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Architectural Engineering and Construction Science

Jongchul Song | Associate Professor

Jongchul SongD. Craig and Dalene D. Nelson Cornerstone Teaching Scholar

Ph.D. - 2005, University of Texas at Austin
Civil Engineering
M.S. - 2002, University of Texas at Austin
Civil Engineering
B.S. - Yonsei University, South Korea
Architectural Engineering

Contact Information

2054 Seaton Hall
785-532-3572
jonsong@k-state.edu

Professional Experience

Jongchul has two years of industry experience and has primarily been in academia. At K-State, he teaches courses ranging from sophomore to senior years: computer applications, graphic communication I and II, and construction management. He also re-designed in collaboration with another ARE/CNS faculty and co-teaches mechanical and electrical estimating. Prior to joining K-State in Fall 2017, he developed and taught various subjects with construction management and engineering students: construction documents, building construction materials and methods, soils and foundations, construction contracts, construction equipment, and mechanical & electrical construction. Prior to attending a graduate school, he worked for a Korean general contractor as a project engineer for a 26-story, 358-room, four-star hotel construction project in Malaysia. He is a licensed professional engineer in Minnesota.

Research

Jongchul’s current research interests are in construction and engineering education. He serves as a major advisor and committee member for ARE M.S. students. He also has been a faculty mentor for an undergraduate student for his Developing Scholar research, and a coach for ASC Region 4 Mechanical/Electrical Student Competition team and MCAA Student Competition team. He regularly reviews articles for ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, and Construction Management and Economics.

Prior to joining K-State, he conducted several funded and unfunded research projects and published nine journal articles. He is best known for his doctoral research on tracking construction materials using radio frequency identification and GPS technology – three journal articles he wrote as the first author recorded a combined total of over 600 citations as of August 2019 according to Google Scholar. More recently, he was a principal investigator for an NDDOT sponsored research on tracking asphalt pavement temperatures

during construction using an infrared camera. On a Construction Industry Institute sponsored research, he developed an Excel-based software tool to support prefabrication/modularization decisions, which recorded over 5,000 downloads since its release in 2002

Academic Highlights

Jongchul is the D. Craig and Dalene D. Nelson Cornerstone Teaching Scholar. He received the Coonrod Family Construction Faculty Award in 2019, and the Richard M. Kerschen AGC Fellowship from AGC of Kansas in 2018. At NDSU, he coached the ASC Region 4 Student Competition teams in 2013 through 2015, winning two 1st placements, one 2nd placement, and four 3rd placements.