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Jaeyoung Cho

Assistant Professor
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Office Building: Engineering Building
Office Room: A105
Phone: (915) 747-6903
Email: jcho4@utep.edu

Bio

Dr. Cho is an Assistant Professor of the UTEP AME Department, specialized in reaction kinetics, combustion, propulsion, and renewable energy.

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award - Seoul National University (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
Scholarship from Brain Korea 21 - Seoul National Univeristy (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
Outstanding Researcher Scholarship - Seoul National University (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
Scholarship from Hoban Scholarship Foundation - Hoban Scholarship Foundation (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
National Science & Technology Scholarship - Korea Student Aid Foundation (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)

Education

Ph D in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (2020)
BS in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (2014)

Publications

Faculty Reflections on Implementing Servingness into Research and Teaching: How Professional Development Around Servingness Foster Latinx Student Success Journal of Latinos and Education (2024), Christina Convertino, Robyn K. Pinilla, Camila Leite Madeira, Lori M. Houghtalen, Robert M. Pankow, Lizette Villanueva, Jaeyoung Cho, Jeffrey Olimpo, Elena Bitner.
Competing Radical and Molecular Channels in the Unimolecular Dissociation of Methylformate Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2024), Jaeyoung Cho, Nicole J. Labbe, Lawrence B. Harding, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Sooting Tendency of Substituted Aromatic Oxygenates: The Role of Functional Groups and Positional Isomerism in Vanillin Isomers Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2024), Hojin Jung, Jaeyoung Cho, Yeonjoon Kim, Zhanhong Xiang, Sabari Kumar, Piper Banard, Charles S. McEnallyd, Lisa D. Pfefferle, Seonah Kim.
Design Green Chemicals by Predicting Vaporization Properties to Using Explainable Graph Attention Networks Green Chemistry (2024), Yeoonjoon Kim, Jaeyoung Cho, Hojin Jung, Lydia E. Meyer, Gina M. Fioroni, Christopher D. Stubbs, Keunhong Jeong, Robert L. McCormick, Peter C. St. John, Seonah Kim.
Modeling–Experiment–Theory Analysis of Reactions Initiated from Cl+Methyl Formate The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 127 46 (2023), Jaeyoung Cho, Daniel Rösch, Yujie T. , David L. Osborn, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Leonid Sheps, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Automated identification and calculation of prompt effects in kinetic mechanisms using statistical models Combustion and Flame 257 (2023), Luna Pratali Maffei, Kevin B. Moore III, Yuri Georgievskii, Clayton R. Mulvihill, Sarah N. Elliott, Jaeyoung Cho, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan, Tiziano Faravelli, Stephen J. Klippenstein.
The role of energy transfer and competing bimolecular reactions in characterizing the unimolecular dissociations of allylic radicals Combustion and Flame 257 (2023), Jaeyoung Cho, Ahren W. Jasper, Yuri Georgievskii, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Designing High-Performance Fuels through Graph Neural Networks for Predicting Cetane Number of Multicomponent Surrogate Mixtures SAE Technical Papers (2023), Yeonjoon Kim, Sabari Kumar, Jaeyoung Cho, Nimal Naser, Wonjong Ko, Peter C. St. John, Robert L. McCormick, Seonah Kim.
Enhancing ϕ-sensitivity of ignition delay times through dilution of fuel-air mixture Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39 4 (2023), Jaeyoung Cho, Jon Luecke, Mohammad J. Rahimi, Yeonjoon Kim, Bradley T. Zigler, Seonah Kim.
Physics-informed graph neural networks for predicting cetane number with systematic data quality analysis Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39 4 (2023), Yeonjoon Kim, Jaeyoung Cho, Nimal Naser, Sabari Kumar, Keunhong Jeong, Robert L. McCormick, Peter C. St. John, Seonah Kim.
The role of collisional energy transfer in the thermal and prompt dissociation of 1-methyl allyl Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2023), Jaeyoung Cho, Yujie Tao, Yuri Georgievskii, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Ahren W. Jasper, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Bimolecular Peroxy Radical (RO2) Reactions and Their Relevance in Radical Initiated Oxidation of Hydrocarbons The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2022), Jaeyoung Cho, Clayton R. Mulvihill, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Bioderived ether design for low soot emission and high reactivity transport fuels Sustainable Energy & Fuels (2022), Jaeyoung Cho, Yeonjoon Kim, Brian D. Etz, Gina M. Fioroni, Nimal Naser, Junqing Zhu, Zhanhong Xiang, Cameron Hays, Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Peter C. St. John, Bradley T. Zigler, Charles S. McEnally, Lisa D. Pfefferle, Robert L. McCormick, Seonah Kim.
Dimensionless parameters determining the effect of dilution on ignition delay of syngas and hydrocarbon fuels Combustion and Flame (2020), Jaeyoung Cho, Han Ho Song.

Presentations

Leveraging Graph Neural Network in Prediction of Limiting Oxygen Index and Design of Flame-Retarding Polymers (2024), Volume Jeju, South Korea, Soo Min Bae, René D. Boisseau Gomez, Jaeyoung Cho.
Elevating Student Success through Collaboration and Innovation (2024), Volume El Paso TX, Christina Convertino, Robyn K. Pinilla, Camila Leite Madeira, Lizette Villanueva, Jaeyoung Cho.
Being in the boundary of disciplines – opportunities for a chemical kineticist in the mechanical engineering department (2024), Volume Virtual, Jaeyoung Cho.
Harnessing Quantum Mechanics to Understand the Combustion Characteristics of Cycloalkanes in Aviation Fuels (2024), Volume El Paso, TX, Evan M. Griffin, Jaeyoung Cho.
Competing Radical and Molecular Channels in the Unimolecular Dissociation of Methylformate (2024), Volume Milan, Italy, Jaeyoung Cho, Nicole J. Labbe, Lawrence B. Harding, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Enhancing the Predictive Accuracy of Graph Neural Network for Polymer Flammability Using Transfer Learning (2024), Volume Milan, Italy, Soo Min Bae, René D. Boisseau Gomez, Jaeyoung Cho.
Sooting Tendency of Substituted Aromatic Oxygenates: The Role of Functional Groups and Positional Isomerism in Vanillin Isomers (2024), Volume Milan, Italy, Hojin Jung, Jaeyoung Cho, Yeonjoon Kim, Zhanhong Xiang, Sabari Kumar, Piper Banard, Charles S. McEnally, Lisa D. Pfefferle, Seonah Kim.
Unveiling the chemical kinetics of SMP-10 pyrolysis for silicon carbide formulation (2024), Volume Milan, Italy, Jesus A. Anaya, Alejandra G. Castellanos, Jaeyoung Cho.
Accelerating the biofuel discovery through integration of graph neural networks with chemical kinetics (2024), Volume Atlanta, GA, Jaeyoung Cho.
Bridging fuel and polymer databases for improved prediction of the thermal decomposition/oxidation behavior using graph neural networks (2024), Volume Atlanta, GA, René D. Boisseau Gomez, Jesus A. Anaya, Jaeyoung Cho.
Designing Green Chemicals for Sustainable Propulsion: AI-theory-experiment combined approach (2024), Volume El Paso, TX, Jaeyoung Cho.
Engaging with the construct of servingness in HSI: How faculty implement servingness in research and teaching to support student success (2024), Christina Convertino, Jaeyoung Cho, Isaac Frausto Hernandez, Lori M. Houghtalen, Camila Leite Madeira, Robyn K. Pinilla, Lizette Villanueva.
“From Molecule to Thrust” : Multifaceted Approaches to Realize Sustainable Propulsion (2023), Volume The University of Texas at El Paso, Jaeyoung Cho.
Designing high-performance fuels through graph neural networks for predicting cetane number of multicomponent surrogate mixtures (2023), Volume Kyoto, Japan, Yeonjoon Kim, Nimal Naser, Jaeyoung Cho, Wonjong Ko, Peter C. St. John, Seonah Kim.
Theory-informed Stoichiometry Constrained Kinetics Database for Combustion Applications (2023), Jaeyoung Cho, Sarah N. Elliott, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Compositional effect of multi-component gasoline on the ϕ-sensitivity of ignition delay time (2023), Volume College Station, TX, USA, Jaeyoung Cho, Song Cheng, Scott S. Goldsborough, Seonah Kim.
Nonthermal Effects in the Dissociation of HOCO and Other Carbonyl-Centered Free Radicals (2023), Volume College Station, TX, USA, Jaeyoung Cho, Ahren W. Jasper, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
A-priori theory-informed training of artificial neural networks for predictions of chemical reactivity (2022), Volume Phoenix, AZ, USA, Jaeyoung Cho.
Automated identification and calculation of prompt effects in kinetic mechanisms using statistical model (2022), Volume Virtual, Luna Pratali Maffei, Kevin B. Moore III, Yuri Georgievskii, Clayton R. Mulvihill, Sarah N. Elliott, Jaeyoung Cho, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan, Tiziano Faravelli, Stephen J. Klippenstein.
Competition between unimolecular/bimolecular reactions of allylic radicals and their relevance in flames (2022), Jaeyoung Cho, Ahren W. Jasper, Yuri Georgievskii, Stephen Klippenstein, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Enhancing ϕ-sensitivity of ignition delay times through dilution of fuel-air mixture (2022), Volume Vancouver, Canada, Jaeyoung Cho, Jon Luecke, Mohammad J. Rahimi, Yeonjoon Kim, Bradley T. Zigler, Seonah Kim.
Physics-informed graph neural networks for predicting cetane number with systematic data quality analysis (2022), Volume Vancouver, Canada, Yeonjoon Kim, Jaeyoung Cho, Nimal Naser, Sabari Kumar, Keunhong Jeong, Robert L. McCormick, Peter C. St. John, Seonah Kim.
The role of collisional energy transfer on the thermal and prompt dissociation of 1-methyl allyl. (2022), Jaeyoung Cho, Yujie T. , Yuri Georgievskii, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Ahren W. Jasper, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.

Grants

Digital Twin Modeling of NOx Emissions from Transient Vehicle Operations in Hilly Terrains
Exploring Opportunities for Research Growth at NSF Grants Conference Spring 2025
Fundamental Kinetics Study on the Fire-Safety of Biodegradable and Bio-based Polymers

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	16805
Fall 2025	MECH 4338 - Capstone Design Projects	17293
Fall 2025	AERO 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	17743
Fall 2025	MECH 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	14736
Fall 2025	MECH 6305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	15134
Fall 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	12109
Fall 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	18028
Fall 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	18029
Fall 2025	MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects	17833
Fall 2025	MECH 4366 - Senior Design Project	12382
Fall 2025	MECH 5398 - Thesis	16288
Summer 2025	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	33941
Summer 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	31822
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	30875

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	16805
Fall 2025	AERO 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	17743
Fall 2025	MECH 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	14736
Fall 2025	MECH 6305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	15134
Fall 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	12109
Fall 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	18028
Fall 2025	MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research	18029
Fall 2025	MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects	17833
Spring 2025	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	26691	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MECH 5303 - Heat Transfer I	27240	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MECH 6303 - Heat Transfer I	27241	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MECH 4336 - Principles of Engr Design	26729	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MECH 4366 - Senior Design Project	26732	Syllabus
Spring 2025	MECH 5399 - Thesis	26057
Fall 2024	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	16263	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MECH 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	15457	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MECH 6305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	15987	Syllabus
Fall 2024	MECH 5398 - Thesis	17719
Summer 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	30948
Spring 2024	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	26836	Syllabus
Spring 2024	MECH 5390 - Special Topics Mechanical Engr	27795	Syllabus
Fall 2023	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	16337	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	16263	Evaluation
Fall 2024	MECH 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	15457	Evaluation
Fall 2024	MECH 6305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics	15987	Evaluation
Spring 2024	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	26836	Evaluation
Fall 2023	AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion	16337	Evaluation

Bio

Dr. Cho is an Assistant Professor of the UTEP AME Department, specialized in reaction kinetics, combustion, propulsion, and renewable energy.

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award - Seoul National University (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
Scholarship from Brain Korea 21 - Seoul National Univeristy (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
Outstanding Researcher Scholarship - Seoul National University (01/01/2016-12/31/2016)
Scholarship from Hoban Scholarship Foundation - Hoban Scholarship Foundation (01/01/2014-12/31/2014)
National Science & Technology Scholarship - Korea Student Aid Foundation (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)

Ph D in Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (2020)
BS in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University (2014)

Publications

Faculty Reflections on Implementing Servingness into Research and Teaching: How Professional Development Around Servingness Foster Latinx Student Success Journal of Latinos and Education (2024), Christina Convertino, Robyn K. Pinilla, Camila Leite Madeira, Lori M. Houghtalen, Robert M. Pankow, Lizette Villanueva, Jaeyoung Cho, Jeffrey Olimpo, Elena Bitner.
Competing Radical and Molecular Channels in the Unimolecular Dissociation of Methylformate Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2024), Jaeyoung Cho, Nicole J. Labbe, Lawrence B. Harding, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.
Sooting Tendency of Substituted Aromatic Oxygenates: The Role of Functional Groups and Positional Isomerism in Vanillin Isomers Proceedings of the Combustion Institute (2024), Hojin Jung, Jaeyoung Cho, Yeonjoon Kim, Zhanhong Xiang, Sabari Kumar, Piper Banard, Charles S. McEnallyd, Lisa D. Pfefferle, Seonah Kim.
Design Green Chemicals by Predicting Vaporization Properties to Using Explainable Graph Attention Networks Green Chemistry (2024), Yeoonjoon Kim, Jaeyoung Cho, Hojin Jung, Lydia E. Meyer, Gina M. Fioroni, Christopher D. Stubbs, Keunhong Jeong, Robert L. McCormick, Peter C. St. John, Seonah Kim.
Modeling–Experiment–Theory Analysis of Reactions Initiated from Cl+Methyl Formate The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 127 46 (2023), Jaeyoung Cho, Daniel Rösch, Yujie T. , David L. Osborn, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Leonid Sheps, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.

Presentations

Leveraging Graph Neural Network in Prediction of Limiting Oxygen Index and Design of Flame-Retarding Polymers (2024), Volume Jeju, South Korea, Soo Min Bae, René D. Boisseau Gomez, Jaeyoung Cho.
Elevating Student Success through Collaboration and Innovation (2024), Volume El Paso TX, Christina Convertino, Robyn K. Pinilla, Camila Leite Madeira, Lizette Villanueva, Jaeyoung Cho.
Being in the boundary of disciplines – opportunities for a chemical kineticist in the mechanical engineering department (2024), Volume Virtual, Jaeyoung Cho.
Harnessing Quantum Mechanics to Understand the Combustion Characteristics of Cycloalkanes in Aviation Fuels (2024), Volume El Paso, TX, Evan M. Griffin, Jaeyoung Cho.
Competing Radical and Molecular Channels in the Unimolecular Dissociation of Methylformate (2024), Volume Milan, Italy, Jaeyoung Cho, Nicole J. Labbe, Lawrence B. Harding, Stephen J. Klippenstein, Raghu Sivaramakrishnan.

Digital Twin Modeling of NOx Emissions from Transient Vehicle Operations in Hilly Terrains
Exploring Opportunities for Research Growth at NSF Grants Conference Spring 2025
Fundamental Kinetics Study on the Fire-Safety of Biodegradable and Bio-based Polymers

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

16805

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 4338 - Capstone Design Projects

Section

17293

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

AERO 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

17743

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

14736

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 6305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

15134

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

12109

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

18028

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

18029

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects

Section

17833

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 4366 - Senior Design Project

Section

12382

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 5398 - Thesis

Section

16288

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

33941

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

31822

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

30875

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

16805

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

AERO 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

17743

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

14736

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 6305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

15134

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

12109

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

18028

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

18029

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

MECH 5396 - Graduate Projects

Section

17833

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

26691

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 5303 - Heat Transfer I

Section

27240

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 6303 - Heat Transfer I

Section

27241

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 4336 - Principles of Engr Design

Section

26729

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 4366 - Senior Design Project

Section

26732

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

MECH 5399 - Thesis

Section

26057

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

16263

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

15457

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 6305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

15987

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 5398 - Thesis

Section

17719

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

30948

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

26836

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

MECH 5390 - Special Topics Mechanical Engr

Section

27795

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

16337

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

16263

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 5305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

15457

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

MECH 6305 - Comp. Fluid Dynamics

Section

15987

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

26836

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

AERO 4322 - Aerospace Propulsion

Section

16337

Evaluation

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