BS Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman, 2008
MS Civil Engineering (Structural Engineering), University of the Philippines, Diliman, 2015
PhD in Architectural Engineering, DONG-A University Busan, South Korea, 2024

Member – Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Inc. (PICE)

cum laude, BS Civil Engineering 2017

• M.D.E. Candelaria, S.H. Kee. Evaluation of thermal damages of concrete subjected to high temperatures using recurrent neural networks for ultrasonic pulse waves. Construction and Building Materials 407 (2023), 133416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133416 (Science Citation Index Expanded – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) and Scopus (Elsevier), IF = 7.693 as of October 2023)
• M.D.E. Candelaria, N.M.M. Chua, S.H. Kee. Evaluation of Heat-Induced Damage in Concrete Using Machine Learning of Ultrasonic Pulse Waves. Materials 2022, 15, 7914. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15227914 (Science Citation Index Expanded – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) and Scopus (Elsevier), IF = 3.748 as of May 2023)
• (Conference Proceedings) M.D.E. Candelaria, S.H. Kee. Feasibility of using machine learning for thermal damage estimation of concrete using ultrasonic wave measurements. Proceedings of the Fall Conference of the Korean Institute of Architects and Engineers, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp 593-594. October 26- 28, 2022.
• (Conference Proceedings) M.D.E. Candelaria, S.H. Kee. Advanced data interpretations of ultrasonic pulse velocity measurements for damage assessment of concrete using machine learning. Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp 389-390. May 2022.
• M.D.E. Candelaria, S.H. Kee, K.S. Lee. Prediction of compressive strength of partially saturated concrete using machine learning methods. Materials 2022, 15 (5), 1662. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051662 (Science Citation Index Expanded – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) and Scopus (Elsevier), IF = 3.623 as of March 2022)
• K.S. Lee, M.D.E. Candelaria, S.H. Kee. Comparison of static and dynamic modulus of elasticity and compressive strength according to dry conditions of concrete. Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute 33(5):449-458. October 2021. https://doi.org/ 10.4334/JKCI.2021.33.5.449 (Scopus (Elsevier))
• (Conference Proceedings) M.D.E. Candelaria, S.H. Kee. Effects of saturation on ultrasonic wave velocity and electrical resistivity of concrete. Proceedings of the Fall Conference of the Korean Institute of Architects and Engineers, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp 459-460. October 27-30, 2021.
• (Conference Proceedings) M.D.E. Candelaria, S.H. Kee. A study of relationship between total porosity and ultrasonic wave velocities of concrete. Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp 423-424. November 2021.
• M.D.E. Candelaria, S.H. Kee, J.J.Yee, J.W. Lee. Effects of saturation levels on the ultrasonic pulse velocities and mechanical properties of concrete. Materials 2021, 14, 152. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14010152 (Science Citation Index Expanded – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) and Scopus (Elsevier), IF = 3.057)
• S.H. Kee ,J.W. Lee, M.D.E. Candelaria. Evaluation of delamination in concrete by IE testing using multi- channel elastic wave data. Sensors 2020, 20(1), 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20010201 (Science Citation Index Expanded – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) and Scopus (Elsevier), IF = 3.031)
• J. Kim, S.H. Kee ,J.W. Lee, M.D.E. Candelaria. A practical guide to source and receiver locations for surface wave transmission measurements across a surface-breaking crack in plate structures. Sensors 2019, 19(17), 3793. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19173793 (Science Citation Index Expanded – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) and Scopus (Elsevier), IF = 3.031)
• S.H. Kee, J.W. Kang, B.J. Choi, J. Kwon, M.D.E. Candelaria. Evaluation of static and dynamic residual mechanical properties of heat-damaged concrete for nuclear reactor auxiliary buildings in Korea using elastic wave velocity measurements. Materials 2019, 12(17), 2695. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12172695 (Science Citation Index Expanded – Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) and Scopus (Elsevier), IF = 2.972)
• M.D.E. Candelaria, J.Y. Hernandez, Jr. Determination of the properties of Bambusa Blumeana using fullculm compression tests and layered tensile tests for finite element model simulation using orthotropic material modeling. ASEAN Engineering Journal, 9(1). January-June 2019. http://www.aseanengineering.net/aej/archive-2019-v9-n1.php (Scopus (Elsevier))
• M.L.M. Ramos, M.D.E. Candelaria. Laboratory analysis of the mechanical properties of spiny bamboo (kawayan tinik) layers. Philippine Engineering Journal, 40 (1). June 2019. https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pej/article/view/6821/5914
• Geo-Environmental Engineering Conference 2018, Presenter Paper: Use of Coco Peat Contaminated with Heavy Metal from Mining Waste as Cement Replacement in Concrete
• AUN/SEED-Net 2017 Regional Conference on Environmental Engineering: Environmental Protection toward Green Development (Vietnam)– Presenter Paper: Effects of Varying Curing Time and Water-Cement Ratio to the Strength of Concrete with Heavy Metal Contaminated Coco Peat
• 16th Global Joint Seminar On Geo-Environmental Engineering – Presenter Paper: Utilization of Sediments Collected from Mine Tailings as a Construction Material