Seungjun Ahn is an Assistant Professor at the Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hongik University. He graduated from the
Department of Civil, Urban, and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National
University, and received a Master’s in Construction Management from the
Department of Architecture, Seoul National University. Then he obtained a Ph.D.
in Construction Management from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He
served as a Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Alberta from 2014 to
2016. Then he joined the University of South Australia in July 2016 as a
Lecturer, and in January 2021 he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer. In September
2021 he became an Assistant Professor at the Hongik University. His major is
Construction Management and Construction Information Modeling. His research
interests include Construction Information Modeling and Visualization, Virtual
Reality Applications for Construction, Construction Knowledge Modeling, and
Construction Safety.
Christopher W.K. Chow obtained his B.App.Sc in
Chemistry, M.App.Sc in environmental monitoring and PhD in analytical chemistry
from the University of South Australia and worked as a water industry
researcher for over 20 years with the South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water).
He joined UniSA as a Professor of Water Science and Engineering in 2017 and is
currently the Director of Sustainable Infrastructure and Resource Management
(SIRM). His main research areas include real-time optimization of water
treatment processes (conventional water treatment, membrane filtration, ion
exchange, advanced oxidation), disinfection control, disinfection by-products,
distribution system management and modeling, natural organic matter,
cyanobacteria, and online sensors using surrogate measurements, which cover
most of the water quality, treatment, and supply. More recently he has been
working on water infrastructure, asset management, and smart maintenance using
data visualization/data analytics to improve asset performance. He has successfully
obtained funding from different sources, including Premier’s Science Research
Fund, Water Research Australia (WaterRA), CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
(CRCWQT), American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) and
Australian Research Council (ARC). He also has experience implementing applied
research projects for industry and is involved in 2 commercialization projects.
