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Fernabel D. De La Pena

Administrative Officer

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Admin Office
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
Thanh Huyen Do

Assistant Professor of Construction Management

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Faculty 6
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
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CREDENTIALS

  • Ph.D. Construction Engineering and Management, Iowa State University of Science and Technology (USA)
  • M.Eng. Construction Management, Dongguk University (South Korea) 
  • B.Eng. Construction Economics and Project Management, The University of Danang - University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
Ernesto J. Guades, Ph.D., P.E.

Chair and Associate Professor, Civil Engineering

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Faculty 3
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
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Dr. Ernesto J. Guades joined the School of Engineering as an assistant professor of civil engineering in 2021. He came to UOG from the Technical University of Denmark, where he was a postdoctoral researcher in structural engineering under the Marie S. Curie-H.C. Orsted COFUND Fellowship.

He had also previously been an assistant professor of civil engineering at Northwest Samar State University (Philippines) from Fall 1998 to November 2018 and a teaching/research assistant at the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) from January 2011 to December 2012. He is a member of nine major scientific organizations.

Guades is passionate and committed to fostering knowledge in the field of structural engineering by promoting respect, integrity, and excellence in teaching and research that will eventually impact and empower present and future generations for community service.

CREDENTIALS

  • Ph.D., Structural Engineering, University of Southern Queensland (Australia)
  • M.E., Structural/Geotechnical Engineering, Saitama University (Japan)
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Northwest Samar State University (Philippines)
  • Professional Engineer License (Philippines and Australia)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Repair and strengthening of concrete structures
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites
  • Engineered cementitious composites
  • Textile-reinforced composites
  • Innovative and sustainable construction materials and geopolymer concrete.

PUBLICATIONS

Guades’ publications include 13 journal research papers and 16 conference presentations, which can be viewed here. He has completed 13 funded research projects worth a total of $1 million. 

Hiroshan Hettiarachchi

Dean, School of Engineering / Director, Water and Environmental Research Institute (WERI) of the Western Pacific / Professor of Civil Engineering

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Admin Office
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
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 CREDENTIALS

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S., 2005
  • Master’s in Engineering, Soil Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, 2001
  • B.S., Civil Engineering (with Honors), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 1998
Phuong Tung Hoang

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Faculty 2
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
Pyoyoon Hong, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor of Civil Engineering

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, LR1
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
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INTERESTS

Research Interests include but not limited in: 

(1) Multi-discipline approach in engineering education
(2) Structure reliability
(3) Finite element programming
(4) Timber construction

 

Hobbies - avid tennis player, scuba diving, and snow skiing (hope to travel to both S. Korea and Japan for that winter sport)

CREDENTIALS

  • B.S., Architectural Engineering, Pusan National University (South Korea)
  • M.S., Architectural Engineering, Pusan National University (South Korea)
  • M.S., Civil Engineering (Structural), University of Oklahoma
  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Structural), University of Oklahoma
Minkyum Kim, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Faculty 1
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
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CREDENTIALS

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Kyunghee University (S. Korea)
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, Kyunghee University (S. Korea)

BRIEF BIO

  • Former Assistant Professor, Reese Department of Construction Management, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
  • Former Assistant Professor of Teaching, Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
  • Former Instructor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Former Research Associate, Louisiana Transportation Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Former Research Engineer, Specialty Products Division, SK Corporation (S. Korea)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Sustainable construction and materials
  • Recyclable materials in construction
  • Resilience of coastal infrastructures
  • In-situ and laboratory performance characterization of pavements
  • Multi-scale constitutive modeling of particulate composites

Please visit Dr. Kim's Google Scholar Profile for publication records.

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Program Coordinator III

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Admin Office
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
Myla S. Perito

Assistant Instructor and Academic Advisor, Civil Engineering

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Faculty 5
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
Ron VanDon

Project Associate

location Office Location: School of Engineering Building, 2nd Floor, Tech/Staff Room
Mailing Address: UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
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