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Dr Kelvin Liu
Research Scientist, Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness
BioDr. Kelvin Liu is a Research Scientist at Stanford University. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and completed his postdoctoral research at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also obtained dual master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Liu has previously served as an Industrial Associate at the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge. He has also served as a Partner Expert with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a lecturer in UNIDO’s Eco-Design Leadership Program.
Dr. Kelvin Liu has led and participated in over 15 major research projects funded by the European Union, the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). His research spans artificial intelligence, technology innovation, strategic management, and industrial sustainability. He has published more than 20 papers in SCI/SSCI-indexed journals, holds three invention patents, serves as a reviewer for multiple international journals, and has delivered over 20 invited talks at international conferences and university seminars. -
Xue Luo
Affiliate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
BioDr. Xue Luo is a Visiting Professor at Stanford University and a Professor at Zhejiang University, China. Her research lies at the intersection of transportation infrastructure engineering, mechanics, and artificial intelligence. She received her B.E. from Zhejiang University and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2012. Prior to joining Zhejiang University in 2017, she spent over ten years at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, contributing to NCHRP, FHWA, and state DOT projects in transportation infrastructure.
Dr. Luo’s recent research focuses on transportation infrastructure intelligence and resilience. By integrating multiscale and multiphysics modeling, data analytics, and artificial intelligence, she develops physics-informed approaches that bridge engineering mechanisms and AI, enabling transportation infrastructure systems to perceive, predict, reason, and support decision-making under complex and evolving conditions. Her work advances resilient and sustainable infrastructure through innovations in materials, structural systems, and environmental adaptation, with the goal of extending service life, reducing life-cycle costs, and enhancing system reliability under increasingly demanding operational and climate conditions.
Beyond academic research, Dr. Luo works closely with transportation agencies, infrastructure owners, and industry partners to translate scientific advances into engineering practice. She has established long-term collaborations with transportation authorities, highway operators, and research institutes in Zhejiang Province and across China, contributing to the development of intelligent infrastructure systems, network-level performance assessment platforms, and data-driven maintenance decision-making frameworks. Her work has supported the monitoring, evaluation, and management of large-scale transportation infrastructure networks, helping advance the digital transformation, resilience, and sustainability of transportation systems.
Dr. Luo has led and contributed to numerous national, federal-, and state-funded research projects in both China and the United States. She has published over 200 journal and conference papers and has independently supervised more than 30 doctoral and master students. She serves on the editorial boards of several international journals and actively contributes to the research community through conference organization, peer review, and evaluations of industry standards and technical specifications.
Dr. Luo’s long-term vision is to connect physical understanding, predictive simulation, autonomous decision-making, and intervention strategies to enable the next generation of intelligent and resilient transportation infrastructure. -
Michael Lyons
Adjunct Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bio-Co-founded Zilkha Venture Partners; sourced investments that returned 5.8x ; rated Top 5% by Cambridge Associates
-Venture Partner at four other Funds including DFJ/ePlanet I & II, Paladin Capital Group- Deals created $50B+ in market value
-Co-founder, CEO or Chairman or C-Suite of 12 Companies including Integrated Systems (INTS, merged with WIND, acq. by Intel), Shadow Networks acq. by Alcalvio), and CypherPath
(acq. by ManTech); co-founding CEO, SafeView (Acq. By L3-Harris then Leidos) Returned 78% IRR for Series A and 163% IRR for Series B investors
-Currently Chairman PrecisionOSTech (Surgical VR Training); and Turbo Protocol (Web 3 Blockchain ); co-founder & CEO (emeritus), RapidAscent (Cyber Ed); Director RTI, global
leader in IIoT; General Partner, NativeFirst Capital
-Co-founder, Numerous SCPD exec Ed Programs, Idea to Market online program, Price-Babson Fellow in eShip Education
He is also a Managing Director of NewLine Ventures, LLC, a management consulting firm. From 2008 to 2011, he also served as a Venture Partner with the Paladin Capital Group in Washington, D.C., and as a Venture Partner for ePlanet Ventures I and II. He founded SafeView, Inc. in 2002, a Government Laboratory (PNNL) spinout, to address aspects of the anti-terrorist physical security market; He served as Chairman until its sale to L3 Harris in March 2006. Leidos then acquired the Company in 2020. This technology is now the security standard in airports worldwide.
Concurrently, Mr. Lyons is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Stanford University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Serving in the Stanford position since 1988, he was a co-developer of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program with Prof. Tom Byers and the founding professor of Technology Venture Formation. Engineering. He is the co-creator of the Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship two-week program for existing high-tech companies produced and managed by the Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD). This program has just completed its 14th year. He has co-produced and delivered numerous other SCPD and STVP programs. He co-founded the Ratio Academy focused on creating training platforms for entrepreneurial education, with a co-developed online program with SCPD called Idea to Market, I2M. He is the founding professor of Tech Venture Formation, MSE273.
From 1980 to 1991, he was a co-founder, a Vice-President, and a Director of Integrated Systems Inc. (INTS, founded 1980), a leading implementer of high-performance real-time control systems for aircraft, automotive, and manufacturing applications. INTS was fundamentally a spinout from the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Lab and Systems Control, Inc. The Company was merged with WindRiver Systems in 1999. WindRiver was acquired by Intel in 2009.
Mr. Lyons received a Bachelor and Masters (equivalent) in Engineering Physics from Cornell University, an MSEE from Stanford, did Ph.D research in Aero/Astro at Stanford (abd) and an MBA, with Distinction, from the Pepperdine Presidential/Key Executive Program. He is a graduate of the Stanford/AEA Institute for the Management of High Technology Companies and a Price-Babson Fellow in Entrepreneurship Education. He holds an FAA multi-Engine Airline Transport Pilot License and Certified Flight Instructor Certificates for Instrument and Multi-Engine Aircraft. He is an avid sailor and motorcyclist.
