Anumba

Chimay Anumba is distinguished professor and dean, College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. He holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Leeds, UK, and a higher doctorate, D.Sc., in Construction Engineering and Informatics from Loughborough University, UK. He previously was head of the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University.

Chimay is well known globally for seminal contributions on the innovative use of advanced computing techniques to address complex problems in design and construction. He has more than 500 publications, including 23 books and over 230 archival journal papers on aspects of construction engineering and informatics. His research has received support worth more than $160 million from a variety of sources.

He has received numerous honors for his work and has held visiting professorships on four continents. He holds Fellowships of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) in 2007 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (The UK's National Academy of Engineering) in 2012. ASCE recognized him with its Computing in Civil Engineering Award in 2018.