OU Gibbs College is pleased to announce that Thomas Kang is invited to give a public lecture in the upcoming fall semester. Thomas Kang is a professor in the Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) in Korea. Before that, he was a professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science at OU and has held various affiliated positions at universities around the world.
For his lecture, Professor Kang will discuss topics related to architecture, structure, and construction. He has a vast knowledge of the design and behavior of reinforced, prestressed, and post-tensioned concrete structures, as well as the dynamic effects caused by wind, seismic, fire, and impulse. The lecture will take place on Friday, October 13 at 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 pm., location TBD.
Professor Kang received his Bachelor of Architecture from SNU, his Master of Civil Engineering from Michigan State University, and his Doctor of Civil Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles. Alongside his career as a professor, Kang is a fellow and technical advisory board member of the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), a fellow of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), and a member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea and the EU Academy of Sciences. He also serves as editor-in-chief for Wind and Structures and associate editor for PTI Journal, and has published over 150 international journal papers.
For more information, contact Shideh Shadravan (shideh@ou.edu).
Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to recognize Petya Stefanoff, who is pursuing her doctorate in the Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) program, has been appointed the new role of Director of Community Development for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. She joined the city in 2024.
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Gibbs College of Architecture Regional + City Planning Professor of Practice Vanessa Morrison and Associate Professor of Architecture Deborah Richards’ Open Design Collective received top honors at the inaugural BlackSpace Urbanist Collective Studio KIN Pitch Night Competition, held last month in Brooklyn, New York City.
