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Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering Dept., Auburn University, Alabama; P.E., Fellow of the ASCE.
Obituary (From: http://www.oanow.com/obituaries/yoo-ph-d-p-e-f-asce-chai-hong/article_46e56b99-27e4-53cb-ac6d-f4421b8af7cd.htmlty ):
September 16, 1939-July 12, 2017. Chai Hong "Jay" Yoo, of Auburn, died peacefully of lung cancer on July 12, 2017, at Bethany House at age 77. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and professor emeritus of Auburn University. Originally from Choongjoo, South Korea, Dr. Yoo's early childhood was interrupted by the Korean War. Despite educational disruptions, he tested into the KyungBok High School, where he was senior class president and captain of the weight-lifting team. Dr. Yoo received full scholarship funding to graduate from Seoul National University, the most prestigious university in Korea.
After serving as a civil engineering officer in the Republic of Korea Air Force, he moved to Vietnam as a civilian civil engineer. He then moved to the United States in 1967 to complete his studies. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, where he also did post-graduate work in his specialty of structural engineering. He passionately believed that he should use his education to give back to his global community, and he worked arduously to achieve his goal.
Dr. Yoo taught at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, prior to moving to Auburn in 1981. At Auburn, he achieved tenure in two years and was promoted to full professor in 1986. He was named the Huff Eminent Scholar of the College of Engineering in 1998. After retirement from Auburn University, Dr. Yoo was an Invited Professor in the Department of Architectural, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Korea University in Seoul, Korea, where he won an Outstanding Teacher Award in 2007. In 2008, Dr. Yoo earned a national award from the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Shortridge Hardesty Award for outstanding research and practical engineering efforts dealing with the strength and stability of thin-walled sections, especially as applied to bridge girders.
Dr. Yoo was the principal investigator and project director of National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 12-38 that produced the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Guide Specifications for Horizontally Curved Steel Girder Highway Bridges with Design Examples for I-girder and Box-Girder Bridges. Dr. Yoo co-wrote two books: "Analysis and Design of Curved Steel Bridges" (1988) with Hiroshi Nakai of Japan and "Stability of Structures: Principles and Applications" (2011) with Sung C. Lee of Korea. He authored over 80 peer-reviewed journal papers and was active on numerous ASCE and Structural Stability Research Council technical committee activities.
Dr. Yoo was an avid golfer and could often be found on the green for the first available tee-time. A copy of Ben Hogan's "Modern Fundamentals of Golf" could always be found next to his chair. His greatest fear was to lose his mental acuity, so he played Sudoku daily. He remained sharp until the last days of his life, and died on his own terms in hospice care.
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