Stanford University
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Jerker Lessing
Adjunct Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
BioI earned my PhD at Lund University, Sweden, focused on strategic aspects of industrialized construction. I am the CEO and founder of Lessing Innovation, an advisory and consultancy firm within construction industrialization, innovation and sustainability. Between 2015-2023 I had the role as Director of Research & Development at BoKlok, Sweden’s leading housing company within industrialized construction. Before joining BoKlok, I worked for one of Sweden's leading engineering firms, Tyréns AB, where I led a team of Consultants focusing on Construction innovation. I was also engaged by leading Construction and housing companies as a consultant and advisor for numerous innovation- and development projects aimed at industrialized construction.
I am frequently engaged as a lecturer and moderator in both academia and industry, have co-authored a book about industrialized construction and I publish research in international Journals.
I have been a visiting researcher and lecturer at Stanford University since 2013 and since 2017 I am adjunct Professor here. At Stanford I have established and taught the course CEE324 Industrialized Construction, organized study trips for Stanford students and faculty to Sweden, as well as organized the Industrialized Construction Forum which is a industry-academia conference, held annually.
In my research I developed a framework describing contemporary industrialized construction, which has served as a foundation for academic research, as well as a guide for the industry’s development, in Sweden and internationally. -
Raymond Levitt
Kumagai Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Levitt founded and directs Stanford’s Global Projects Center (GPC), which conducts research, education and outreach to enhance financing, governance and sustainability of global building and infrastructure projects. Dr. Levitt's research focuses on developing enhanced governance of infrastructure projects procured via Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) delivery, and alternative project delivery approaches for complex buildings like full-service hospitals or data centers.
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Christian Linder
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BioChristian Linder is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and, by courtesy, of Mechanical Engineering. Through the development of novel and efficient in-house computational methods based on a sound mathematical foundation, the research goal of the Computational Mechanics of Materials (CM2) Lab at Stanford University, led by Dr. Linder, is to understand micromechanically originated multi-scale and multi-physics mechanisms in solid materials undergoing large deformations and fracture. Applications include sustainable energy storage materials, flexible electronics, and granular materials.
Dr. Linder received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley, an MA in Mathematics from UC Berkeley, an M.Sc. in Computational Mechanics from the University of Stuttgart, and a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Civil Engineering from TU Graz. Before joining Stanford in 2013 he was a Junior-Professor of Micromechanics of Materials at the Applied Mechanics Institute of Stuttgart University where he also obtained his Habilitation in Mechanics. Notable honors include a Fulbright scholarship, the 2013 Richard-von-Mises Prize, the 2016 ICCM International Computational Method Young Investigator Award, the 2016 NSF CAREER Award, and the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). -
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.
