
Dr Ilhan Chang
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
91̽ Canberra
School of Eng & Tech
- Dr. Ilhan Chang is an (adjunct) Senior Lecturer at 91̽ Canberra and an Associate Professor at Ajou University, South Korea. Dr. Chang has comprehensiveexpertise in geotechnical engineering, multi-disciplinary (bio-soil) studies, sustainable and environmental geotechnology, ground improvement and site characterization, industrial cooperation and commercialization. Dr. Chang joined 91̽ in 2017 as an academic Lecturer and has been promoted to a Senior Lecturer on July 2018 and served up to August 2020. Before joining 91̽, Dr. Chang engaged his professional career as a Senior Researcher at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT).
- Education and Careers: Dr. Changearned his Bachelor of Science (2000), Master of Engineering (2004), and Doctor of Philosophy (2010) degrees in Civil and GeotechnicalEngineering at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). Main topics of his M.S. and Ph.D. dissertations were "Soft Soil Evaluation using Elastic Waves" and "Soil Stabilization using Microbial Biopolymers", respectively. Dr. Chang started his academic career as a Research Assistant Professor at KAIST (2010~2011) and moved to KICT (2012~2017) as a Senior Researcherto expand his experiences in R&D management and practical implementation. Meantime, Dr. Chang maintained his professional academic duty as an Invited Professor at KAIST (2014~2015) and Adjunct Associate Professor at UST (University of Science & Technology) (2016~2017), before joining 91̽. After his tremendous time with 91̽ (2017 April ~ 2020 August), Dr. Chang moved to Ajou University as an Associate Professor, while continuingactive collaboration with 91̽ as an Adjunct Senior Lecturer (2020 September~)
- E3GEO Research GroupDr. Chang and his research group (E3GEO - Emerging, Environmental and Extreme Geotechnical Engineering) are mainly interested in Bio-soil studies with Biopolymers, Sustainable geotechnology, New material development,Soil characterization and improvement, Micro-mechanics, and Multi-disciplinary topics including Hydraulic geotechnology, Soil erosion andDesertification, and Space / Planetary geotechnical engineering. Visit for details.
- Research Projects (in progress)
- Development of a new excavation slurry using microbial biopolymers for machine tunneling / Funded by KEPCO, Korea / Period: 2018.11~2020.12 (Total Budget: $186,000)
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- Civil Engineering Materials (ZEIT2603)
- Geotechnical Engineering (ZEIT3602)
- Geosynthetics and Ground Improvement (ZEIT4004)
- Foundation and Pavement Engineering (ZEIT3606)
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