Dr. Cha is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba.
 

Educational experiences:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, Postdoctoral Associate, 8/2012-8/2014.
  • The City College of New York, New York, NY, Postdoctoral Researcher, 1/2009-8/2012.
  • Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Ph.D., 1/2005-12/2008
  • Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, M.S., 3/2002-2/2004
  • Kumoh National Institute of Technology including 3 year mandatory military service, Gumi, South Korea, B.A., 3/1995-2/2002

 

Professional experiences:

  • Professor tenured, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 3/2024-present.
  • Associate Professor tenured, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 7/2021-3/2024.
  • Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 3/2021-6/2021.
  • Visiting Scholar, MIT, USA, 1/2018-6/2018.
  • Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 9/2014-3/30/2021.
  • Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, 8/2012-8/2014.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA, 6/2009-8/2012.
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 1/2005-8/2008.

 

Professional Achievements:

  • UMGSA Teaching Award, University of Manitoba Graduate Students’ Association (UMGSA), University of Manitoba, October 2023. This prestigious award is granted annually, with only one recipient chosen across the entire University of Manitoba.
  • VinFuture Prize Official Nominator (invited), VinFuture Foundation, Vietnam, March 2022–present. I am proud to note that my qualifications for this role place me among the top 2% of highly cited scientists worldwide.
  • IAAM Scientist Award from the 2022 International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) in Smart Materials and Structures (https://www.iaamonline.org/iaam-scientist-medal), 8/2022
  • 2021 Merit Award in the Research, Scholarly Work and Creative Activities category, University of Manitoba and University of Manitoba Faculty Association, 9/2022
  • Top 0.29% cited scientist within the Civil Engineering field, and 0.34% cited scientist in the entire Engineering for single year (2022) impact in the world. Selection criteria: Top 100,000 scientists by c-score, or top 2% percentile in their sub-field. Reference: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2023), “October 2023 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators””, Elsevier Data Repository, V6, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6
  • Top 0.31% cited scientist within the Civil Engineering field, and 0.36% cited scientist in the entire Engineering for single year (2021) impact in the world. Selection criteria: Top 100,000 scientists by c-score, or top 2% percentile in their sub-field. Reference: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2022), “September 2022 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators””, Elsevier Data Repository, V5, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.5
  • Top 0.45% cited scientist within the Civil Engineering field for a single year (2020) impact in the world. Selection criteria: Top 100,000 scientists by c-score, or top 2% percentile in their sub-field. Reference: Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P.A. (2021), “August 2021 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators””, Elsevier Data Repository, V3, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3
  • Top 0.65% cited scientist within the Civil Engineering field for a single year (2019) impact in the world. Selection criteria: Top 100,000 scientists by c-score, or top 2% percentile in their sub-field. Reference: Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P.A. (2020), “Data for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators””, Elsevier Data Repository, V2, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.2
  • Lifetime topmost highly cited journal article reported in 2022 in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, which was top rank 1 journal in Civil Engineering discipline. Cha, Y.J.†, Choi, W.*, & Buyukozturk, O. (2017). Deep learning-based crack damage detection using convolutional neural networks. Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering –, 32(5), 361-378 (IF: 10.066). Retrieved on September 9, 2022: https://exaly.com/author/2748464/young-jin-cha/rankings
  • Lifetime 2nd most highly cited journal article reported in 2023 in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, which is top rank 1 journal in Civil Engineering discipline. Cha, Y. J., Choi, W., Suh, G., Mahmoudkhani, S., & Büyüköztürk, O. (2018). Autonomous structural visual inspection using region‐based deep learning for detecting multiple damage types. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 33(9), 731-747. (IF: 10.066). Retrieved on September 9, 2023: https://exaly.com/journal/19575/computer-aided-civil-and-infrastructure-engineering/top-articles/
  • Lifetime 2nd most highly cited author in Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, which was top rank 1 journal in Civil Engineering discipline (reported in 2022). Retrieved on September 9, 2023: https://exaly.com/author/2748464/young-jin-cha/rankings
  • Top rank 1 cited article published between January 2017 and December 2018: Cha, Y.J.†, Choi, W.*, & Buyukozturk, O. (2017). Deep learning-based crack damage detection using convolutional neural networks. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(5), 361-378 (IF: 8.552). Top rank 1 journal within Civil Engineering Discipline, retrieved on July 16, 2020: https://jcr.clarivate.com/JCRLandingPageAction.action, 7/2019
  • Top rank 1 cited article published between January 2016 and December 2017: Cha, Y.J.†, Choi, W.*, & Buyukozturk, O. (2017). Deep learning-based crack damage detection using convolutional neural networks. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(5), 361-378 (IF: 8.552). Top rank 1 journal within Civil Engineering Discipline, retrieved on July 16, 2020: https://jcr.clarivate.com/JCRLandingPageAction.action, 7/2018
  • Top rank 2 cited article published between January 2017 and December 2018: Cha, Y.J.†, Choi, W.*, Suh, G.*, Mahmoudkhani, S.*, Buyukozturk, O. (2018). Autonomous structural visual inspection using region‐based deep learning for detecting multiple damage types. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 33(9), 731-747 (IF: 8.552). Top rank 1 journal within Civil Engineering Discipline, retrieved on July 16, 2020: https://jcr.clarivate.com/JCRLandingPageAction.action, 7/ 2019
  • Top rank 10 cited article published between January 2017 and December 2018: Kang, D.*, & Cha, Y.J.† (2018). Autonomous UAVs for structural health monitoring using deep learning and an ultrasonic beacon system with geo‐tagging, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, (IF: 8.522), 33(10), 885-902. Top rank 1 journal within Civil Engineering Discipline, retrieved on July 16, 2020: https://jcr.clarivate.com/JCRLandingPageAction.action, 7/ 2019
  • Top rank 11 cited article published between January 2016 and December 2017: Cha, Y.J.†, You, K.*, & Choi, W.* (2016). Vision-based detection of loosened bolts using the Hough transform and support vector machines. Automation in Construction, 71(2), 181-188 (IF: 5.669), retrieved on July 16, 2020: https://jcr.clarivate.com/JCRLandingPageAction.action, 7/2017
  • Featured published paper in Advances In Engineering (AIE): Beckman, G., Polyzois, D., & Cha, Y. (2019). Deep learning-based automatic volumetric damage quantification using depth camera. Automation in Construction, 99, 114-124. 10/2019
  • Top 20 most downloaded journal paper: Cha, Y.J.†, Choi, W.*, & Buyukozturk, O. (2017). Deep learning-based crack damage detection using convolutional neural networks. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(5), 361-378 (IF: 8.552), 7/2016–6/2018
  • Top 20 most downloaded journal paper: Cha, Y.J.†, Choi, W.*, Suh, G. *, Mahmoudkhani, S.*, Buyukozturk, O. (2018). Autonomous structural visual inspection using region-based deep learning. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 33(9), 731-747 (IF: 8.552). 7/2016–6/2018
  • Top rank 1 cited journal paper in 2015-2016: Cha, Y.J., & Buyukozturk, O.† (2015). Structural damage detection using modal strain energy and hybrid multi-objective optimization. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 30:347-358 (IF: 8.552). Retrieved on July 16, 2020: https://jcr.clarivate.com/JCRLandingPageAction.action, 7/2017
  • Top rank 1 cited journal paper in 2015-2016: Chen, J.*, Wadhwa, N.*, Cha, Y.J., Durand, F., Freeman, F., & Buyukozturk, O.† (2015). Modal identification of simple structures with high-speed video using motion magnification. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 345: 58-71 (IF: 3.429), Retrieved on July 16, 2020: https://jcr.clarivate.com/JCRLandingPageAction.action, 7/2017
  • Reported as most read author, most read research items, and most cited papers nearly every week from 2015 counted several hundred times in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Manitoba in researchgate.net, 2015–present
  • Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2015
  • Travel Grant: The 11th Engineering Workshop, Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea, Seoul, Korea, 7/2007
  • First New Frontier Program award: One of two students in Dept. of Civil Eng. Awarded on all expenditures paid fellowship to participate in the First New Frontier Program (Organization or school visiting program abroad) sponsored by the KIT. KIT sponsored scholarship to attend KAPLAN in Sacramento, California to enhance English writing and speaking skills. 6/2000–7/2000

Professional Services:

  • Academic Editor, Structural Control & Health Monitoring, Wiley, 8/2022-present
  • Associate Editor, Structural Health Monitoring, SAGE
  • Associate Editor, Engineering Reports, Wiley, 11/2021-present
  • Associate Editor, International Conference on Patten Recognition, the flagship conference of IAPR (the International Association of Pattern Recognition). 1/2022-7/2022
  • Lead Guest Editor, Engineering Reports, Wiley, 6/2022-present
  • Lead Guest Editor, Journal of Sensors, Hindawi, 2/2017-4/2018
  • Advisory Editor, Engineering Reports, Wiley, 12/2018-11/2021
  • Sole Editor, 2022 3rd International Conference on Urban Construction and Management Engineering (ICUCME 2022), (http://www.icucme.org/),” Sanya, China during July 22-24, 2022
  • Editorial Board Member, Structural Control & Health Monitoring, John Wiley & Sons, 1/2022-present
  • Editorial Board Member, Computer Vision & AI, SCIEPublish, 3/2022-present
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering, OJS/PKP, 12/2021-present
  • Editorial Board Member, Sensors, MDPI, 9/2020-present
  • Editorial Board Member, Current Analysis on Instrumentation and Control, Mesford,  2/2019-present
  • Chairman of Program Committee at the “2022 3rd International Conference on Urban Construction and Management Engineering (ICUCME 2022), (http://www.icucme.org/),” Sanya, China during July 22-24, 2022
  • Chairman of Program Committee at the “2022 International Conference on Smart City and Big Data Applications (SCBDA 2022 http://www.icscbda.org/)” Sanya, China during July 22-24, 2022
  • Co-Chair of International Conference, 2nd Global Summit and Expo on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2022 (GSEIME2022), Barcelona, Spain, September 19-21, 2022 (https://www.thescientistt.com/industrial-manufacturing-engineering/2022/)  11/2021-9/2022
  • Co-Chair of International Conference, 2022 International Computational Complexity and Artificial Intelligence Congress, Shanghai, China, May 21-23, 2022 (https://www.iccaic.com/index)
  • Academic Committee Member at the “2022 2nd International Conference on Smart Transportation and City Engineering (STCE 2022), (http://www.stce.info/),” Chongqing, China during August 12-14, 2022
  • Committee Member at the “2022 6th International Conference on Civil, Architectural and Structural Engineering (ICCASE 2022), (http://www.iccase.org/),” Guangzhou, China during May 20-22, 2022
  • Committee Member at the “2022 5th International Symposium on Traffic Transportation and Civil Architecture (ISTTCA 2022), (http://www.isttca.com/),” Suzhou, China during November 18-20, 2022
  • Committee Member at the “2020 International Joint Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (JCASE 2020 www.ijcase.org),” Athens, Greece, 9/2019-1/2020
  • Organizing Committee Member at the “2nd Global Webinar on Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering (GWCAE-2022), (https://inovscitechconferences.com/gwcaee2022/),” InovSciTech, February 16, 2022 – July 17, 2022.
  • Organizing Committee Member at the “International E-Conference on AI and Machine Learning (IECAIML 2021),” InovSciTech, December 14-15, 2021 (https://unitedresearchforum.com/ai-conference/), 12/2021-12/2021, London, United Kingdom.
  • Organizing Committee Member at the “1st International Project Competition for Structural Health Monitoring (IPC-SHM, 2020), hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Harbin Institute of Technology, 6/2019-10/2020
  • R&D Committee Member at the Association of Korean-Canadian Scientists and Engineers, North York, ON, Canada, 1/2021-1/2022
  • Scientific Committee Member at the “Gulf Conference on Sustainable Built Environment, GSBEKW-2019,” Salmiya, Kuwait, 5/2018-3/2019
  • Technical Advisory Panel of 2023 International Conference on Health Monitoring of Civil & Maritime Structures (HeaMES2023) (https://www.asranet.co.uk/Conferences/HEAMES)
  • Technical Committee Member at the 2023 4th International Conference on Machine Learning and Human-Computer Interaction (MLHMI 2023), Singapore, China, March 24-26, 2023 (http://www.mlhmi.org/)
  • Technical Program Committee Member of 2022 International Conference on High Performance Big Data and Intelligence Systems (HDIS2022), December 9-11, Tianjin, China (https://www.hdis.world/)
  • Technical Committee Member at the 2022 Asia Conference on Advanced Robotics, Automation, and Control Engineering (ARACE), Qingdao, China, August. 26-28, 2022 (http://www.arace2022.net/)
  • Technical Committee Member at the 2022 4th International Conference on Applications of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (ABDAI 2022), Sanya, China, Nov. 4 to 6, 2022 (https://www.abdai.org/)
  • Technical Committee Member at the “The 6th International Conference on Computer Science and Application Engineering (CSAE 2022),” Nanjing, China, 9/2021-10/2022 (http://www.csaeconf.org/Committee.aspx)
  • Technical Committee Member at the “2021 3rd Asia Conference on Automation Engineering (ACAE 2021 http://acae.net/cfp.html),” Shenzhen, China, 1/2021-8/2021
  • Technical Committee Member at the “2021 International Joint Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (JCASE 2020 www.ijcase.org),” Shanghai, China, 9/2020-1/2021
  • Technical Committee Member at the “2022 International Joint Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (JCASE 2020 www.ijcase.org),” Shanghai, China, 6/2022-10/2022
  • Technical Panel Member at the “AI Roundtable” discussion with Dr. Keung Ryong Chang (Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Canada), 2021 Canada-Korea Conference on Science and Technology hosted by The Association of Korean-Canadian Scientists and Engineers, Halifax, Nova Scotia,                                             9-1/2021-9-4/2021
  • Technical Panel Member at the “AI Roundtable” discussion, 2020 Canada-Korea Conference on Science and Technology hosted by The Association of Korean-Canadian Scientists and Engineers, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 9-3/2020-9-6/2020
  • Organized a mini-symposium as a co-chair on “MS87+92 – Advanced deep learning-based SHM with/without UAVs, Advances in computational methods for rapid uncertainty quantification and robust/performance-based design of civil structures/systems exposed to natural and manmade hazards” at the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference 2019, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA, 12/2018-6/2019
  • Organized a mini-symposium as a co-chair on “MS85+86+84 – Human-Machine Interfaces and Cyber Physical Systems for Visual Inspection, Non-Destructive Examination, and Structural Health Monitoring, Advanced vision-based SHM, Stochastic Methods and Data-Driven Approaches in Computational Mechanics” at the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference 2019, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA,                                                    12/2018–6/2019
  • Organized a mini-symposium as a chair on “Advanced deep learning based SHM” at the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference 2018, MIT, Boston, MA, USA, 7/2017–6/2018
  • Session chair on “Advanced deep learning based SHM” [MS23-1], 6/2018
  • Session chair on “Advanced deep learning based SHM” [MS23-2], 6/2018
  • Organized a mini-symposium as a chair on “Computer-vision based SHM using deep learning and UAV” at the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference 2018, MIT, Boston, MA, USA, 7/2017–6/2018
  • Session chair on “Computer-vision based SHM using deep learning and UAV” [MS12-1], 5/2018
  • Session chair on “Computer-vision based SHM using deep learning and UAV” [MS12-2], 5/2018
  • Session chair on “Structural & Engineering Materials” at European Advanced Materials Congress organized by the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), June 28, 2022, Genoa, Italy (https://www.advancedmaterialscongress.org/europe/)
  • Session chair on “Machine learning for structural health monitoring” at SPIE 2018 Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems 2018, Denver, CO, USA, 3/2018
  • Special session chair on “Vision-based structural health monitoring II” at SPIE 2018 Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical and Aerospace Systems 2018, Denver, CO, USA, 3/2018
  • Special session chair on Computer-vision based structural health monitoring at the 7th Congress on Advances in Experimental Structural Engineering at University of Pavia, Italy, 9/2017
  • Curriculum Partner for 4 courses of Civil Engineering and Construction Management, California Baptist University, USA 8/2019-8/2019

 

Journal article editing and reviewing activities:

  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Access, 12/2017–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Automated Software Engineering, 12/2017–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, 2/2019–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Sensors, 1/2021–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 12/2017–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Automated Science and Engineering, 12/2017–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 8/2016–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 8/2018–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, 9/2018–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 9/2018–present
  • Paper Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2/2019–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Aerospace Science and Technology, Elsevier 7/2017–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Automation in Construction, Elsevier 7/2017–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Cement and Concrete Research, Elsevier 3/2016–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Construction & Building Materials, Elsevier 7/2015–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Journal of Engineering Structures, Elsevier 7/2015–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Elsevier 7/2013–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Measurements, Elsevier 7/2017–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Elsevier 8/2016-present
  • Paper Reviewer, Sensors & Actuators A: Physical, Elsevier 8/2017–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Structural Control & Health Monitoring, Wiley 7/2010–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring, Springer 6/2016–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Techno Press  3/2015-present
  • Paper Reviewer, Advances in Structural Engineering, SAGE Publications 12/2010–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Journal of Vibration and Control, SAGE Publications  12/2013-present
  • Paper Reviewer, Structural Health Monitoring, SAGE Publications 8/2016–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Smart Materials and Structures, IOPscience 2/2012–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE 5/2009–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, ASCE  9/2011–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE 7/2009–present
  • Paper Reviewer, Journal of Survey Engineering, ASCE 10/2016–present

 

Professional memberships:

  • P.Eng, Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba, 11/2017-present
  • Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE 9/2008–present
  • Member, IEEE, 3/2021–present
  • Member, Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, CSCE 9/2015–present
  • Member, Association of Civil Engineering Doctoral Students (AceDoc)    9/2007–12/08
  • Member, The New York Academy of Sciences (Post-doctoral fellowship member) 8/2011–present
  • Member, Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SeAoT)   9/2008–present
  • Member, Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea (EESK)   2/2002–present
  • Chief Manager, Structures & Bridge Engineering Lab., Department of Civil Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea   1/2003–6/2003
  • President, Graduate Student Association of Civil Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea 7/2002–2/2003
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