Dr. Boong Yeol Ryoo received a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with specialized studies in Construction Engineering and Management with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also received M.S. and B.S. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yonsei University in Korea respectively. He had postdoctoral research at Purdue University.

After graduating from Yonsei University, he worked as an engineer at Daewoo Engineering company for 8 years. He also worked for Samsung SDS, which is one of the top information technology companies in Korea. In addition, he founded two information venture companies before coming back to academia.

In the past 18 years, as a faculty member at Texas A&M University and Florida International University, his primary appointments have emphasized research and teaching. His primary research interests are artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data in construction education. The courses he taught are scheduling, estimating, construction equipment, plan reading, and structural analysis.