He received his B.S. degree in Architectural Engineering from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea). He has two M.S. degrees. One is from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea) in the field of Architectural Engineering and the other is from Michigan State University (East Lansing, USA) in the field of Civil Engineering. He earned his Ph.D. degree with emphasis in structural engineering from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.