Jeyoung Woo

Jeyoung Woo

Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering

Email

Phone number

(909) 869-2471

Office location

9-310

Office hours

T TH | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Research Interests

Research Interests

Engineering Education
Engineering Design Quality
Construction Labor Productivity
Construction Sustainability
Innovative Construction Methods

Current Sponsored Research Project
  • BRIDGE (Bridging Institutions to Decrease Gaps in Engineering Education)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) ($998,453)
PI: J. Woo, Co-PIs: W. Dong, J. Cho, B.J. Ramirez, D.E. Kennedy, M.R. Yeung
Period: 1/2023 to 12/2026
This project was featured in the Poly Post on November 1, 2022.
The project was featured in the PolyCentric on October 12, 2022.

  • CERTAIN (Career Development in Construction Engineering through an Academic and Industry Network)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF) ($1,493,695)
PI: J. Woo, Co-PIs: Y. Salem, G.M. Gad, J. Cho, M.R. Yeung
Period: 1/2023 to 12/2027
This project was featured in the Poly Post on November 1, 2022.
The project was featured in the PolyCentric on October 12, 2022.

  • [RT 406] Addressing Current Barriers and Rethinking Quality Management for Capital Projects
Sponsor: Construction Industry Institute (CII) ($238,373)
PI: J.Woo, Co-PI: G.M. Gad, Consultant: R.U.Bagchi (The University of Texas at Austin)
Period: 09/2022 to 11/2024
  • CURE (Closing Achievement Gaps in Core Undergraduate Civil Engineering Courses)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation ($1,000,000)
PI: S.Kim, Co-PIs: J.Woo, F. Perez, G. Lomiento, Y.Salem
Period: 01/2024 to 12/2027

  • STARS (Student Success and Transfer Articulation through Research and Support Services – An HSI STEM Transformation Project)
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education ($4,962,837)
PI: W. Dong, Co-PIs: J. Woo, N. Nakhjiri, S. Bhandari, T. Chen, D. Still, and C. Stieber.
Period: 10/2021 to 09/2026
The project was featured in the PolyCentric (click the link to read the article) on November 30th, 2021

 

Past Sponsored Research Project

  • Revamping the Construction Estimating (CE 3140/L) Class: An Alignment with the Virtual Setting, Program Objectives, Industry Standards, and Increased Student Demand
Sponsor: Special Projects for Improving the Classroom Experience (SPICE), Cal Poly Pomona
PI: J. Woo, Co-PI: G. Gad
Period: 05/2021 to 08/2022 
  • Synthesis on Mini-Roundabout Designs for Local Transportation System
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)
PI: B. Naik (Ohio Univ.) Co-PIs: J.Woo, K. Dey (West Virginia Univ.), and B. Sperry (Ohio Univ.)
Period: 07/2019 to 09/2021
  • Working at Heights: Causes of Fall Hazards and Control Measures with Training Protocols
Sponsor: Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Grant Program (SIRG), Cal Poly Pomona
PI: M. Kwon, Co-PI: J. Woo
Period: 05/2020 to 06/2021

 

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Woo.J., and O'Connor, J.T. (2021). "Mitigation Strategies to Prevent Engineering Design Quality Defects." ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering
  • Woo. J., and O'Connor, J.T. (2021). "Causal Factors for Engineering Design Defects and Their Impacts." ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
  • Woo, J., Kim, H., and Lee, K. (2018) “Can another sustainability rating system replace LEED-ND certification for multi-family housing projects?” International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development, 9(3).
  • O'Connor, J.T., Torres, N., Kralik, N. and Woo, J. (2018) “Tools to Prioritize Construction Phase Sustainability Actions (CPSAs) and to Measure CPSAs Implementation.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management, 8(1).
  • O’Connor, J.T., and Woo, J. (2017) “Proactive Approach to Engineering and Design Deliverables Quality Enhancement.” Journal of Management in Engineering, 33(4).
  • O'Connor, J.T., Torres, N., and Woo, J. (2016) “Sustainability Actions during the Construction Phase.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 142(7)


Conference Proceedings
  • Woo, J. (2024). "Critical Success Factors of Transfer Student's Success." 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR. (Accepted for presentation)
  • Woo, J., Cho, J., Dong, W., Kennedy, D., Ramirez, B. J. Yeung, M. R. (2024). "Engineering BRIDGE Program to enhance transfer students’ sense of belonging." 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR. (Accepted for presentation)
  • Woo, J., Paredes, J. A., Gad, G. M., Ngagigoh, A., and Bagchi, U. (2024). "Metrics to Assess the Quality Performance of Capital Projects." ASCE CI & CRC 2024, Des Moines, IA.
  • De La Cruz, A. and Woo, J. (2024). "Public/Private Works Contracting: Factors Influencing Contractor Participation in Southern California." ASCE CI & CRC 2024, Des Moines, IA.
  • Woo, J., Paredes, J. A., Gad, G. M., Crawford, B., and Bagchi, U. (2023). "Challenges that Affect Quality Performance of Capital Construction Projects." CSCE 2023 Construction Specilty (joint with ASCE CRC 2023), Moncton, Canada.
  • Woo, J., Goetz, E., and H. Kim (2020) “Construction Sustainability Evaluations: A LEED Lab Case Study.” 2020 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
  • Woo, J. and O'Connor, J.T. (2020) “Association of Engineering Design Quality and Project Performance.” 2020 AACE International Conference & Expo.
  • Woo, J. and O'Connor, J.T. (2019) "Application of Text Mining Algorithms to Predict Quality Defects in Engineering Design Deliverables." 2019 Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) West Regional Conference (WRC), Seattle, WA.
  • Borcherding, J.D., O’Connor, J.T., and Woo, J. (2018) “Construction Labor Productivity Loss in Clean Room Conditions: Case Study.” The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) International, San Diego, CA.
  • Woo, J., Kim, H.W., and Lee, K.J. (2016) “Sustainability Rating System for Multi-Family Housing Projects in South Korea.” Sustainable Built Environment 16, South Korea.
  • O'Connor, J.T., and Woo, J. (2016) “Prioritizing Engineering Deliverables for Quality Defect Analysis.” ASCE Construction Research Congress 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • O'Connor, J.T., Torres, N., and Woo, J. (2015) “Overview of Construction Sustainability Research Products.” The CSCE International Construction Specialty Conference 2015, Vancouver, Canada.

 

Published Technical Reports

  • O’Connor, J.T., and Woo, J. (2016) Study of Engineering/Design Deliverable Quality. Research Report 320-11, Construction Industry Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
  • O'Connor, J.T., Blackhurst, M.F., Torres, N., and Woo, J. (2014) Study of Sustainability Opportunities during Construction. Research Report 304-11, Construction Industry Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.

 

Award

  • 2023-24 Provost's Teacher-Scholar Award


Reviewers

  • NSF (National Science Foundation) Review Panel 2020
  • NSF (National Science Foundation) Review Panel 2019
  • 2019 ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Journal of Management in Engineering (JME) Outstanding Reviewer
  • ASCE Journal of Management (JME)
  • ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (CEM)