Jeyoung Woo

Research Interests

• Concrete Masonry Industry Professional Development and Student Supports (COMPASS)

• BRIDGE (Bridging Institutions to Decrease Gaps in Engineering Education)

• CERTAIN (Career Development in Construction Engineering through an Academic and Industry Network)

• Enhancing the Engineering Pipeline from Community College through the California Workforce

• CURE (Closing Achievement Gaps in Core Undergraduate Civil Engineering Courses)

• STARS (Student Success and Transfer Articulation through Research and Support Services – An HSI STEM Transformation Project)

Past Sponsored Research Project

• [RT 406] Addressing Current Barriers and Rethinking Quality Management for Capital Projects

• Revamping the Construction Estimating (CE 3140/L) Class: An Alignment with the Virtual Setting, Program Objectives, Industry Standards, and Increased Student Demand

• Synthesis on Mini-Roundabout Designs for Local Transportation System

• Working at Heights: Causes of Fall Hazards and Control Measures with Training Protocols

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)

• Olmedo, A., Woo, J., and Zhang, Y. (2025). "Invited Student Paper: Analyzing Employment Projections for Trends by Ethnicity, Gender, and Region for Civil Engineers in Transportation." (Accepted for Presentation) To be presented at 104th Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB), D.C., 2025
• Woo, J. (2024). "Critical Success Factors of Transfer Student's Success." 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR. 
• 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.
• 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

• Woo, J., Gad, G. M., Bagchi, R. U., Stewart, P., Raza, A., and Velasquez, J. (2024). Rethinking Quality Management: Culture, Values, and Barriers, Research Team (RT) 406, Construction Industry Institute (CII), Austin, TX.
• 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 2019, 2020, 2024
• 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)