Paul Chinowsky
- Professor Emeritus
- CIVIL SYSTEMS
- MORTENSON CENTER IN GLOBAL ENGINEERING
- UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
Education:
- PhD Civil Engineering, Stanford University
- MARCH, Architecture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- BARCH, Architecture, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Honors and Distinctions:
- Best Paper Award, Transportation Research Board Conference, 2015.
- Best Paper Award, Humanitarian Technology Conference, 2014.
- ASCE, Journal of Management in Engineering, Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award, 2012
- Distinguished Service Award, Engineering Project Organization Society, 2011
- Best Paper Award, EPOC Conference, 2010
- Best Paper Award, LEAD Conference 2009.
- Construction Industry Institute, Distinguished Professor Award, 2009
Professional Affiliations:
- Engineering Project Organization Society
Interests:
- Climate Change
- Infrastructure Planning
- Organization and Strategic Management
Latest Publications:
- Walters, J. P., & Chinowsky, P. S. (2016). Planning rural water services in Nicaragua: A systems-based analysis of impact factors using graphical modeling. Environmental Science & Policy, 57, 93-100.
- Melvin, A.M., Larsen, P., Boehlert, B., Neumann, J.E., Chinowsky, P., Espinet, X., Martinich, J., Baumann, M.S., Rennels, L., Bothner, A. and Nicolsky, D.J., (2016). Climate change damages to Alaska public infrastructure and the economics of proactive adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, p.201611056.
- Espinet, X., Schweikert, A., van den Heever, N., & Chinowsky, P. (2016). Planning resilient roads for the future environment and climate change: Quantifying the vulnerability of the primary transport infrastructure system in Mexico. Transport Policy, 50, 78-86.
- Espinet, Xavier, Schweikert, Amy, and Chinowsky, Paul (2015). 鈥淩obust-Based Prioritization Framework for Resilient and Sustainable Transport Infrastructure Adaptation Investments under Uncertainty of Climate Change,鈥 ASCE Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, 10.1061/AJRUA6.0000852 , E4015001.
- Schweikert, Amy, Espinet, Xavier, Goldstein, Sara, and Chinowsky, Paul (2015). 鈥淩esilience versus Risk: Assessing Cost of Climate Change Adaptation to California鈥檚 Transportation System and the City of Sacramento, California,鈥 Transportation Research record, 2532: 10.3141/2532-02.
- Chinowsky, Paul S., Schweikert, Amy, Strzepek, Niko, and Strzepek, Kenneth (2015). 鈥淚nfrastructure and Climate Change: a study of impacts and adaptations in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia,鈥 Climatic Change, 130(1): 49-62.
- Chinowsky, Paul S., Schweikert, Amy, Strzepek, Niko, and Strzepek, Kenneth (2015). 鈥淩oad Infrastructure and Climate Change in Vietnam,鈥 Sustainability, 7(4), 5452-5470.
- Twerefou, D.K.; Chinowsky, P.; Adjei-Mantey, K.; Strzepek, N.L. (2015) 鈥淭he Economic Impact of Climate Change on Road Infrastructure in Ghana,鈥 Sustainability, 7(9), 11949-11966.
- Chinowsky, Paul S., Schweikert, Amy, Hughes, Gordon, Hayles, Carolyn, Strzepek, Niko, Strzepek, Kenneth, and Westphal, Michael (2015). 鈥淭he Impact of Climate Change on Road and Building Infrastructure: A Four-Country Study,鈥 International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 6(4):382-396.
- Wanberg, John, Javernick-Will, Amy, Chinowsky, Paul and Taylor, John (2015). 鈥淭he Effects Of Organizational Divisions On Knowledge Sharing Networks In Multi-Lateral Communities Of Practice,鈥 Engineering Project Organization Journal, 5(2-3):118-132.