Dr. S. Sonny Kim is a professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Georgia. He has pursued teaching and research to directly advance the art of sustainable resilient infrastructure management system utilizing nondestructive testing, remote sensing, and machine learning algorithm.

Dr. Kim has produced over 120 publications in refereed journals, proceedings, and technical reports. He has been recognized with numerous awards, including ASCE Fellow, Distinguished Faculty Fellow by UGA College of Engineering, 2021 ASCE Civil Engineer of the Year, 2021 Georgia Engineer of the Year by Georgia Society of Professional Engineers, and 2023 President’s Award by Korean Geotechnical Society.