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Overview

Gye-Chun Cho is affiliated with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on civil and structural engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including environmental engineering, ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's work covers various topics within geotechnical and structural fields. Key areas of research include:

  • Grouting, rheology, and soil mechanics
  • Geotechnical engineering and soil stabilization
  • Microbial applications in construction materials
  • Geotechnical engineering and underground structures
  • Tunneling and rock mechanics
  • Infrastructure maintenance and monitoring
  • Polysaccharides composition and applications

Gye-Chun Cho has contributed to numerous publications, with recent papers including:

  • "Review on biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) technology in geotechnical engineering practices," 2020, Transportation Geotechnics
  • "Road damage detection using super-resolution and semi-supervised learning with generative adversarial network," 2022, Automation in Construction
  • "Multiscale and Adversarial Learning-Based Semi-Supervised Semantic Segmentation Approach for Crack Detection in Concrete Structures," 2020, IEEE Access
  • "Road surface damage detection based on hierarchical architecture using lightweight auto-encoder network," 2021, Automation in Construction
  • "Site application of biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) for slope surface protection: in-situ wet-spraying method and strengthening effect verification," 2021, Construction and Building Materials

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Transportation Geotechnics
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Applied Sciences

Frequent collaborators include Ilhan Chang, Minhyeong Lee, Yeong-Man Kwon, Seungbo Shim, and Dong-Yeup Park, with collaborations varying in frequency.

Best Publications

  • Particle Shape Effects on Packing Density, Stiffness, and Strength: Natural and Crushed Sands

    Gye-Chun Cho;Gye-Chun Cho;Jake Dodds;Jake Dodds;J. Carlos Santamarina;J. Carlos Santamarina

  • Closure to “Particle Shape Effects on Packing Density, Stiffness, and Strength: Natural and Crushed Sands” by Gye-Chun Cho, Jake Dodds, and J. Carlos Santamarina

    Gye-Chun Cho;Gye-Chun Cho;Jake Dodds;Jake Dodds;J. Carlos Santamarina;J. Carlos Santamarina

  • Effects of Xanthan gum biopolymer on soil strengthening

    Ilhan Chang;Jooyoung Im;Awlia Kharis Prasidhi;Gye-Chun Cho

  • Introduction of Microbial Biopolymers in Soil Treatment for Future Environmentally-Friendly and Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering

    Ilhan Chang;Jooyoung Im;Gye-Chun Cho

  • Soil behaviour: The role of particle shape

    Juan Carlos Santamarina;G. C. Cho

  • UNSATURATED PARTICULATE MATERIALS--PARTICLE-LEVEL STUDIES

    Gye Chun Cho;J. Carlos Santamarina

  • Review on biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) technology in geotechnical engineering practices

    Ilhan Chang;Minhyeong Lee;An Thi Phuong Tran;Sojeong Lee

  • A Comparative Evaluation of Stress–Strain and Acoustic Emission Methods for Quantitative Damage Assessments of Brittle Rock

    Jin-Seop Kim;Kyung-Soo Lee;Won-Jin Cho;Heui-Joo Choi

  • Soil strengthening using thermo-gelation biopolymers

    Ilhan Chang;Awlia Kharis Prasidhi;Jooyoung Im;Gye-Chun Cho

  • Strengthening of Korean residual soil with β-1,3/1,6-glucan biopolymer

    Ilhan Chang;Gye-Chun Cho

  • Soil treatment using microbial biopolymers for anti-desertification purposes

    Ilhan Chang;Awlia Kharis Prasidhi;Jooyoung Im;Hyun-Dong Shin

  • A Newly Developed State-of-the-Art Geotechnical Centrifuge in Korea

    Dong-Soo Kim;Nam-Ryong Kim;Yun Wook Choo;Gye-Chun Cho

  • Geotechnical engineering behaviors of gellan gum biopolymer treated sand

    Ilhan Chang;Jooyoung Im;Gye-Chun Cho

  • Geological storage of high level nuclear waste

    Jin-Seop Kim;Sang-Ki Kwon;Marcelo Sanchez;Gye-Chun Cho

  • Shear strength behavior and parameters of microbial gellan gum-treated soils: from sand to clay

    Ilhan Chang;Gye-Chun Cho

  • Effect of stress state on the unsaturated shear strength of a weathered granite

    In Mo Lee;Sang Gyu Sung;Gye Chun Cho

  • DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL STATE PARAMETERS IN SANDY SOILS - SIMPLE PROCEDURE

    J C Santamarina;G C Cho

  • Gas hydrate dissociation in sediments: Pressure-temperature evolution

    Tae-Hyuk Kwon;Gye-Chun Cho;J. Carlos Santamarina

  • Identification, remediation, and analysis of karst sinkholes in the longest railroad tunnel in South Korea

    Ki-Il Song;Gye-Chun Cho;Seok-Bue Chang

  • Strength durability of gellan gum biopolymer-treated Korean sand with cyclic wetting and drying

    Ilhan Chang;Jooyoung Im;Seok-Won Lee;Gye-Chun Cho

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Carlos Santamarina
J. Carlos Santamarina Georgia Institute of Technology
Hak-Sung Kim
Hak-Sung Kim Hanyang University
Jong-In Han
Jong-In Han Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Stefan Finsterle
Stefan Finsterle Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tae Sup Yun
Tae Sup Yun Yonsei University
Kimberly E. Kurtis
Kimberly E. Kurtis Georgia Institute of Technology
Dong Ha Kim
Dong Ha Kim Ewha Womans University
Costas Tsouris
Costas Tsouris Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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