Performance Concrete," PCI/FHWA International Symposium on High Performance Concrete, pp. 118-123, October, 1997.

H. Horii, H-C Shin, and T. Pallewatta, "Mechanism of Fatigue Crack Growth in Concrete," Cement & Concrete Composites, Vol. 14, pp. 83-89, 1992.

H. Horii, H-C Shin, and T. Pallewatta, “An Analytical Model of Fatigue Crack Growth in Concrete,” Japan Concrete Institute (English), Vol. 12, pp. 841-846, 1990.