Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) received the 2023 Modular Building Fellow Award from the Modular (MBI) at the 2023 World of Modular Conference, which had over 1,500 registrants, on April 1, 2023, held in the Bellagio Hotel. The Modular Building Fellow Award is awarded for leadership, contribution, and commitment to modular construction, recognizing a professor each year that has contributed to advancing commercial modular construction through education and research. MBI stated that they named Choi as their 2023 Modular Building Fellow considering his work at UNLV in the classroom and lab, his papers and research on modularization, hosting of conferences, his new book, and his support of MBI and the industry, in general.
