Dr. Kevin Lu

Dr. Kevin Lu is Chief Scientist of Telematics Systems Engineering for Advanced Technology Solutions of Telcordia Technologies. In previous roles at Telcordia since 1984, Kevin has conducted systems engineering work and life-cycle economic analyses of various wireline and wireless broadband technologies and services. He received the Telcordia Award of Excellence in 1987 for his substitution models for capital recovery based on both physical deterioration and technological obsolescence. He was Director of Broadband Access Network Engineering from 1995 to 1999 and Executive Director of Integrated Access and Operations from 1999 to 2003. He led teams that received the Telcordia CEO Award every year from 1998 to 2002 for significant business impacts.

The highlight of Kevin’s contributions to broadband network technologies was his IEEE JSAC paper (Vol. 8, No. 6, August 1990) concluding cost-effectiveness of Passive Optical Networks now widely deployed as Verizon FiOS. In June 2000, he was invited to participate in and contribute to the Committee on Broadband Last Mile Technology of the National Research Council in Washington, DC [Broadband – Bringing Home the Bits, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2002]. He was WOCC 2003 Multimedia Program Chair, WOCC 2005 Conference Organizer, and Vice Chair (2006 to 2007) and Chair (2007 to 2008) of the WOCC Board of Trustees. He was a speaker at METS 1990, and SATEC 2004 and 2006.

Kevin’s passion in broadband has extended from connectivity to mobility and safety. He is the Chair of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Engineering Committee TR-48 on Vehicular Telematics. Under TIA Project PN-3-0333, he led the development of emergency information delivery protocol between telematics services providers and various transportation and emergency management agencies. In 2008, Kevin contributed to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Innovation Roundtable on Advanced Wireless Communication for the Transportation Network. He was invited by the USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office in 2009 to serve on the Coordinating Working Group for the ITS Standards Program Strategic Plan.

He received the B.S. degree in control engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1979, and the M.S. and D.Sc. degrees in electrical and systems engineering from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, in 1981 and 1984, respectively. He served on the Review Panel of the NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program in 2006. He also served on the Industry Advisory Board for Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of NYU Polytechnic University (2006), NJIT (since 2007), and Stevens Institute of Technology since 2008. He is currently President of New York Chapter of Chiao Tung University Alumni Association in America.