Doeun Choe, Ph.D., P.E.

Doeun Choe, Ph.D., P.E. (previously known as Do-Eun Choe), is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University. She has more than 15 years of industrial and academic experience in structural engineering, especially for structural reliability under extreme hazards, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Dr. Choe’s priority research focus within the broader area of Structural Engineering is Probabilistic Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Uncertainty and reliability. She has attracted research funding that exceeded $5.5M including projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and USDOT, after her extensive industrial experiences in various design and industrial research projects. Prior to joining academia, her industrial experience includes structural design, analysis, and research on blast-resistant buildings and structures, nuclear plants, vessel collisions and risk, and extreme loads on offshore wind turbine infrastructures. She earned her Ph.D. degree at Texas A&M University, College Station TX, in 2007 and is a licensed professional engineer (PE) in Texas.
Dr. Choe has been actively contributing as a technical committee member for the committees in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)/ Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) committees and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) committee, alongside her service to various journals and conferences. She balances her professional engagements with her role as a mother to two boys, aged 15 and 10.