Professor in Residence and Director of Undergraduate Studies
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Dr. Shinae Jang is an Associate Professor-in-Residence and Director of Undergraduate Studies of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. She received her B.S. and M.S. from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Civil Engineering. Dr. Jang’s research interests include wireless smart structures, structural health monitoring, non-destructive evaluation for infrastructure resilience and engineering education. She taught 11 courses at UConn, including Statics, Structural Analysis, Senior Capstone Project, and new Structural Health Monitoring and Sensors courses. Dr. Jang is the recipient of the 2018 Civil Engineering Educator of the Year award from the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, 2021 Distinguished Engineering Educator Award from the UConn School of Engineering, and 2021 ASEE Emerging Leader Fellow Award from Civil Engineering Division. She is serving as the newsletter editor of the ASEE Civil Engineering Division, and the treasurer of the ASEE Northeast Section. In addition, she is a faculty advisor of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) UConn Chapter and a licensed Professional Engineering in Connecticut.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM ET