한밭대학교

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Wins Association President Award Outstanding Paper Award and Tech Dreaming Competition Silver Prize at 2026 Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association Conference

□ Hanbat National University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Kim Do-hyun undergraduate students and Department of Civil Engineering graduate students proved their research excellence by winning the Society President Award and Outstanding Paper Award at the '2026 Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association Annual General Meeting and Autumn Conference' held last April.

 ○ The Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association is the largest domestic society related to tunnel engineering and underground space development and was established in 1993 to lead the development of research academic and construction technology related to the safe utilization and development of underground spaces.

□ At this conference, Professor Kim Do-hyun was awarded the Society President Award in recognition of his contributions to encouraging society activities of early-career tunnel engineers and undergraduate and graduate students of related departments as the Chairman of the 16th YE Young Engineering Committee of the Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association and providing various opportunities and venues for taking their first steps in the society.

 ○ In addition, Lee Pu-reun and Cho Yoon-sang in the Master's program and Ko Byung-soo in the Doctoral program advising professor Professor Kim Do-hyun who are enrolled in the graduate school presented 'A Case Analysis Study on the Settling and Cracking Patterns of Underground Structures Due to the Construction of Adjacent Structures' in the Next-Generation Tunnel Engineer session of this conference and were selected as recipients of the Outstanding Paper Award.

 ○ The research conducted a practical study on the interval between structures that becomes denser due to the intensification of population concentration and the interactions occurring between structures as a result and derived conclusions by combining actual construction cases and refined numerical analysis research.

□ Lastly, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering undergraduate students Cho Seung-ah Shin Se-min and Kim Woo-suk advising professor Kim Do-hyun received the Silver Award by receiving an outstanding evaluation among about 20 technical proposals submitted by 10 universities nationwide under the technology structure name 'Underground Circulatory Energy and Data Hub' at the 2025 Tech Dreaming Contest organized by the Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association.