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PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PAPERS

13 published, 2 accepted, 0 submitted

1. Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, Bedrich Benes, Thomas Hacker, Julio A. Ramirez, Alana Lund, and Santiago Pujol, “Post-Event Reconnaissance Image Documentation using Automated Classification,” accepted for publication in Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities (2018).
2. Chul Min Yeum, Alana Lund, Shirley J. Dyke, Julio A. Ramirez, “Automated Recovery of Documents from Earthquake Reconnaissance Images,” Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 33, no. 1 (2018). [Web]
3. Jongseong Choi, Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, and Mohammad R. Jahanshahi, “Computer-Aided Approach for Rapid Post-Event Visual Evaluation of a Building Façade,” Sensors, 18, 3017 (2018). [Web].
4. Chul Min Yeum, Jongseong Choi, and Shirley J. Dyke, “Automated Region-of-Interest Localization and Classification for Vision-based Damage Detection on Civil Infrastructure,” Structural Health Monitoring (2017). [Web].
5. Hacker, Thomas, Shirley Dyke, Ali Irmak Ozdagli, Gemez Marshall, Christopher Thompson, Brian Rohler, and Chul Min Yeum, “A Researcher-oriented Automated Data Ingestion Tool for rapid data Processing, Visualization and Preservation,” Advances in Engineering Software (2017). [Web],[Project].
6. Chul Min Yeum, Jongseong Choi, and Shirley J. Dyke, “Autonomous Image Localization for Visual Inspection of Civil Infrastructure.” Smart Materials and Structures 26, no. 3 (2017). [Web], [Project],[Github].
7. Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, and Julio A. Ramirez, “Visual Data Classification in Post-Event Building Reconnaissance,” Engineering Structures 155 (2018): 16-24.
8. Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, Ricardo E. Basora Rovira, Christian Silva, and Jeff Demo, “Acceleration-Based Automated Vehicle Classification on Mobile Bridges,” Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 31 (2016):813-825. [Web],[Project],[Github].
9. Chul Min Yeum and Shirley J Dyke, “Vision-Based Automated Crack Detection for Bridge Inspection,” Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 30, no. 10 (2015): 759-770.[Web],[Project],[Github].
10. Chul Min Yeum, Hoon Sohn, Hyung Jin Lim, and Jeong Beom Ihn, “Reference-Free Delamination Detection Using Lamb Waves,” Structural Control and Health Monitoring 21, no. 5 (2014): 675-84. [Web],[Project],[Github].
11. Hyung Jin Lim, Hoon Sohn, Chul Min Yeum, and Ji Min Kim, “Reference-Free Damage Detection, Localization, and Quantification in Composites,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 133, no. 6 (2013): 3838-45. [Web].
12. Byeongjin Park, Hoon Sohn, Chul Min Yeum, and Thanh C Truong, “Laser Ultrasonic Imaging and Damage Detection for a Rotating Structure,” Structural Health Monitoring 12, no. 5–6 (2013): 494–506. [Web].
13. Chul Min Yeum, Hoon Sohn, Jeong Beom Ihn, and Hyung Jin Lim, “Instantaneous Delamination Detection in a Composite Plate Using a Dual Piezoelectric Transducer Network,” Composite Structures 94, no. 12 (2012): 3490-99. [Web].
14. Jungeun An, Raphael T. Haftka, Nam H. Kim, Fuh-Gwo Yuan, Byung Man Kwak, Hoon Sohn, and Chul Min Yeum, “Experimental Study on Identifying Cracks of Increasing Size Using Ultrasonic Excitation,” Structural Health Monitoring 11, no. 1 (2012): 95-108. [Web].
15. Chul Min Yeum, Hoon Sohn, and Jeong Beom Ihn, “Lamb Wave Mode Decomposition Using Concentric Ring and Circular Piezoelectric Transducers,” Wave Motion 48, no. 4 (2011): 358-70. [Web],[Project],[Github].

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Postdoctoral Researcher (2016-2018), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • CDS&E: Enabling time-critical decision-support for disaster response and structural engineering through automated visual data analytics
    • Supported by NSF under Grant No. NSF-1608762 (07/17/16 – 07/15/19).
    • Develop a deep learning algorithm to automatically classify images collected from post-event reconnaissance missions to enable scientific research and code development.
    • 1 journal paper in review, 2 journal papers in preparation, and 3 conference papers.
  • EAGER: Active citizen engagement to enable lifecycle management of infrastructure systems
    • Supported by NSF under Grant No. NSF-1645047 (07/28/16 – 08/31/18).
    • Develop a lifecycle structural management system using crowdsourcing images.
    • 1 journal paper, 1 journal paper in review, and 2 conference papers.
• Graduate Research Assistant (2012-2016), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • Vision-based visual inspection techniques for large civil infrastructure using drone images
    • Develop an autonomous vision-based visual inspection technique for large-scale civil infrastructure using drone images.
    • 2 journal paper, 1 journal paper in review and 3 conference papers.
  • Automated (Image-Based) collection and measurements for construction pay items
    • Supported by Indiana Dept. of Trans. under Project No. SPR-4006 (08/01/15 – 08/01/17).
    • Develop a software for orthophoto generation and graphical measurement to improve efficiency and safety in measuring the pay items placed at a construction site.
    • 1 journal paper in preparation and 1 JTRP report.
  • Ultra-low power wireless sensors for advanced, In situ structural health monitoring
    • Supported by Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program under Contract No. W9132T-12-C-0020 (08/01/12 – 08/01/15).
    • Develop a self-contained, low-power distributed wireless sensor network to monitor usage patterns of a rapidly emplaced military bridge.
    • 1 journal paper, 1 conference paper, and 1 report.
• Graduate Research Assistant and Researcher (2008-2011), KAIST, South Korea
  • Development of on-board SHM technologies for composite air vehicles
    • Supported by The Boeing Company (08/01/08 – 07/31/11)
    • Develop an online structural health monitoring system that allows detect and localize delamination in composite aircraft without relying on past reference data.
    • 3 journal papers, 3 conference papers, and 4 patents.
• Undergraduate Researcher (2007-2008), KAIST, South Korea
  • Application of reference-free damage detection to composite aircraft structures
    • Supported by the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) at KAIST
    • Develop a damage localization method using embedded piezoelectric sensor network.

THESIS AND DISSERTATION

• Chul Min Yeum, “Computer Vision-Based Structural Assessment Exploiting Large Volumes of Images,” (Doctoral dissertation), Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, December 2016. [Paper],[Web],[PPT].
• Chul Min Yeum, “Lamb Wave Mode Decomposition using Concentric Ring and Circular PZT Transducers,” (Master thesis), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, June 2010. [Web],[Paper],[PPT].

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Travel awards (2018): I receives a full travel support from Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) up to $2,500 for the participation in NHERI-the Summer Institute at the University Texas at San Antonio.
• CE Outstanding Graduate Student (2016): I have been awarded the Fall 2016 CE Outstanding Graduate Student. This award recognizes excellence in both research and serve to the school, college and the university community (award of $500) [Letter],[Pic].
• Hojjat Adeli Award (2016): The paper, “Chul Min Yeum and Shirley J Dyke. Vision-Based Automated Crack Detection for Bridge Inspection. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 30, no. 10 (2015): 759–770” is selected as 2015 Hojjat Adeli Award for innovation in computing. It is awarded annually to the most innovative paper published in the previous volume/year or the most innovative single author, normally someone who has published more than one paper in the previous three years. It includes a plaque and a cash reward of $1,500. [CACAIE announcement],[Purdue News],[Screenshot].
• Admissions and Financial Aid at Purdue (2012-2016): I was offered a half-time graduate research assistantship in the School of Mechanical Engineering. The assistantship provides a salary of $2,000 per month and a waiver of tuition.
• Top 25 Hottest Articles (2011): I won the top 3 among the top 25 hottest article for 2011 full year through a paper entitled “Lamb wave mode decomposition using concentric ring and circular PZT Transducers”. The selection was completed based on the read and download articles.
• Undergraduate Research Program Award (2008): Under Prof. Sohn supervision, I received the Third Prize for the winter/spring undergraduate research program at KAIST in 2008 for his project entitled “Application of reference-free damage detection to composite aircraft structures: probabilistic damage localization using embedded piezoelectric sensor network”.
• Scholarships for outstanding students granted KAIST (2006-2008): The three prominent students in the civil engineering department of KAIST were selected as recipients as year. This scholarship provided $2,000 per year for three years.

NEWS MEDIA

• Natural Hazards Engineering Research Instrastructure (NHERI) Quarterly newsletter (August, 2018). [Article]
• Natural Hazards Engineering Research Instrastructure (NHERI) Quarterly newsletter (April, 2017). [Article]
• Main cover story at Discovery: Innovation@Purdue Engineering (Spring, 2017),”Teaching machines to pinpoint earthquake damage”. [Discovery at Purdue].
• Coverage of our funded research project from NSF, “CDS&E: Enabling Time-critical Decision-support for Disaster Response and Structural Engineering through Automated Visual Data Analytic” (October, 2016). [Purdue News],[Phys.org],[Futurity],[Electronic Component News].

TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCES

• Student Mentor (2013-2015), Master Thesis, Purdue University
  • Ricardo E. Basora Rovira: Vehicle classification method for use with rapidly emplaced mobile bridges: a sensitive study. [Thesis].
• Student Mentor (Sum. 2013), The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Purdue University
  • Tong Li: The development of a vision-based vibration measurement system for characterizing civil structures.
• Teaching Assistant (Spr. 2010), KAIST
  • CE580: Statistical Pattern Recognition for Structural Health Monitoring.
• Student Mentor (2008-2011), Undergraduate Research Program, KAIST
  • Min Sang Park and Byeong Mo Choi: Development of an automated real-time rail detecting system using non-contact sensing techniques.
  • Young Hwan Seo: Stress analysis of bolted joints.
  • Hyung Jin Lim: Theoretical modeling for A0 Lamb wave reflection and transmission at a finite vertical discontinuity using Eigen-mode method.
• Teaching Assistant (Spr. 2010; Fall 2009; Spr. 2008), KAIST
  • CE207: Elementary Structural Engineering and Laboratory.

PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS

• Research Seminar, Faculty candidate seminar, University of Waterloo, Apr, 2018.
• Professional Presentation,SHM-in-Action (invited) in the 11th Inter. Workshop on SHM (IWSHM), Stanford, CA, USA, Sep, 2017. [video].
• Invited Guest Lecturer, Image-based Sensing in CE 597 at Purdue University, 2016. This course is an introduction to vision-based sensing for management and condition assessment of civil infrastructure systems. A topic of the talk is “Introduction to Structure-from-Motion.” [PIC].
• Professional Presentation,
  • 3rd Midwest Smart Structures Colloquium, “Automated Region-of-Interest Localization for Visual Assessment,” Danville, IL, United States, Oct 6, 2017. (Honorable mentions). [PIC].
  • 2nd Midwest Smart Structures Colloquium, “Automated Collection and Measurement for Construction Pay Items,” West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, September 30, 2016. (3rd place on best presentation awards). [PPT].
  • 1st Midwest Smart Structures Colloquium, “What Does the Image Tell You?,” Grafton, Illinois, United States, October 31, 2015. (6th place on best presentation awards). [PPT].
• Invited Guest Lecturer, International Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Smart Structures, KAIST, June 2010.

SYNERGISTIC LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

• Co-Organizer in 7th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring (7WCSCM), Qingdao, China (2018): Co-organized a special session on “Innovations in Computer Vision for Structural Monitoring and Damage Detection.”
• Safety manager in IISL lab (2013-2016): During my PhD years, I had been responsible for investigating and evaluating the safety of an experimental lab (IISL Lab) as a safe manager. Every semester, I conducted safety walkthrough with a lab manager at Bowen Laboratory and discussed about possible safety concerns. Also, I assessed a potential risk of special equipment or products for use.
• Conference Secretariat (2012): “Global Policies for Infrastructure Monitoring and Management” in Purdue University, USA, August 16, 2012. The workshop focused on addressing the key issues related to promoting the sustainability and resilience of our infrastructure, transportation networks, and energy systems. [PIC].

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Effective Teaching and Mentoring Workshop (March, 2017), I attended a 1 1/2 day workshop entitled “Effective college teaching”. This workshop provides tools and strategies for college instructions to make their classes more effective. Nationally known experts, Dr. Richard Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, and Dr. Rebecca Brent, President of Education Designs, Inc., presented the workshop.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

23 published, 1 submitted

1. Ali Lenjani, Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, and Ilias Bilionis, “Automated Pre-disaster Building Images Extraction from Street View Imagery,” Proceedings of Tornado Hazard Wind Assessement and Reduction Symposium, IL, USA, Sep 26-27, 2018.
2. Jongseong Choi, Chul Min Yeum, Shirley Dyke, Mohammad Jahanshahi, and Gun Wook Park, “Rapid Vision-Based Inspection of Nonstructural Components in Buildings,” Proceedings of the 9th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Manchester, UK, July 10-13, 2018. [Web]
3. Chul Min Yeum, Won Kwanghee, Chungwook Sim, and Shirley J. Dyke, “Automated Crack Monitoring System Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” Proceedings of the 7th World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, Qingdao, China, July 22-25, 2018.
4. Shirley J. Dyke, Chul Min Yeum, Mathieu Gaillard, Bedrich Benes, Thomas Hacker, Alana Lund, Ali Lenjani, Julio Ramirez, “The Automated Reconnaissance Image Organization Tool,” Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Colorado, USA, July 8-11, 2018.
5. Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, Benes Bedrich, Thomas Hacker, Julio A. Ramirez, Chungwook Sim, and Santiago Pujol, “Automating Damage Classification in Post-Earthquake Building Images,” Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, June 25-29, 2018.
6. Chul Min Yeum, Jongseong Choi, and Shirley J. Dyke, “Automated Region-of-Interest Localization and Classification for Visual Assessment on Civil Infrastructure,” Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, CA, September 12-14, 2017.[Paper],[PPT].
7. Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, Benes Bedrich, Thomas Hacker, Julio A. Ramirez, Alana Lund, and Santiago Pujol, “Rapid, Automated Post-Event Image Classification and Documentation,” Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering, Pavia, Italy, September 6-8, 2017.[Paper],[PPT].
8. Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, Julio A. Ramirez, and Chungwook Sim, “Automated Damage Evaluation for Big Visual Data Collected from Earthquake,” Proceedings of US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Washington D.C., August 9-12, 2017.[Paper],[PPT].
9. Chul Min Yeum, Jongseong Choi, and Shirley J. Dyke, “Image Localization for Computer-enhanced Visual Inspection of Civil Infrastructure,” Proceedings of Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference, San Diago, CA, United States, June 4-7, 2017.[Abstract],[PPT].
10. Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, Julio A. Ramirez, Tomas Hacker, Santiago Pujol and Chungwook Sim, “Annotation of Image Data from Disaster Reconnaissance,” Proceedings of the 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Santiago, Chile, Jan 09-13, 2017. [Paper],[PPT].
11. Chul Min Yeum, Shirley J. Dyke, Julio A. Ramirez, and Bedrich Benes, “Big Visual Data Analysis for Damage Evaluation in Civil Engineering,” Proceedings of International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction, Cambridge, U.K., June 27-29, 2016. [Paper],[PPT].
12. Shirley J. Dyke, Chul Min Yeum, Christian Silva, and Jeff Demo, “Applications of Computer Vision in Structural Health Monitoring,” (a keynote speech) Proceedings of the 7th Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Infrastructure, Italy, July 1-4, 2015.[Paper],[PPT].
13. Chul Min Yeum and Shirley J. Dyke, “Vision-based Automated Visual Inspection of Large-scale Bridges,” the Sixth World Conference on Structural Control and Monitoring, Barcelona, Spain, July 15-17, 2014. [Paper],[PPT],[Project],[Github].
14. Byeongin Park, Troung Thanh Chung, Chul Min Yeum, and Hoon Sohn, “Laser Ultrasonic Imaging of a Rotating Blade,” SPIE International Symposia, Smart Structures & Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, March 6-10, 2012.
15. Hoon Sohn, Yun Kyu An, Byeongin Park, Troung Thanh Chung,Chul Min Yeum, Jin Yeol Yang, and Hyun Seok Lee, “Laser Ultrasonic Techniques for Structural Health Monitoring Applications,” CIMTEC, Montecatini, Terme, Italy, June 10-14, 2012.
16. Troung Thanh Chung, Byeongin Park, Hoon Sohn and Chul Min Yeum, “A Dropout Elimination Technique for Noncontact Laser Ultrasonic Imaging of a Rotating Object,” the 24th KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Hyogo, Japan, December 14-16, 2011.
17. Chul Min Yeum, Hoon Sohn, Jeong Beom Ihn, and Hyung Jin Lim, “Reference-free Delamination Detection using Lamb Wave Time Delay,” the 8h International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, CA, September 13-15, 2011. [Paper],[Project],[Github].
18. Chul Min Yeum, Hoon Sohn, and Jeong Beom Ihn, “Delamination Detection in a Composite Plate using a Dual Piezoelectric Transducer Network,” SPIE International Symposia, Smart Structures & Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Health Monitoring and Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, March 6-10, 2011. [Web],[Paper],[PPT].
19. Hyung Jin Lim, Chul Min Yeum, and Hoon Sohn, “Modeling of Impact-induced Delamination in a Multilayer Composite Plate,” the 23rd KKCNN Symposium on Civil Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, November 13-15, 2010.
20. Chul Min Yeum, Hoon Sohn, and Jeon Beom Ihn, “Lamb Wave Decomposition using Amplitude Matching with Concentric Circular PZT Transducers,” the 5th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Sorrento, Italy, June 29-July 02, 2010. [Web], [Paper],[PPT],[Project],[Github].
21. Hoon Sohn, Seung Bum Kim, Chang Gil Lee, Chul Min Yeum, and Jeong Bum Ihn, “Reference-Free Delamination Detection in Multilayer Composite Panels,” Multi-Functional Materials and Structures, Hong Kong, China, July 28-31, 2008.
22. Hoon Sohn, Seung Bum Kim, Sang Jun Lee, Debaditya Dutta, Hyun Jun Park, Chang Gil Lee, Abhinav Agrawal, Chul Min Yeum, Seung Hee Park, and Yun Kyu An, “Transition from Guided Wave Based Non-Destructive Testing to Structural Health Monitoring,” the 35th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE 2008), Chicago, IL, July 20-25, 2008.
23. Hoon Sohn, Seung Bum Kim, Sang Jun Lee, Debaditya Dutta, Hyun Jun Park, Chang Gil Lee, Abhinav Agrawal, and Chul Min Yeum, “Robust Crack Detection under Changing Temperature Environment,” (Invited Paper) US-Korea Workshop on Bio, Bio-Inspired and Smart Sensing, Jeju, Korea, May 23-25, 2008.
24. Chul Min Yeum and Hoon Sohn, “Probabilistic Damage Localization using Embedded Piezoelectric Sensor Networks,” the 2nd UITM-KAIST Symposium on Urban Engineering and Sustainability, Daejeon, Korea, March 31, 2008. [PPT],[PIC].

PATENTS

1. Hoon Sohn, Chul Min Yeum and Jeong Bum Ihn, “Time delay based health monitoring system using a sensor network,” (2014). [Google patent].
2. Hoon Sohn, Hyung Jin Lim, Chul Min Yeum and Jeong Bum Ihn, “Reference free inconsistency detection system,” (2013). [Google patent]
3. Hoon Sohn, Chul Min Yeum and Jeong Bum Ihn, “Transducer based health monitoring system cross-reference to related application,” (2013). [Google patent].
4. Hoon Sohn, Chul Min Yeum and Jeong Beom Ihn, “Mode Decomposition of Sound Waves Using Amplitude Matching,” (2012). [Google patent].

EXPERIMENT EXPERIENCES

• Configurable Drone Assembly and Image Collection (2014), Purdue. Assembly of vision-inspection drones using configurable platform including an QAV500 frame and a Pixhawk. [Pics].
• Vision-based Displacement Estimation (2014), Purdue. Vision-based vibration measurement on a K’NEX building model. [Project],[Github].
• Vehicle Classification on Mobile Bridge (REB) (2013), Blacksburg, VA, USA. Determination of modal characteristics for rapid emplaced bridge system.
• Installation of Sensors on a Composite Aircraft (2009), The DACC Company, Wanju, KOREA. Real time monitoring of composite air vehicles funded by Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD).
• Field Monitoring of Real Bridge Structures (2008-2010), Kimpo (Kimpo bridge) & Incheon (Samseung bridge), KOREA. US-Korea collaborative research for bridge monitoring testbeds. [Pics].