Professor Youngjib Ham received his B.S. and M.S. from Seoul National University and his M.S. in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He served on the faculties of Florida International University and Texas A&M University before joining Seoul National University in 2024. His research focuses on AI-enabled smart construction, construction automation, and robotics. He has served as President of the Korean-American Construction Engineering and Project Management Association and received the ASCE Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize.

His laboratory integrates AI and robotics to overcome limitations of conventional construction and advance a new smart-construction paradigm. Research combines construction-specific physical AI, digital-twin-based construction supervision, infrastructure-maintenance BIM, unmanned construction, and human-robot interfaces. The group is also expanding from terrestrial infrastructure to robotic and remote construction for space environments.