Webinar Introduction:
- Speaker: Prof. Chungsik Yoo
- Date: Wednesday, 1st October 2025
- Time: 12.00PM AEST (Sydney time)
Practical Use of Geosynthetics in Tunnelling - from a Tunneller's Perspective
Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the real-world application of geosynthetics in tunnelling projects. Presented from a tunneller’s perspective, this session will cover practical design considerations, construction challenges, and performance benefits of geosynthetics in underground works. Ideal for engineers, designers, and industry professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of geosynthetics in tunnelling environments.
Professor Chungsik Yoo
Research Interests: Geosynthetics, Tunnelling, Earth reinforcement, Unsaturated soil, Large-scale computing for geosystems, AI-based geotechnical design
Professor Chungsik Yoo is currently Professor of Civil, Architectural Engineering and Landscape Architecture at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Korea. He is the current President of Federation of International GeoEngineering Societies (FedIGS) and Immediate Past President of Geosynthetics Society (IGS). Professor Yoo is also active in international tunneling community and has served as an Executive Council member of International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA). Professor Yoo obtained his MSc and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1989 and 1993, respectively. After briefly working at Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers in USA as a Geotechnical Engineer, he returned to Korea and joined SKKU as Assistant Professor in 1994. Since then, Professor Yoo is continuing to serve as a professor at SKKU, and has served as Chair Professor of School of Civil and Architectural Engineering from 2014 to 2016 and as Vice Dean of College of Engineering from 2017 to 2018. Professor Yoo has co-authored over 500 technical papers, including SCI journal papers and conference papers, in geotechnical engineering and tunneling based on laboratory testing, numerical modeling, and field testing. He was a recipient of 2010 IGS Award from the International Geosynthetic Society (IGS). Professor Yoo is a member of Korea National Academy Engineering and also received many awards from the Korean Civil Engineering Society, Korean Geotechnical Society, Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, and Korean Geosynthetics Society including Best Scientific and Engineering Paper Award from the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies in 2014. Currently, he is Editor in Chief of Geotextiles and Geomembranes and an Associate Editor of Underground Space Technology and Frontiers in Built Environment. He is also an Editorial Board Member of Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Geosynthetics International, Computers and Geotechnics and International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering.