The Dongju Lee Memorial Lecture and Award

The Dongju Lee Memorial Lecture was established with a generous contribution from the Lee Family. We would like to express our gratitude to DJ's father, Prof. Yong-won Lee (who is currently the President of Chinju National University of Education, Korea), for his support in establishing the Lecture and an Award. DJ, as Dongju preferred to be called, passed away on February 26, 2003 while he was a student working toward the doctoral degree. He obtained his Master's and Professional degrees from Columbia University.

about Dongju Lee

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Dongju Lee Memorial Award (for Graduate Students)
(from the Bulletin of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science)

Established in 2005 by family and friends in memory of Dongju Lee (DJ), graduate student in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, 1999–2003. A certificate and cash prize awarded annually by the department to a doctoral student specializing in geotechnical engineering and of outstanding promise for a career in research and academia.

2025	(no award was made)
2024	Yuning Zheng
2023	Bahador Bahmani (advisor: Prof. Sun)
2022	Hyoung Suk Suh (advisor: Prof. Sun)
2021	Jung Geun Hwang
2020	Jung Geun Hwang
2019	Juan Vera
2018	Lei Xu
2017	SeonHong Na (advisor: Prof. Sun)
2016	Raha Hakimdavar (advisor: Prof. Culligan)
2015	Robert Elliott (advisor: Prof. Culligan)
2014	(no award was made)
2013	Ching Hung
2012	Ching Hung
2011	Ben Leshchinsky
2010	Giulia Macaro & Alessandro Martucci
2009	Yoshihide Okuyama
2008	Ben Leshchinsky
2007	Logan Brant & Min-hao Wu
2006	Jieh-Jiuh Wang
2005	Songtao Yang

Date	Lecture
November 22, 2019	Prof. Chungsik Yoo Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea President, International Geosynthetics Society Geosynthetic Solutions for Sustainable Infrastructure Development
April 9, 2018	Prof. Hai-Sui Yu University of Leeds, UK Recent Advances in Pavement Soil Mechanics
October 10, 2016	Prof. Chang-Yu Ou National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Use of Cross and/or Buttress Walls to Protect Adjacent Buildings in a Deep Excavation flyer
July 26, 2016	Prof. Jui Pin Wang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Geotechnical Model Testing with 3D Printing: A Curved Soil Retaining Wall flyer
February 10, 2015	Prof. Magued Iskander New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering Visualizing Soil Structure Interaction and Flow, Non-Intrusively flyer
September 30, 2014	Prof. Mladen Vucetic University of California, Los Angeles Profound Effects of The Rate of Loading and Deformation on The Input Soil Parameters for The Seismic Site Response Analyses flyer
October 29, 2013	Prof. Richard Jardine Imperial College London Advanced Laboratory Testing in Research and Practice (Recasting the Bishop Honour Lecture) flyer
September 5, 2012	Prof. Michael C R Davies University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Geotechnical implications of the M 7.1, M 6.3 AND M 6.0 Canterbury Earthquakes of 4 September 2010, 22 February 2011 and 13 June 2011
November 22, 2011	Prof. Askar Zhussupbekov Eurasain National University, Astana, Kazakhstan Geotechnical Issues of Megaprojects in Problematical Soil Ground of Kazakhstan
February 9, 2010	Prof. Luigi Callisto University of Rome "La Sapienza" Seismic Behaviour and Performance-Based Design of Embedded Retaining Walls
November 24, 2008	Prof. Nicholas Sitar Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Director, Earthquake Engineering Research Center University of California at Berkeley May 12, 2008 Great Wenchuan Earthquake: Observations from Reconnaissance
September 18, 2007	Dongju Lee Seminar Prof. Huabei Liu Department of Civil Engineering City University of New York Seismic Responses of Subway Structures in Liquefiable Soils and the Mitigation
February 20, 2006	Prof. Dov Leshchinsky Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Delaware Case Histories of Failed MSE Structures
March 10, 2005	Prof. Jonathan D. Bray Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California - Berkeley Liquefaction of Fine-Grained Soils and Its Effects on Buildings

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Recently, DJ's father edited a Remembrance Book and here is his message. (September 24, 2005)

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