We are thrilled to announce that Prof. Kaiming Bi, Associate Professor of CEE, has been awarded the Nishino Prize at the 19th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction (EASEC-19) 2026. The conference, themed “Advancing Sustainability in Structural Engineering and Construction Through Emerging Technologies”, was successfully held from 13 – 15 July 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
As one of the most influential international academic conferences in structural engineering and construction, EASEC was inaugurated in Bangkok, Thailand, in 1986 and has been held biennially ever since. To honor its founder, the conference established the Nishino Medal and the Nishino Prize to recognize outstanding scholars in the field. The Nishino Prize recognizes a young engineer (age below 45 years) from the Asia-Pacific region who has made significant contributions and shown potential for great future achievements in the area of structural engineering and construction through research, development or practice.
This award recognizes Prof. Bi’s significant contributions in the fields of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Vibration Control, particularly in seismic ground motion modelling and simulation, structural response prediction, structural performance enhancement, and adverse vibration mitigation. He has generated over 220 papers in leading international journals, securing over 11,000 citations on Google Scholar and an H-index of 56. His research outcomes have been widely applied in engineering practice and incorporated into seismic design guidelines. Prof. Bi also serves as an Associate Editor of Engineering Structures, a flagship journal in structural engineering.
Congratulations to Prof. Bi again on this well-deserved honor and look forward to his continued contributions to the advancement of structural engineering.
For more details about the award, please visit: https://www.ukm.my/easec19/award-nominations/
