Ji Yun Lee

Ji Yun Lee

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University

Infrastructure Systems & Community Risk Assessment

We extend risk assessment beyond individual structures to networked infrastructure systems — including power grids, water distribution systems, and transportation networks — and to the communities they serve. This includes evaluating system-level performance and resilience, as well as the role of insurance and policy mechanisms in shaping community-level risk and recovery outcomes.

Coming soon.

Representative Publications

  • Zhao, J.*, Lee, J.Y., Yan, G., and Ma, F.* (2024). “Quantifying the role of homeowners and flood insurance in tornado-impacted community resilience: a survey and simulation-based approach.” Natural Hazards, 120(8), 7435-7459.
  • Ma, F.*, Lee, J.Y., Camenzind, D., and Wolcott, M.P. (2022). “Probabilistic wildfire risk assessment methodology and evaluation of a supply chain network.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 82, 103340.
  • Zhao, J.*, Lee, J.Y., Li, Y., and Yin, Y-J. (2020). “Effect of catastrophe insurance on disaster-impacted community: quantitative framework and case studies.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 43, 101387.