Presenter

Dr. SangHyun Lee is the Robert B. Harris Collegiate Professor and John L. Tishman Faculty Scholar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he leads the Dynamic Project Management Lab (dpm.engin.umich.edu). He founded Kinetica Labs, Inc., a pioneer in sensorless (computer vision-based) motion capture for ergonomic risk assessment, which was acquired by VelocityEHS, where he now works as a Machine Learning Scientist. More than 40,000 users have adopted this sensorless motion capture technology for ergonomic risk assessments, helping to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) by establishing the largest WMSD database. He received both his MSc and PhD from MIT, and his research interests focus on maximizing people's performance through technologies such as wearables, robotics, and automation to guide smart and connected communities and cities toward social equality. Dr. Lee is an elected member of the National Academy of Construction and a Fellow of the ASCE. He has taken on many leadership roles; he was Chair of the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Construction Research Council, Chair of the ASCE Visualization, Information Modeling and Simulation Committee, and a member of the Board of Governors at the ASCE Construction Institute, among others. He holds five editorial positions in leading journals, including the ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management and the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. He has received numerous awards, such as the ASCE Daniel W. Halpin Award for Scholarship in Construction, the ASCE Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize, FIATECH’s Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award, CII’s Distinguished Professor Award, the CSCE Stephan G. Revay Award, the Tom Waters Award, the Henry Russel Award (the highest honor the University of Michigan bestows upon junior faculty), the Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award, and the UM College of Engineering Service Excellence Award, among others. His research has garnered 10 best paper awards, including the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering best paper awards (twice: 2014 and 2018, respectively). He has published 270 peer-reviewed articles, holds 6 patents, and has authored 3 books, with an h-index of 66.