JinYoung Kim

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I am a research professor at Korea University, currently contributing to an NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea) project titled "A Study on the Vulnerability Assessment of Storm Surge Damage Due to Sea Level Rise Using Future Ocean Environment Modeling and Artificial Intelligence Emulator Technology," under the guidance of Prof. Sangyoung Son in the School of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering.

Before moving to Korea, I gained significant experience as a postdoctoral researcher in the United States. At the University of Texas at Arlington, I worked under the guidance of Prof. Michelle Hummel in the Civil Engineering department on a NOAA-funded project, "Ecosystem and Community Vulnerability to Surface and Subsurface Flooding and Salinity Dynamics with Sea Level Rise and Adaptation Strategies." Under her advice and mentorship, I conducted flooding simulations for the California Coast using the CoSMoS framework (Delft3D and X-Beach simulations) to evaluate adaptation scenarios. 

Prior to that, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University, contributing to the TGLO-funded project, "Prediction of Texas Wetland Erosion Through Remote Sensing, Field Surveys, and Numerical Modeling." Under the guidance of Prof. James Kaihatu and Prof. Kuang-An Chang, I focused on hydrodynamic modeling to analyze wetland erosion and evolution. My role also included conducting UAV-based surveys on Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula, capturing critical topographic and bathymetric data before and after hurricanes.

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저는 고려대학교 연구교수로 재직 중이며, 한국연구재단(NRF)의 지원을 받아 “해수면 상승에 따른 폭풍 해일 피해 취약성 평가 연구: 미래 해양 환경 모델링과 인공지능 에뮬레이터 기술을 활용하여” 라는 주제로 프로젝트를 수행하고 있습니다. 이 연구는 고려대학교 건축사회환경공학부 손상영 교수님의 지도 아래 진행되고 있습니다.

한국에 오기 전, 미국에서 박사후연구원으로 활동하며 다양한 연구 경험을 쌓았습니다. 텍사스대학교 알링턴 캠퍼스에서는 Michelle Hummel 교수님과 함께 NOAA 프로젝트를 수행하며 CoSMoS 프레임워크(Delft3D 및 X-Beach)를 활용해 캘리포니아 해안 지역의 홍수 적응 시뮬레이션을 주도했습니다.

또한 텍사스 A&M 대학교에서는 James Kaihatu 교수님과 Kuang-An Chang 교수님의 지도 아래 TGLO 프로젝트에 참여해 습지 침식과 진화를 예측하는 수치 모델링을 담당했습니다. 이와 더불어 텍사스의 Galveston 섬과 Bolivar 반도에서 UAV(드론)를 활용한 지형 및 수심 조사를 통해 허리케인 전후의 데이터를 수집하고 분석했습니다.

Research interests : 

(1) Ocean Wave Mechanics & Dynamics, Hydrodynamic Simulations (SWAN, Delft3D)

(2) Meteorological  data processes (Interpolation, kriging, and downscaling method) for Hydrodynamic Simulations

(3) Coastal flooding simulation and adaptation planning based on future Sea Level Rise projection

(4) Surrogate model and emulator of Delft3D and  Xbeach in connection with the stochastic climate emulator  

(5) Topography and Bathymetry measurements using Unmanned Aerial System (Drone) and Monitoring System

(6) Development of Machine Learning-Based Ocean Climate Emulators 

Please refer to my research page and publications for more details on some of the work I've been doing in some of these areas. 

You can find my Google Scholar page here.