Professor Kim studied Construction Engineering and Management at the Department of Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University. He has worked at three Korean construction firms, Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd., Daedong Corporation Co., Ltd., and Seoktop Construction Co., for 12 years. As a visiting scholar, he researched construction management and organization at the Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, from 1994 to 1995. Since September 1995, he has served at Kyung Hee University as a professor. Kim has concentrated on research areas such as sustainable construction technology and management, freeform building technology, health performance evaluation of buildings, and construction information technology.