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Steering Committee

  • Kenneth J. Loh

    Kenneth J. Loh

    Professor of Structural Engineering; Steering Committee Member

    Vice chair of the Department of Structural Engineering, Director of the Jacobs School of Engineering, Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER), Director of the Active, Responsible, Multifunctional, and Ordered Materials of Research (ARMOR) Laboratory, Structural Health Monitoring Person-of-the-Year Award Awardee, Faculty affiliate of the Center for Wearable Sensors (CWS)

  • Lei Ni

    Lei Ni

    Professor in Department of Mathematics; Steering Committee Member

    Previous chair in Mathematics, involved in 70+ research articles and journals, Previous Szeg¨o Assistant Professor at Stanford University, AMS Fellow of class 2018

  • Victor Shih

    Victor Shih

    Professor of Political Science; Steering Committee Member

    Director of the 21st Century China Center, Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, Author of "Factions and Finance in China: Elite Conflict and Inflation" and "Coalitions of the Weak: Elite Politics in China from Mao’s Stratagem to the Rise of Xi.", Former Principal for The Carlyle Group

  • Paul Yu

    Paul Yu

    Professor in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Steering Committee Member

    20 year expertise on enhancing telecommunication network performance, Member of the Materials Science and Engineering program and Institute of Engineering in Medicine, President Elect of the IEEE Electron Devices Society, Published more than 100 papers in the area of photonics, Provost of Revelle College

  • Pei-Chia Chen

    Pei-Chia Chen

    Faculty and Academic Coordinator of Chinese Language Program; Steering Committee Member 

    Chen holds a bachelor degree in Western Literatures, and a Master of Arts degree in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. Before joining Chinese Studies at UC San Diego in 2004, she taught Chinese at Harvard University for five years. Chen's research interests include literacy development, heritage language instruction and inclusive curriculum design.