Ka-Veng Yuen (Ph.D., Caltech)

Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Leading Scientist, Urban Public Safety and Disaster Prevention Section, State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City

University of Macau

Co-Chair, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Joint Laboratory for Smart Cities

 

kvyuen@um.edu.mo

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 11/2018 -                   Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UM
 11/2018 -                   Distinguished Professor of State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, UM
  6/2019 - 6/2022        Dean of Graduate School, UM
  1/2019 - 12/2021      (Visiting) Chair Professor, South China University of Technology
  7/2016 - 6/2019        Registrar, UM
  1/2013 - 3/2019        Member, Administrative Committee, UMTEC Limited
  1/2018 - 2/2019        Interim Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, UM
  9/2010 - 10/2018       Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UM
  7/2013 - 12/2017       Academic Advisor, Research & Development Administrative Office, UM
  9/2011 -  3/2013       Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies), Faculty of Science and Technology, UM
  9/2011 -  8/2012       Associate Dean (Academic Affairs), Faculty of Science and Technology, UM
 12/2010 -  8/2011       Interim Associate Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology, UM
  8/2008 - 11/2010       Head, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UM
  8/2006 -  8/2010       Associate Professor, UM
  9/2002 -  8/2006       Assistant Professor, UM
 10/1999 -  6/2002       Teaching Assistant, Caltech
  9/1997 -  8/1999       Teaching/Research Assistant, HKUST
 
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
 PhD in Civil Engineering (October 1999 - April 2002)
          California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA
          GPA: 4.14/4.00 (A+)
          Thesis Title: Model Selection, Identification and Robust Control for Dynamical Systems
          Advisor: Prof. James L. Beck
 MPhil in Civil Engineering (September 1997 - August 1999)
          Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
          GPA: 12.0/12.0 (A+)
          Thesis Title: Structural Modal Identification Using Ambient Dynamic Data
          Advisor: Prof. Lambros S. Katafygiotis
 BSc in Civil Engineering (October 1993 - June 1997)
         National Taiwan University (NTU)
         GPA: 3.96/4.00 (90.3/100) 
         Ranking: 1/152
 Pui Ching Middle School (PCMS), Macao
         Kindergarten - Form 6 (1979-1993)
 
RESEARCH INTERESTS
    Air Quality Prediction
    Earthquake/Wind Engineering
    Engineering Seismology
    Model Selection and System Identification
    Probabilistic Methods in Structural Dynamics
    Reliability Analysis of Engineering Systems
    Signal Processing and Spectral Analysis
    Structural Control and Health Monitoring
 
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

 

External:
Council Member, Escola Superior das Forças de Segurança de Macau (ESFSM) (since 2020)
Member, Board of Trustees , Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao SAR Government (since 2020)
National Science and Technology Planning Expert, Ministry of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China (since 2012)
 
 Editorial Board Member of:      
            Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
            Structural Control and Health Monitoring
            Structural Monitoring and Maintenance - an International Journal
            Structural Engineering and Mechanics - an International Journal
            International Journal of Uncertainty Quantification
 
Associate Editor of:
      Frontiers in Built Environment 
 
  Member, International Advisory Committee of:
             The 2014 World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental, and Materials (ACEM14), 24-27 August 2014, Busan, Korea.
             The Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Applications (APSSRA), Singapore, 2012.

 

  Member, International Scientific Committee, First International Conference on Performance-based and Life-Cycle Structural Engineering, Hong Kong, Dec 2012.
  Member, Scientific Committee, The Eighth National Civil Engineering Forum for Graduate Students Zhejiang University, Nov 2010.
  Member, Steering Committee, International Conference on Engineering & Applied Science, Beijing, July 2012.
  Member, Program Committee, The Twelfth East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Hong Kong, Jan 2010.
  Advisor, Organizing Committee, Symposium on Low Carbon Living and Green City Under 12/5, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 17/12/2011.
 
 Committee Member of:
            Financial analysis and computation committee, Chinese Association of New Cross Technology in Mathematics, Mechanics and Physics
            Bridge Committee, Mao Yi-Sheng Science and Technology Foundation
            ASCE Probabilistic Methods Committee
            Committee on Stochastic Methods in Structural Engineering, International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (IASSAR)
            SubCommittee 1 on Computational Stochastic Mechanics, IASSAR
            SubCommittee 5 on System Identification and Structural Control, IASSAR
 
 Research Fund Reviewer for:
            General Research Fund, Research Grant Council (RGC), Hong Kong
            Strategic Research Fund, City University of Hong Kong
            National Research Competition, National Comission for Scientific & Technological Research (FONDECYT Program), Chile
 
 Book Reviewer for:
            John Wiley and Sons
 
 Journal Reviewer for:
            Abstract and Applied Analysis
            Acta Geotechnica Slovenica
            Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
            Advances in structural Engineering - an International Journal
            African Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science Research
            American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics
            Annual Research & Review in Biology
            Applied and Computational Mathematics         
            Applied Mathematical Modelling
            Arabian Journal of Geosciences
            Artificial Intelligence and Applications
            ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
            ASCE Journal of Aerospace Engineering
            ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics      
            ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering
            ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
            Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering
            Atmospheric Pollution Research
            Automation in Construction
            Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
            Canadian Geotechnical Journal
            Chinese Journal of Engineering
            Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation
            Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
            Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
            Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
            Computers and Structures     
            Current Advances in Civil Engineering
            Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibrations   
            Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
            Engineering Geology 
            Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
            Engineering Structures
            Entropy
            Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
            GEORISK
            HKIE Transactions          
            IEEE Signal Processing Letters
            IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
            IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
            IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems 
            IET Control Theory & Applications
            Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering
            International Journal for Uncertainty Quantification
            International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering 
            International Journal of Intelligent Information Systems
            International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management
            International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics
            International Journal of Reliability and Safety
            Inverse Problems in Science & Engineering            
            ISRN Applied Mathematics
            IST Transactions
            Journal of Applied Mathematics
      Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
            Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring
            Journal of Image and Vision Computing
            Journal of Mountain Science            
            Journal of Official Statistics
            Journal of Sensors
            Journal of Taibah University for Science
            Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
            Journal of Vibration and Control
            Land Use Policy
            Marine Georesources & Geotechnology
            Mathematical Problems in Engineering
            Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
            Neural Computing and Applications
            Neurocomputing
            Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation 
            Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal
            Open Journal of Civil Engineering
            Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics         
            Reliability Engineering & System Safety
            Research of Geographic Structure and Earthquake
            Science Bulletin
            Science China - Technological Sciences
            Scientia Iranica
            Sensors
            Shock and Vibration
            Shock and Vibration Digest
            Smart Materials and Structures
            Smart Structures and Systems
            Sound and Vibration 
            Steel and Composite Structures
            Structural Control and Health Monitoring
            Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
            Structural Engineering and Mechanics     
            Structural Health Monitoring
            Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
            Structural Safety
            The Journal of Chemical Physics
            The Scientific World Journal
            Transactions of Tianjin University
 
 Member of Conference Organizing Committee:
 
            2012 International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science, Beijing, July 24-27, 2012.
            14th Asia Pacific Vibration Conference, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, 2011.
            5th Cross-Strait Conference on Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2011)
            Health Monitoring and Control of Bridges Symposium, Zhejiang University (2010)
            Second International Symposium on Computational Mechanics (ISCM II) in conjunction with the Twelfth International Conference on the Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods of Engineering and Science, Hong Kong & Macao (2009)
            Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Application 2008, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
            Pan-PRD Central Cities Regional Cooperation & Development in Scitech Advisory Forum 2006
            Tenth Annual Conference of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and Third Shanghai-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and its Applications (2006)
 
 Session Chair/co-Chair of: 
 
            Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Application 2008, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
            9th, 10th, 12th International Conference on Enhancement and Promotion of Computational Methods of Engineering and Science (2003, 2006, 2009)  
            3rd Shanghai-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Application, 2006
 
Coordinator and co-chair of: 
            Mini-symposium session 3.3, International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability 2005, Rome, Italy
 
Internal: 
1.            Chair, Panel on Intellectual Property Rights (2016-2018)
2.            Member, Academic Track Performance Review Committee (2015)
3.            Member, Recruitment Panel of Director of Campus Management Office (2015)
4.            Affiliate, Cheng Yu Tong College (2015-)
5.            Chair, Staff Housing Committee (June 2013-May 2017)
6.            Member, Administrative Committee, UMTec Limited (2013-)
7.            Member, Faculty-level academic staff promotion advisory panel, FST (2012-2014; 2016)
8.            Member, Grievance and Disciplinary Committee (2013-2014)
9.            Member, University-level Academic Staff Promotion Advisory Committee (2013-2014)
10.          Member, Program Planning Committee, PhD program in Applied Physics and Materials Engineering (2012-2013)
11.          Member (representative of academic staff), New Campus Relocation Service Tender Public Selection Committee (2012-2013)
12.          Member (faculty representative), Research Committee, Senate subcommittee (2012-2013)
13.          Member (faculty representative), Graduate Studies Committee, Senate subcommittee (2012-2013)
14.          Chair, Faculty Graduate Studies Committee, FST (2012-2013)
15.          Member, Panel for Early Admission of MSc students (2013-2014)
16.          Member, Panel for Admission of PhD students (2013-2014)
17.          Member, Student Disciplinary Committee (2012)
18.          Member, Panel of Naming Competition for New Campus (2012)
19.          Chair, selection committee for academic recruitment for: FST/AR/PMES/12/2012 (Assistant professor in Electromechanical Engineering)
20.          Member, recruitment panel for: FSH/JAP/AP/04/2011 (Assistant professor in Centre for Japanese Studies, Department of English, FSH)
21.          Chair, Selection Committee of FST representatives for Challenge Cup (2011)
22.          Member, Academic Leave Committee, FST (2011-2016; Chair: 2012-2013)
23.          Chair, Selection Committee for "Youth Female Scientist" (2011)
24.          Chair, recruitment panel for: FST/ALL/09/2011 (Assistant professor in Physics)
25.          Member (representative of academic staff), Full Workgroup on Naming Plan for  New Campus Project (2011-2012)
26.          Member, Health and Safety Committee (2011-2012)
27.          Member, Faculty-level academic staff promotion advisory panel, FBA (2011)
28.          Chair, Information and education technology committee, Senate subcommittee (2008-2012)
29.          Member (faculty representative), Scholarship Committee (2010-2011)
30.          Member (faculty representative), Academic Quality Assurance Committee, Senate subcommittee (2010-2012)
31.          Member (representative of academic staff), New Campus Project Campus Liaison Task Force (2010-2013)
32.          Member (representative of academic staff), New Campus Project (2010-2013)
33.          Member (faculty representative), Task Force, Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement (2010-2011)
34.          Member, Seminar/Conference committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2010-2013; chair, 2010)
35.          Member (faculty representative), Focus group for unsuccessful senior academic recruitment (2010)
36.          Member, Search Committee for academic recruitment (2010)
37.          Member, University Senate (2002-2003, 2007-2014)
38.          Member and Chair, Program review committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2008-2009)
39.          Member, Bachelor program revision committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2007-2010; chair, 2008-2010)
40.          Member, selection panel for direct admission of undergraduate students (2006, 2009-2010; chair, 2009-2010)
41.          Member, selection panel for MSc students recruitment (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013; chair, 2009, 2010)
42.          Founding Director, Dynamics and Monitoring Laboratory (DYAMON) (2005-)
43.          Member, Academic Council, FST (2002-)
44.          Adhoc promotion committee, FST (2009)
45.          Member, Library Committee, Senate subcommittee (2005-2008)
46.          Team leader of UMAC team, 4th Inter-University Invitational Civil Engineering Competition, Ansan, Korea (2006)
47.          Member, recruitment selection panel for "PISA project - Centre Administrator", FED (2005)
48.          Coordinator, organizing committee of Inter-University Invitational Civil Engineering Competition at University of Macau (2004)
 
 
KEYNOTE/DISTIBUISHED LECTURES
 
(1) Advances in Bayesian Real-time Model Updating
    Keynote speaker
    The 8th Cross-Strait Symposium on Civil Engineering Monitoring and Control, Zhejiang University, 24 August 2017
 
(2) Bayesian Structural Health Monitoring for Intelligent Infrastructures
    Keynote lecture
    2017 Summit on Smart Highway and Bridge, Nanjing, 28 July 2017
 
(3) Towards Robust Realtime System Identification
    Keynote lecture
    Proceedings 2013/2014 Annual Symposium "In Search of Mindset of Change for Control, Automation and Instrumentation New Technologies", CAI Division, Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 5 March 2014
 
(4) Probabilistic Outlier Analysis for Linear Regression and Online Structural Identification
    Distinguished lecture
    17th Annual conference of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; 9th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Applied Mechanics and its Applications; 3rd Symposium on Development of Mechanics in Macau, Macau, 23 March 2013
 
(5) A Highly Efficient Finite Element Model Updating Algorithm Using Model Measurements
    Keynote speaker
    The 2nd Cross-Strait Symposium on Dynamical Systems and Vibration
    Hong Kong & Macau (17 December 2012)
 
(6) Bayesian Methods for Structural Engineering I, II & III (5 hours)
    Keynote speaker
    The 3rd Cross-Strait Symposium on Civil Engineering Monitoring and Control
    National Taiwan University, Taipei, August 2012
 
(7) Bayesian Methods for Structural Dynamics and Control
    Keynote lecture
    National Winter School on Cyber-Systems & Control (NWSCSC'2011)
    Zhejiang University (December 2011)
 
(8) Robust Engineering System towards Sustainable Development
    Invited speaker
    2010/2011 Annual Symposium on Control, Automation and Instrumentation Systems for Sustainable Development
    Control, Automation and Instrumentaion Division, Hong Kong Institute of Engineers (HKIE)
    Hong Kong Polytechnic University (20 June 2011)
 
(9) Bayesian System Identification for Structural Dynamics
    Special speaker, Symposium on Development of Computational Meahnics and 
    Computational Methods in Engineering and Science (4 April 2011)
 
(10) Stochastic Mechanics Research at University of Macau
     Distinguished lecture
     15th Annual conference of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics;
     7th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Applied Mecahnics; 
     2nd Symposium on Development of Mechanics in Macau, Macau (12 March 2011)
 
(11) Philosophical Thoughts on Model Class Selection in Inverse Problems
     Keynote lecture
     8th National Civil Engineering Forum for Graduate Students
     Zhejiang University (28 Nov 2010)
 
(12) Bayesian Methods for Structural Health Monitoring: Advantage and Challenge
     Health Monitoring and Control of Bridges Symposium
     Zhejiang University (August 2010)
 
(13) Probabilistic Methods, System Identification and Structural Health Monitoring
     K.C. Wong foundation lecture II, Zhejiang University (25 September 2006)
 
(14) Bayesian Approach: from Mathematics, Engineering to Financial Markets
     K.C. Wong foundation lecture I
     Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (22 September 2006)
 
(15) Semi-plenary lecture, EPMESC X, Sanya, Hainan, China (21 August 2006)
 
(16) Keynote lecture
     National Symposium on Structural Dynamics 2005, Haikou, China (19 December 2005)
 
 
HONORS
 
1.      Outstanding Reviewer, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing,, Elsevier, 2018.
3.      Outstanding Reviewer, Automation in Construction, Elsevier, 2018.
4.     Outstanding Reviewer, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Elsevier, 2017.
6.     Outstanding Reviewer, International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Elsevier, 2017.  
9.      Outstanding Reviewer, Engineering Geology, Elsevier, 2016.
11.  Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Elsevier, 2016.
13.  Outstanding Reviewer, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Elsevier, 2015.
15.  Outstanding Reviewer, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 2014.
17.  Young Investigator Award, International Chinese Association of Computational Mechanics, 2011.
19.  K.C. Wong Education Foundation - QIAN Weichang Academic Exchange Programme, 2006.
21.  George W. Housner fellowship in earthquake engineering (Caltech), 2001-2002.
23.  Harold Hellwig fellowship in structural engineering (Caltech), 1999-2001.
25.  Graduate studentship (HKUST), 1997-1999.
27.  Honorary member, Phi-Tau-Phi scholastic society (Elected 1997)
29.  Graduated from NTU with ranking 1/152.
31.  Fellowship of Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Macau government, 1995-1999.
33.  Yen's industrial scholarship, 1994 and 1996.
34.  (Awarded to the best 2 students in the engineering school of NTU)
36.  Civil engineering alumni scholarship, 1995.
37.  (Awarded to the best 2 civil engineering students, about 600 students)
39.  Presidential awards, NTU. (All undergraduate semesters from 1993-1997)
40.  (Awarded to the top 5% students in each department in NTU)
42.  Macau team member of the 34th International Mathematics Olympics (IMO), Istanbul, Turkey, 1993.
44.  Winner of the 3rd Macau Mathematics Olympics (MMO), 1993.
46.  Macau team member of the 33rd International Mathematics Olympics (IMO), Moscow, Russia, 1992.
48.  Winner of the 2nd Macau Mathematics Olympics (MMO), 1992.
49.   
 
Last updated: 16 March 2021