Professor
Structural Engineering; Computer-Aided Engineering

B.S. and B.A. (1976) University of Hawaii
M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1981) Carnegie-Mellon University

Professor Law’s professional and research interests focus on the application of advanced computing principles and techniques to structural and facility engineering. His work has dealt with various aspects of computational science and engineering, computer aided-design, regulatory and engineering information management, and engineering enterprise integration. Examples include application of artificial intelligence, information management and internet-based technologies to facilitate engineering analysis and design processes and to coordinate concurrent engineering activities. His research interests also include computational mechanics, structural dynamics and control, structural health monitoring systems, numerical methods and analysis and simulation of large-scale systems using distributed workstations and high performance parallel computers. For further information please see his group website.

Some Recent Publications:

• Law, K.H., and Lynch, J.P., “Market-based control of linear structural systems,” Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, (accepted for publication).
  

• Law, K.H., and Sohn, H., “Damage Diagnosis using Experimental Ritz Vectors,” Journal of Engineering Mechanis, ASCE (accepted for publication).
  

• Law, K.H., and Sohn, H., “Extraction of Ritz Vectors from Vibration Test Data,” Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 15(1), 2001.
  

• Law, K.H., Kerrigan, S., Lau, G., Zhou, L., and Wiederhold, G., “Information Infrastructure for Regulation Management and Compliance Checking,” National Conference on Digital Government Research, Los Angeles, May 21-23, 2001, 2001.
  

• Law, K.H., Lynch, J.P., Kiremidjian, A.S., Kenny, T.W., and Carver, E., “The Design of a Wireless Sensing Unit for Structural Monitoring,” Proceedings of The Third Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford University, Stanford CA, September 12-14, 2001.
  

• Law, K.H. and Lynch, J.P., “Formulation of a Market-Based Approach for Structural Control,” Proceedings of the 19th International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC XIX), Orlando, FL, USA, February 5-9, 2001.
  

• Law, K.H., Lynch, J.P., Straser, E.G., Kiremidjian, A.S., and Kenny, T.W., “The Development of a Wireless Modular Health Monitoring System for Civil Structures,” Proceedings of the MCEER Mitigation of Earthquake Disaster by Advanced Technologies (MEDAT-2) Workshop, November 30-31, 2000, Las Vegas, NV.
  

Some Recent Research Projects:

• REGNET: Distributed Information Management Framework for Environmental Laws
  Sponsor: Information Technology Research Program, National Science Foundation.
  This project, in collaboration with researchers in computer science and law school, investigates the development of an information management framework for environmental regulations.
  

• REGBASE: Distributed Information Infrastructure for Regulation Management / Compliance Checking
  Sponsor: Digital Government Program, National Science Foundation.
  This project, in collaboration with researcher in computer science, investigates the development of an information management framework for ADA regulations and guidelines.
  

• Building Design Services in a Distributed Object Environment
  Sponsor: ITSS’s Internet2 Program, Stanford University.
  This project attempts to investigate the benefits of the emerging fast speed internet (Internet2) and its impact in distributed network simulation.
  

• Process Specification and Simulation
  Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology
  This project investigates the use of PSL (Process Specification Language) as an exchange standard for process specification and SIMQL (Simulation Query Language) for the simulation of workflow processes.
  

• Internet-Enabled Simulation of Earthquake Liquefaction Response on Parallel Computers
  Sponsor: National Science Foundation.
  This project, in collaboration with researchers at University of California, San Diego, aims to develop a finite element program for simulating earthquake liquefaction response. The simulation program will be run on state-of-the-art high performance computers and accessible via the internet.
  

• Internet-Enabled Framework for Collaborative Development of Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis Program
  Sponsor: Pacific Earthquake Engineering Center (PEER).
  This project, in collaboration with researchers at University of California, Berkeley, is to develop an internet-based collaborative framework for the development of structural analysis program. The framework is designed to support collaborative software development by researchers at PEER, a consortium of over 10 universities in the west coast.
  

• A Wireless Modular Health Monitoring System for Civil Infrastructure
  Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
  This project, in collaboration with researchers mechanical and electrical engineering, is to develop a wireless micro-machined electrical mechanical device for vibration testing and structural health monitoring applications.
  

• Mobile Computing and Active Mediation Technology in a Ubiquitos Computing Environment
  Sponsor: Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE), Stanford University.
  This project attempts to investigate the benefits of the emerging mobile computing technology and its impact in distributed network simulation.

• Internet Business and Intelligent Infrastructure
  Sponsor: Nihon Unisys.
  This project focuses on business strategies for engineering internet commerce and wireless and internet-based technology and infrastructure to support engineering applications.