Journal of Management in Engineering
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Department Editor for Project Management
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Department of Decision Sciences
The George Washington University
USA
Department of Business Informatics and Operations Management
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Belgium
Tel: 1-202-994-7115, Fax: 1-202-994-2736, E-Mail: kwak@gwu.edu
- SPRING 2021 TEACHING ASSIGNMENT
- DNSC 6250 Project Management Finance
- FULL PUBLICATIONS (SEARCH GOOGLE SCHOLAR FOR DR. KWAK’S RESEARCH)
- Project and Program Management
- Engineering Management
- Project Delivery
- MegaProjects
- Infrastructure
- EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Management in Engineering (ASCE)
- Specialty Editor (Associate Editor) for Case Studies Section, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management (ASCE)
- Department Editor for Project Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (IEEE)
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Project Management (Elsevier)
- Editorial Board, Project Leadership and Society (Elsevier)
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Managing Projects in Business (Emerald)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management (KICEM)
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Management in Engineering (ASCE)
- HIGHLIGHTS
- Federal News Radio Interview (March 30, 2015), Risk Management for Grants Administration: A Case Study of the Department of Education
- Federal News Radio Interview (Feb 15, 2011), An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement
- Federal News Radio Interview (Nov 1, 2010), Project Management in Government: An Introduction to Earned Value Management
- Ranked # 1, Science Direct Top25 Hottest Articles at Technovation “Benefits, Obstacles, and Future of Six Sigma Approach”
- Ranked # 2, Science Direct Top25 Hottest Articles at International Journal of Project Management, “Analyzing Project Management Research: Perspectives from Top Management Journals”
- REPRESENTATIVE FUNDED RESEARCH
- How to Minimize Customization? How to Maximize Design Standardization?, Upstream, Midstream and Mining Sector, Construction Industry Institute, 2017-2020
- Risk Management for Grants Administration: A Case Study of the Department of Education, IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2014-2015
- Challenges and Best Practices of Managing Government Projects and Programs, Project Management Institute, 2011-2013
- An Open Government Implementation Model: Moving to Increased Public Engagement, IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2010-2011
- Project Management in Government: An Introduction to Earned Value Management, IBM Center for the Business of Government, 2008-2010
- Impact on Project Management of Allied Disciplines, Project Management Institute, 2005-2007
- Value of Project Management, Project Management Institute, 2004-2008
- The Benefits of Project Management, Project Management Institute, 1995-1997
- EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, AWARDS, AND UNIVERSITY SERVICES
- Visiting Professor, Department of Business Informatics and Operations Management, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at University of Ghent, Belgium, 2011-Current
- Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award, Journal of Management in Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019.
- Outstanding Leadership Award, Korean American Construction, Engineering, and Project Management Association, 2016
- Best Paper in the track organized by IJPM in International Network of Business and Management (INBAM) Journals Conference, 2014
- Outstanding Research Contribution Award, International Project Management Association (IPMA) , 2008
- Ph.D. Engineering and Project Management, University of California, Berkeley, 1997
- Management of Technology (MoT) CERTIFICATE, University of California, Berkeley, 1996
- M.S. Engineering and Project Management, University of California, Berkeley, 1992
- B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 1991
- PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
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