Kincho Law

Bio

Affiliated Faculty Member

Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE), Stanford University
John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Stanford University
MediaX, Stanford University

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Civil Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1981
Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1979
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering (with High Honors), University of Hawaii, 1976
Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics (with Distinction), University of Hawaii, 1976

Employment History

1997-Present       Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
1991-1997           Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
1988-1991           Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
1982-1988           Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Faculty Affiliation (Stanford University)

Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE), Stanford University
John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Stanford University
Stanford Center at the Incheon Global Campus
SystemX, Stanford University
Urban Studies Program, Stanford University
Center for Computational Social Science, Stanford University

Faculty Affiliation (External)

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2019-2022
Visiting (Research) Professor, Dept. of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2018-2021
External Examiner, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, September, 2016 - August, 2020
Invited Visiting Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China, 2013-2017
Chair Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2013-2018
Invited Guest Faculty, Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL), July, 2003

Academic/Industrial Advisory Board

Member, International Scientific Committee, TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute (GNI) Artificial Intelligence for the Built World, Technical University of Munich, March, 2023 – February, 2026.
Member of Advisory Committee, GREAT Smart Cities Institute (GSCI), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, April, 2022 – March, 2024
Panel Member, Synergy Program, European Research Council, 2022-2023
Member of Academic Advisory Committee, School of Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, July, 2017 – June, 2020
Strategic Advisor, Civionics Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan -- Sensor-Driven Predictive Analytics for Engineered Systems
Advisor, Locus Energy Inc. (A Genscape Company), New Jersey -- Monitoring and Analytics for Solar Industry
Advisor, Infinite Uptime Inc., Berkeley, California -- Industrial Internet Platform for Predictive Analytics
External Senior Advisor, Guangxi Bridge Monitoring & Reinforcement Engineering Technical Research Center, Guangxi Transportation Research Institute, Nanning, Guangxi
Advisor, PlusAI, Santa Clara, California - Autonomous Vehicles

Selected Professional Affiliations

American Society of Civil Engineers (Distinguished Member)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering
Digital Government Society of North America

Editorial Board

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Specialty Editor, Structural and Infrastructure Informatics
ASTM Journal on Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems, Member of the Editorial Board
Journal on Advances in Engineering Software, Member of the Editorial Advisory Board
ACM Journal on Digital Government: Research and Practice, Member of the Review Board (former)
IT Professional, IEEE Computer Society, Regular Papers Editor, Member of the Editorial Board (former)
Journal of Engineering with Computers, Member of the Editorial Board (former)
International e-Journal on IT in Construction (ITCON), Member of Editorial Board
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Associate Editor (former)
Journal of Computing Information and Science in Engineering, ASME, Associate Editor (former)

Selected Awards and Honors

Invited International Scholar, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), March 16-24, 2024
Excellence in Research Award, Division of Computers and Information in Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2023
Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, elected 2019
Distinguished (Visiting) Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2019-2022
Life Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, elected 2018
Visiting (Research) Professor, Dept. of Real Estate and Construction, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2018-2021
John L. Tishman Lecture, Construction Engineering and Management, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, April, 2018
Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2017
Best Paper Award, IEEE Big Data 2016, Symposium on Data Analytics for Advanced Manufacturing, Washington, D.C., December 7, 2016
Best Paper Award, 2015 Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference (MSEC 2015), ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division, Charlotte, NC, June 8-12, 2015
Chair (Visiting) Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2015-2018
Invited (Visiting) Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China 2013-2017
Chair (Visiting) Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2013-2015
Best Paper Award, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2014
Best Research Paper award in the Area of Resilience and Smart Structures, 2013 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, June 2013.
Best Research and Practice Paper Award, 6th International Conference on Electronic Governance (ICEGOV), Albany, New York, October, 2012.
Computing in Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2011
Meritorious Paper Award on the Foundations of Electronic Governance, 4th International Conference on Electronic Governance (ICEGOV), Beijing, China, October, 2010.
Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Engineering the Impossible Distinguished Lecture Series, November 2009
Best Research Paper Award, 9th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o2008), May 2008
Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, March 2008
Invited Guest Faculty, Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL), July, 2003
Best Paper Award, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, 1999
Faculty Member of the Year Award, Society of Chicano/Latino Engineers and Scientists, Stanford University, 1996
Outstanding Research Advisor, Society of Chicano/Latino Engineers and Scientists, Stanford University, 1993
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Chi Epsilon, a National Honorary Civil Engineering Society
Harold Thomas Scholarship Award, Civil Engineering Department, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1978
Dai Ho Chun Scholarship Award, University of Hawaii, 1976

Selected Synergistic Activities

Participated in workshops sponsored by government agencies and research organizations including NSF, NEES, PEER, EPA, Access Board, NIST, FIATECH, Kennedy School of Government, Science and Technology Policy Institute/IDA and others.

Invited speaker at various organizations and universities including Computers and Structures, Inc., Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd., Glodon, ANSYS, Inc., Strathclyde University, EPFL, Loughborough University, Kansai University, University of Tokyo, Osaka University, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Xiamen University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tongji University, Tsinghua University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Guangxi Academy of Transportation science, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Michigan, UC San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, and others

Active participant and member of professional organizations, including American Society of Civil Engineers (Member, Past Chair and Control Group Member on AI, Database, Education Committees in the Technical Council on Computer Practices/Technical Council on Information and Computing Technology; Member and Past Chair of Committees in the Structural Engineering Institute; Host and Organizer for many ASCE Conferences and Technical Sessions), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Member, Past Chair of Engineering Data Management Symposium), Activities with IAI (Code and Standards Committee), Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Association of Computing Machinery, Digital Government Society