Faculty Profiles

Dr. Hyunhwan Kim

Cho, Eunsang (Principal), Kim, Hyunhwan (Co-Principal). RAPID: Roadway Assessment for Post-Inundation Durability in the 2025 Texas Hill Country Flood, Texas State University, $24000. (Submitted: October 2025, Funded: March 2026 - February 2026). Grant.
Lee, Soon Jae (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Kim, Hyunhwan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Develop a Comprehensive Map Detailing the Types of Aggregates Utilized in CRCP across Texas, Texas Tech University, State, $70000. (Funded: 2024 - Present). Grant.
Lee, Soon Jae (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Kim, Hyunhwan (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Develop a Comprehensive Map Detailing the Types of Aggregates Utilized in CRCP across Texas, Texas Tech University, State, $180000. (Funded: 2024 - 2026). Grant.
Kim, Hyunhwan (Principal). CADS 2024 Collaborative Growth Award, Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: 2024). Grant.
Kim, Hyunhwan (Principal), Cho, Eunsang (Co-Principal). Generative Deep Learning for Predicting Engineering Properties of Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders, Texas State’s Center for Analytics and Data Science (CADS), Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: December 22, 2023). Grant.

Sharma Bhattarai, S., Kisi, K. P., Dhakal, R., & Kim, H. (2026). Water Supply Megaproject in a Developing Nation: Lessons in Stakeholder Dynamics and Postcompletion Resilience from Prolonged Delays. Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction, 18(1), 05025012. https://doi.org/10.1061/JLADAH.LADR-1362
Sharma Bhattarai, S., Yun, J., Na, I.-H., Park, H., & Kim, H. (2025). Global Review of Carbon Capture and Sequestration with Case Studies in Asphalt Binder Producing Oil Refining Industry. In ASCE (pp. 233–247). Louisville/Kentucky.
Sharma Bhattarai, S., & Kim, H. (2025). Empowering Frontline Construction Crews with an AI-Driven Virtual Superintendent.
Sharma Bhattarai, S., Vigneswaran, S., Lee, S. J., Mazumder, M., & Kim, H. (2025). Digital Technologies Readiness Among Undergraduate Construction Management Students: An Exploratory Study. EPiC Series in Built Environment, 6, 231–240.
Na, I.-H., Park, H., Yun, J., Park, J. D., & Kim, H. (2025). Characterization of asphalt binder and mixture for enhanced railway applications. Materials, 18(14), 3265.

Award / Honor Recipient: The person who had the greatest impact on the success, Veteran Advisory Council. January 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi, National College Honor Society. April 20, 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Department of Engineering Technology. 2014
Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, Department of Engineering Technology. 2013
Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award – The Prize of Excellent Instructor, Korea National University of Transportation, South Korea. 2009