Hyoungsu Park

Hyoungsu Park

Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering
Office: POST 203G
Phone: (808) 956-9859
E-mail: Hyoungsu.Park@hawaii.edu

Areas of Specialty and Research Interest

  • Coastal and ocean engineering
  • Wave run-up and Inundation process.
    Physical (experimental) and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling of water and structure interaction.
  • Probabilistic coastal hazards and damage assessment
  • Tsunami-driven debris transportation and loadings.

Education

  • PhD, Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, 2016
  • MS, Civil Engineering, University of Seoul, 2006
  • BS, Civil Engineering, University of Seoul, 2004

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 2019 – Present.
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University, April 2016 – July 2019.
  • Research Engineer, Seil Engineering Co. Ltd., S. Korea, 2006 – 2011.

Courses Taught (in the last five years)

  • CEE 270: Applied Mechanics-I (F’21), (F’22), (F’22)
  • CEE 320: Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals (F’20)
  • CEE 421: Engineering Hydraulics (S’21)
  • CEE 622: Fluid Mechanics (F’19), (F’21), (F’22)
  • CEE 696: Selected Topics in Civil Engineering (Coastal Flood and Loads) (S’20)

Professional Activities

  • Associate member of ASCE 7 Tsunami Loads and Effects Subcommittee (TLESC).
  • Editorial Board Members of Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology.
  • Editorial Board Members of Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami.
  • Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Grants and Awards

  • Park (PI). “Collaborative Research: Experimental Quantification of Tsunami-driven Debris Damming on Structures,” National Science Foundation, Award Number: 2203131, $356,642, 08/01/2022 – 07/31/2026.

Publications

  1. Van Dang, H., Tomiczek, T., Park, H., Ha, T., Shin, S. and Cox, D.T. (2025). Investigation on flow hydrodynamics and structural impacts in the built environment protected by idealized mangrove Forest: Experimental and numerical approaches. Ocean Engineering, 335, p.121576.
  2. Van Dang, H., Tomiczek, T., Park, H., Shin, S. and Cox, D.T. (2025). Wave Hydrodynamics and Attenuation in Idealized Mangrove Forest: Large-Scale Physical and Numerical Modeling. Coastal Engineering, p.104809.
  3. Koh, M.J., Park, H., Jayasekara, J.R., Kameshwar, S., Doyle, K., Cox, D. and Lomonaco, P. (2025). Experimental study on tsunami-driven debris damming loads on columns of an elevated coastal structure. Coastal Engineering, 196, p.104656.
  4. Doyle, K., Koh, M.J., Jayasekara, J.R., Cox, D., Park, H., Kameshwar, S. and Lomonaco, P. (2025). Tsunami Debris Damming Forces and Associated Coefficients for Elevated Coastal Structure Columns: Experimental Comparison to ASCE 7-22 Minimum Design Loads. Journal of Structural Engineering, 151(1), p.04024200.
  5. Van Dang, H., Park, H., Shin, S., Ha, T., & Cox, D. T. (2024). Numerical modeling and assessment of flood mitigation structures in idealized coastal communities: OpenFOAM simulations for hydrodynamics and pressures on the buildings. Ocean Engineering, 307, 118147.
  6. Lee, E., Van Dang, H., Shin, S., Yoo, J., & Park, H. (2024). Observations of wave run-up affected by dune scarp during storm conditions: a two dimensional large-scaled movable bed experiment. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1369418.
  7. Koh, M.J., Park, H.*, and Kim, A.S. (2024). Tsunami-driven debris hazard assessment at a coastal community: Focusing on shipping container debris hazards at Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii. Coastal Engineering, p.104408.
  8. Alam MS, AR Barbosa*, I Mugabo, DT Cox, H Park, D Lee, S Shin. (2023) Elevated Light-frame Wood Residential Building Physical and Numerical Modeling of Damage due to Hurricane Overland Surge and Waves, Engineering Structures, 294, p.116774.
  9. Van Dang, H., Park, H., Shin, S.*, Tomiczek, T., Cox, D.T., Lee, E., Lee, D. and Lomonaco, P. (2023). Physical model comparison of gray and green mitigation alternatives for flooding and wave force reduction in an idealized urban coastal environment. Coastal Engineering, p.104339.
  10. Dang, H.V., Shin, S.*, Lee, E., Park, H. and Park, J.N. (2022). Numerical Investigation of Countermeasure Effects on Overland Flow Hydrodynamic and Force Mitigation in Coastal Communities. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology.
  11. Lee, D., Park, H., Ha, T., Shin, S.* and Cox, D.T. (2022). Numerical modeling of hydrodynamics on an elevated residential structure from varied wave and surge conditions using OpenFOAM. Coastal Engineering, p.104204.

 

Back To Top