PEOPLE [1999-2003]
Feb 26, 2003
It was  the saddest day. DJ left us permanently on Feb 26 2003 with tons of unforgettable memories. DJ will remain in our hearts forever.
Memorial service on March 3 and funeral in Korea on March 5 (local time).

February 2003
Monty and Chris passed the Qualify Examination

September 2003
Yang passed the Qualify Exam

Visiting Scholars
Mladen Vucetic, Professor, UCLA (August 2002 - August 2003)
Youseong Kim, Associate Professor, Chonbuk University, Korea (December 2002 –December 2003)

Summer 2002
 Sharing my best experience with fellow students: Several of my students (Huabei Liu, Chris Burke, Dongju Lee) are in Japan this summer. They are conducting shaking table tests with a large-scale shaking table facility at NRIAE. This is a collaborative study with my long supportive friend - Dr. Yoshiyuki Mohri. As a result, we have three types of engineers: one of them started with building and then demolition, the other one started with demolition, and one of them did building only (civil engineer by definition).

Tsuyoshi Izutsu, a junior from the University of Tokyo, joined us for about a month. The research and class experience here will be very beneficial for his later study and career in civil engineering. This student exchange program with the University of Tokyo will be further promoted and I anticipate a wide participation next year. 

Dr. Akira Tsukamoto is now finding the most cost effective way to upgrade our computer systems. Although most students own their own computer and laptop these days, we still wish to keep several up-to-date computers for research use.

Michiko passed her entrance exam and is now a graduate student at the University of Tokyo. she is working with Prof. Tatsuoka


 
Alumni Dinner 2002  (Chris Burke, Huabei Liu, Dongju Lee, Hoe Ling)      
      Dec 2002 (undisclosed location, photo used without permission)
Dongju Lee, Akira Tsukamoto, Huabei liu, Songtao Yang, Myoung-soo Won)
Delivery of centrifuge (from Japan)



 Chris, Liu, DJ, Michiko
  Matsushima, Chris, Liu

 
Hiro, DJ, Huabei, Akia, Micky (Left to Right)

Matsushima, Fujita, Kawabata, Mohri, Ling (Left to Right)

Yue Passing his defense in Feb 2001 (Left: Prof. Kaliakin, one of the Committee members)
 
At Columbia Cottage (to study Rice Mechanics)
 At RPI Centrifuge Center (Liu, RPI-Chris, Ahmet, Columbia-Chris)

 
 
From Left to Right: Liu-1, Cardany, Sun, Ling, Liu-2, Shirozu, Yue
Picture taken at the construction site of Central Artery, Boston, MA. (Fall, 1999)


This picture was taken to include Chien. Click the photo to enlarge (Winter, 1999)

First Generation!

From Right: Mohri, Sun, Li Wang, Liu-1 (1999)