FACULTY PROFILES

Yong Je Kim

Assistant Professor
Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering

Office Building: Engineering Building
Office Room: E320
Phone: (915) 747-0864
Email: ykim14@utep.edu

Bio

No info available.

Education

Ph D in Civil Engineering, University of Central Florida (2019)
MS in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)
BS in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2007)

Publications

Identifying Urban Pluvial Frequency Flooding Hotspots Using the Topographic Control Index and Remote Sensing Radar Images for Early Warning Systems Water 17 24 (2025), Unique Bakhrel, Nicholas Brake, Mahdi Feizbahr, Yong Je Kim, Hossein Hariri Asli, Liv Haselbach, Slater J. Macon.
Sinkhole Susceptibility Mapping in Greene County, Missouri through Machine Learning Algorithms Geodata and AI 5 (2025), Arip . Nur, Yong Je Kim, Boo Hyun Nam, Kyungwon Park.
Artificial intelligence-based ensemble models with GUI for predicting the compressive strength of waste glass concrete Green Technologies and Sustainability 4 2 (2025), Sushant Poudel, Bibek Gautam, Sudip Khatiwada, Bipin Lamichhane, Prabin Kharel, Diwakar KC, Yong Je Kim.
Prediction of Compressive Strength of Sustainable Concrete Incorporating Waste Glass Powder Using Machine Learning Algorithms Sustainability 17 10 (2025), Sushant Poudel, Bibek Gautam, Utkarsha Bhetuwal, Prabin Kharel, Sudip Khatiwada, Subash Dhital, Suba Sah, Diwakar KC, Yong Je Kim.
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Compressive Strength of Sustainable Concrete Incorporating Waste Glass as a Partial Replacement for Cement MDPI AG (2025), Sushant Poudel, Bibek Gautam, Utkarsha Bhetuwal, Prabin Kharel, Sudip Khatiwada, Subash Dhital, Diwakar KC, Yong Je Kim.
Environmental Justice, Vulnerable Populations, and Social Services: Perspectives from Environmental Activists. Social Work and Social Welfare 6 1 (2025), Shinwoo Choi, Suzie Weng, Giselle Feliciano, Amy Benton, Yong je Kim.
InSAR-based investigation of ground subsidence due to excavation: a case study of Incheon City, South Korea International Journal of Geo-Engineering 15 26 (2024), Kyungwon Park, Yong Je Kim, Jiannan Chen, Boo Hyun Nam.
A review of geopolymer binder as a grouting material International Journal of Geo-Engineering 15 21 (2024), Karla Sierra, Jinwoo An, Ryan Shamet, Jiannan Chen, Yong Je Kim, Boo Hyun Nam, Philip Park.
Inferno Insights GEOSTRATA Magazine 28 4 (2024), Arip S. Nur, Yong Je Kim.
Monitoring of ground subsidence using PS-InSAR technique in the Southeast Texas (SETX) Region. International Journal of Geo-Engineering 15 13 (2024), Arip S. Nur, Boo Hyun Nam, Shinwoo Choi, Yong je Kim.
Prediction of karst sinkhole collapse using a decision-tree (DT) classifier Geomechanics and Engineering 36 5 (2024), Boo Hyun Nam, Kyungwon Park, Yong Je Kim.
Sinkhole stability chart for geotechnical investigation Transportation Geotechnics 45 (2024), Kyungwon Park, Moataz Soliman, Yong Je Kim, Boo Hyun Nam.
Understanding the Impact of Land Subsidence on Flooding in the Southeast Texas Coastal Region Using PS-InSAR ASCE Geo-Congress 2024 (2024), Arip S. Nur, Boo Hyun Nam, Jinwoo An, Yong Je Kim.
Social Vulnerability and Geohazards: Review and Implications Geohazards and Disaster Risk Reduction (2023), Boo Hyun Nam, Shinwoo Choi, Timothy Copeland, Yong Je Kim.
Perceived Vulnerability to Disease, Resilience, and Mental Health Outcome of Korean Immigrants amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Machine Learning Approach Natural Hazards Review (2023), Shinwoo Choi, Yong Je Kim, Boo Hyun Nam, Joo Young Hong, E .. Cristy Cummings.
Spatial Prediction of Wildfire Susceptibility Using Hybrid Machine Learning Models Based on Support Vector Regression in Sydney, Australia Remote Sensing 15 3 (2023), Arip S. Nur, Yong Je Kim, Joon Ho Lee, Chang-Wook Lee.
Perceived Vulnerability to Disease (PVD), resilience, and mental health outcome of Korean immigrants amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A machine learning approach Natural Hazards Review 24 2 (2023), Shinwoo Choi, Yong je Kim, Boo Hyun Nam, Joo Young Hong, Cristy Cummings.
Damage Proxy Map over Collapsed Structure in Ansan Using COSMO-SkyMed Data The Journal of Engineering Geology 32 3 (2022), Arip S. Nur, Muhammad F. Fadhillah, Young-Hoon Jung, Boo Hyun Nam, Yong Je Kim, Yu-Chul Park, Chang-Wook Lee.
Probabilistic spatial susceptibility modeling of carbonate karst sinkhole Engineering Geology 306 106728 (2022), Yong je Kim, Boo Hyun Nam, Young-Hoon Jung, Xin Liu, Shinwoo Choi, Donghwi Kim, Seongmin Kim.
Creation of Wildfire Susceptibility Maps in Plumas National Forest Using InSAR Coherence, Deep Learning, and Metaheuristic Optimization Approaches Remote Sensing 14 17 (2022), Arip S. Nur, Yong Je Kim, Chang-Wook Lee.
Developing Advanced Data-Driven Models to Understand the Complex Patterns of Mask Wearing amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Efforts to Accelerate Collective Cognition of Shared Risk Natural Hazards Review 22 2 (2021), Yong Je Kim, Shinwoo Choi, Boo Hyun Nam.

Presentations

A Hybrid Physics-Guided and Machine Learning Framework for Modeling Ground Subsidence in the Greater Houston Area (2025), Volume Online, Yong Je Kim.

Grants

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2026	CE 6396 - Doctoral Research	17853
Fall 2026	CE 6396 - Doctoral Research	18247
Fall 2026	CE 5391 - Individual Studies	18741
Fall 2026	CE 2334 - Mechanics of Materials	15029
Fall 2026	CE 6091 - Qualifying Exam	15175

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Spring 2026	CE 6396 - Doctoral Research	28614
Spring 2026	CE 2334 - Mechanics of Materials	21250

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Spring 2026	CE 2334 - Mechanics of Materials	21250	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Ph D in Civil Engineering, University of Central Florida (2019)
MS in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)
BS in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2007)

Publications

Identifying Urban Pluvial Frequency Flooding Hotspots Using the Topographic Control Index and Remote Sensing Radar Images for Early Warning Systems Water 17 24 (2025), Unique Bakhrel, Nicholas Brake, Mahdi Feizbahr, Yong Je Kim, Hossein Hariri Asli, Liv Haselbach, Slater J. Macon.
Sinkhole Susceptibility Mapping in Greene County, Missouri through Machine Learning Algorithms Geodata and AI 5 (2025), Arip . Nur, Yong Je Kim, Boo Hyun Nam, Kyungwon Park.
Artificial intelligence-based ensemble models with GUI for predicting the compressive strength of waste glass concrete Green Technologies and Sustainability 4 2 (2025), Sushant Poudel, Bibek Gautam, Sudip Khatiwada, Bipin Lamichhane, Prabin Kharel, Diwakar KC, Yong Je Kim.
Prediction of Compressive Strength of Sustainable Concrete Incorporating Waste Glass Powder Using Machine Learning Algorithms Sustainability 17 10 (2025), Sushant Poudel, Bibek Gautam, Utkarsha Bhetuwal, Prabin Kharel, Sudip Khatiwada, Subash Dhital, Suba Sah, Diwakar KC, Yong Je Kim.
Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Compressive Strength of Sustainable Concrete Incorporating Waste Glass as a Partial Replacement for Cement MDPI AG (2025), Sushant Poudel, Bibek Gautam, Utkarsha Bhetuwal, Prabin Kharel, Sudip Khatiwada, Subash Dhital, Diwakar KC, Yong Je Kim.

Presentations

A Hybrid Physics-Guided and Machine Learning Framework for Modeling Ground Subsidence in the Greater Houston Area (2025), Volume Online, Yong Je Kim.

No info available.

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CE 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

17853

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CE 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

18247

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CE 5391 - Individual Studies

Section

18741

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CE 2334 - Mechanics of Materials

Section

15029

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2026

Course

CE 6091 - Qualifying Exam

Section

15175

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CE 6396 - Doctoral Research

Section

28614

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CE 2334 - Mechanics of Materials

Section

21250

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2026

Course

CE 2334 - Mechanics of Materials

Section

21250

Evaluation

Yong Je Kim

Bio

Education

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Grants

Courses

Course Evaluations