Graduate Research Assistant
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL, United States
Youngdae Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, specializing in transportation infrastructure and railway engineering. His research focuses on railway track substructure behavior, ballast performance, geogrid stabilization, and nondestructive evaluation techniques such as Falling Weight Deflectometer testing and bender element shear wave measurements. Kim’s work aims to advance mechanistic understanding and data-driven assessment methods for improving the long-term performance and resilience of rail infrastructure.
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Investigation of Railway Substructure Effects on Track Modulus Using KENTRACK Model
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Recent Developments in Track Structural Capacity Rating (TSCR)
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time