Biography
KEN LOH, PH.D., LTJG USN
Contact Information:
E-mail: kenloh@ucsd.edu
Office: (858) 822-0431
Fax: (858) 534-1310
Office Location: SME 445E
Lab Locations: SME 413 and SME 410 (CEER Lab)
Mailing Address: UC San Diego, Structural Engineering, 9500 Gilman Dr MC 0085, La Jolla, CA 92093-0085, USA
Positions at the University of California San Diego:
Director of ARMOR Lab
Director of the Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER)
TaylorMade Golf Chancellor Endowed Professor, Department of Structural Engineering
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Program
Other Positions and Titles:
Lieutenant Junior Grade, United States Navy Reserve (USNR)
Co-Founder, JAK Labs Inc.
Academic Preparation:
Micro-MBA, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego (2022)
Certificate in Entrepreneurship, UC San Diego (2019)
Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (2008)
M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (2008)
M.S. in Structural Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (2005)
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2004)
Appointments:
2022/06 - present :: TaylorMade Golf Chancellor's Endowed Faculty, UC San Diego
2022/05 - present :: Director, Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER), UC San Diego
2018/07 - present :: Professor, Structural Engineering, UC San Diego
2018/07 - 2021/06 :: Vice Chair, Structural Engineering, UC San Diego
2018/07 - present :: Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, UC San Diego
2017/09 - present :: Affiliate Faculty, Center for Wearable Sensors (CWS), UC San Diego
2016/01 - 2022/05:: Associate Director and Affiliate Faculty, Center for Extreme Events Research (CEER), UC San Diego
2015/11 - present :: Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Graduate Group, UC Davis
2015/11 - 2018/06 :: Adjunct Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
2015/11 - 2018/06 :: Associate Professor, Structural Engineering, UC San Diego
2015/06 - 2015/12 :: Director, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), Davis
2015/06 - 2015/07 :: Visiting Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, & Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy
2014/07 - 2015/10 :: Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
2014/07 - 2015/10 :: Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Graduate Group, UC Davis
2014/03 - 2014/11 :: Visiting Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2010/12 - 2014/06 :: Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Graduate Group, UC Davis
2008/11 - 2014/06 :: Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Davis
Selected Awards and Honors:
2023 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Faculty Scholar
2020 Office of Naval Research, Summer Faculty Research Program, Senior Fellow
2018 Structural Health Monitoring Person-of-the-Year Award (IWSHM)
2014 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, UC Davis
2013-2014 U.S. Fulbright Scholar Core Program
2013 Achenbach Medal (IWSHM)
2013 NSF CAREER Award
2013 SPIE Senior Membership Honor
Patents:
K. J. Loh, Y. Park, V. Naidu, and O. Salehi-Abari, “Mechanical Metamaterial Passive Wireless Sensors,” U.S. Provisional Patent application number 63/564,412. Filed March 12, 2024.
K. J. Loh, Y. Zhao, Y. Park, J. Fraser, S. Farrokhi, P. Sessoms, A. Silder, and A. Yoder, “Adaptive and Variable Stiffness Ankle Brace,” U.S. Provisional Patent application number 63/254474. Filed October 11, 2021.
K. J. Loh and Y-A. Lin, “Smart Elastic Fabric Tape for Distributed Skin Strain, Movement, and Muscle Engagement Monitoring,” U.S. Patent 12,156,725. Issued December 3, 2024.
J. A. Jackson, E. Duoss, A. Golobic, M. Messner, C. Spadaccini, and K. J. Loh, “Systems and Methods for Additive Manufacturing to Encapsulate Transformative Colloidal Suspensions,” U.S. Patent 10,661,549. Issued May 26, 2020.
K. J. Loh and S. Gupta, “Non-Contact Tomographic Imaging and Thin Film Sensors for Monitoring Prosthesis and Infection,” U.S. Patent 2018/0220920 A1. Issued August 9, 2018.
K. J. Loh and J. Gonzalez, “Multifunctional Cement Composites with Load-Bearing and Self-Sensing Properties,” Provisional U.S. Patent 62/165,847. Filed May 22, 2015.
J. P. Lynch, N. A. Kotov, and K. J. Loh, “Passive Wireless Readout Mechanisms for Nanocomposite Thin Films Sensors,” U.S. Patent 8,451,124. Issued May 28, 2013.
J. P. Lynch, T-C. Hou, N. A. Kotov, N. W. S. Kam, and K. J. Loh, “Electrical Impedance Tomography of Nanoengineered Thin Films,” U.S. Patent 8,159,235. Issued April 17, 2012.
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