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Prof. Kang-Won Lee, P.E., F.ASCE

University Of Rhode Island




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Kang-Won Wayne Lee, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCEProfessor III of Civil & Environmental Engineering Director of Rhode Island Transportation Research Center (RITRC)University of Rhode Island (URI), Kingston, RI 02881, USA      [email protected] Kang-Won Wayne Lee is a faculty of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CVE) and RITRC Director at URI.  He worked as CVE Director of Graduate Studies from 1996 to 1999, and served as Chairperson from 2005 to 2008.  He also served as Chairman of the URI Research Council from 1990 to 1991, and a URI Faculty Senate Executive Committee member from 1992 to 1994.  In 1992, Prof. Lee established the RITRC, the recipient of a $12 million research grant under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA21) in 1998, and served as R&D Director for the URI Transportation Center (TC) Grant Program from 1999 to 2003.   Prof. Lee earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Seoul National University in 1974.  During his college years, he served in the Korean Army for three years.  Following two years of consulting work as a civil engineer for Lyon Associates and TAMS Inc., he returned to academia and earned his M.S. degree in Geotechnical Engineering from Rutgers Univ. in 1978.  After briefly working as a highway construction inspector for the NJ Department of Transportation (DOT), he continued his post-graduate education and received his Ph.D. degree in Transportation Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982.  He began his higher education teaching career at the King Saud University in 1982, and joined the URI faculty in 1985.  Prof Lee’s research interests are focused in Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure and Systems (ITIS) and Sustainable Green Infrastructure and Systems. He is a founding member of the New England University Transportation Center (NEUTC) at MIT and the New England Transportation Consortium (NETC).  He also initiated a joint research program between URI and RIDOT in 1986. He is a founder of the Bituminous Materials Committee (BMC) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and served as chair for 1999-01. He has been a member of Pavement Committee, an ETG for the LTPP Data Analysis Contest, and currently serves as a paper reviewer for Jrnl of Transportation Engineering and Jrnl of Civil Engineering Materials. He served as President of the RI Section for 2006-07, and has been elected as an ASCE Fellow in 2008. Prof. Lee was member of several committees of Transportation Research Board (TRB), and currently is a member of AFK40 and AFD20. Other professional memberships include American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), AAPT, Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), and American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). He serves as a paper reviewer for the Transportation Research Record, Jrnl of AAPT, ASTM Jrnl of Geotechnical Egr., Australian Road Research, Canadian Jrnl of Civil Egr., and other technical publications and conferences.   Prof. Lee is certified as a Professional Engineer in Rhode Island as well as in Texas.  He is a member of the Civil Engineering Honor Society, known as XE. The URI Engineering College recognized his contributions by honoring him with several awards including the Program Development Award in 1987 and the Vincent and Estelle Murphy Faculty Excellence Award in 1990 and 1999.  RIDOT presented Prof. Lee with a Meritorious Service Award for contributions to state transportation education and research in 1996.  Prof. Lee has contributed to more than 150 publications in the areas of construction materials, pavement, transportation and civil engineering, and has delivered more than 150 technical presentations.  He served as President of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) from 2007 to 08, and was elected as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Korea (NAEK) in 2007.  Prof. Lee is currently serving as KAUPA President. He served as a Trustee from 2002 to 2008 and is currently serving as a Deacon of Kingston Congregational Church in Kingston RI, USA.