Keynote Speakers
Joseph Kim
California State University Long Beach, USA
Biography: Dr.
Kim joined the CSULB Department of Civil Engineering
and Construction Engineering Management in 2009 as
an assistant professor. He received a BE and ME in
Architectural Engineering from Chungbuk National
University, Korea. He received a second ME and a PhD
in Civil Engineering from University of Florida,
majoring in Construction Engineering and Management
with a minor in Statistics. He taught as an
assistant professor at Missouri Western State
University prior to his arrival at CSULB. Dr. Kim
spent several years as a field engineer and safety
engineer. He is a registered professional engineer
and holds a LEED AP BD+C certification.
Dr. Kim’s research interests include advanced
construction scheduling using optimization
techniques, green building, building information
modeling, cost estimating methods, international
construction, information technology in construction
operations, project delivery systems, and
statistical methods for construction engineers.
Dr. Kim has authored research papers in high-quality
engineering and scientific journals such as the
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Journal of
Construction Engineering and Management, and Journal
of Transportation Research Board. Dr. Kim is an
active member of the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE), and ASCE's Construction Research
Council of the Construction Institute and
Architectural Engineering Institute. He is also a
member of the INFORMS Simulation Society and a peer
reviewer for many technical journals.
Chian Siau Chen, Darren
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Biography: Dr. Chian Siau Chen, Darren is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Dr. Chian is also the Director of the Centre for Soft Ground Engineering in the university. Dr. Chian obtained his Ph.D. and B.Eng. from Cambridge University and Nanyang Technological University respectively. Dr. Chian actively involves in collaborative research projects with local government agencies to recycle unwanted soils from underground construction projects as land reclamation fill materials. Dr. Chian has also expanded recycling waste material into useful pozzolans in supplementary cementitious material technology. Dr. Chian was named as Asia’s Top 10 Innovators under 35 (TR35) by the MIT Technology Review in 2016, GeoSS Promising Young Geotechnical Engineer Award in 2018, Enterprise Singapore SAC Distinguished Award in 2018, Ministry of Transport Distinguished Minister Innovation (Distinguished) Award in 2021, Award Finalist of the Land Transport Excellence Award (Most Innovative Solution) and Prominent Geotechnical Engineer Award in 2022. Dr. Chian is the current President of the Geotechnical Society of Singapore (GeoSS).