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Wing-Pin (Winnie) Kwan is a Partner at Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA). Winnie has played an instrumental role in the structural design of many of LERA’s landmark buildings. She served as the Project Manager for the 492m Shanghai World Financial Center in China, which won numerous awards including the Best Tall Building Worldwide Award from the CTBUH in 2008. She was involved in the structural design of the 555 m Lotte World Tower in Seoul, Korea, as well as the 118-story tall KL118 tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Winnie has directed numerous projects in China, including the structural design of the 430m Chongqing 101 Tower, the 300 m OCT Shenzhen Tower, the 300m Jinan Zhong Hong Plaza Lot 18 Tower, and the Suzhou Museum; as well as the peer review/value engineering of the 530 m Guangzhou East Tower, the 470 m Chongqing Shui On International Trade and Commerce Center, and the Wuhan Tiandi Lot B1-B5 development.

Winnie was honored by the “40 Under 40” award by the Building Design and Construction Magazine in 2011, and was selected as a Rising Star in Structural Engineering by the Structural Engineer Magazine in 2012. She received the “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award” from the Asian American Business Development Center in 2015.

Winnie graduated from Princeton University with highest honors. She holds a Ph.D. degree from Cornell University, with specialization in seismic engineering. She served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University in 2011. She has published in the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, the ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, and multiple conference proceedings.

Wing-Pin (Winnie) Kwan is a Partner at Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA). Winnie has played an instrumental role in the structural design of many of LERA’s landmark buildings. She served as the Project Manager for the 492m Shanghai World Financial Center in China, which won numerous awards including the Best Tall Building Worldwide Award from the CTBUH in 2008. She was involved in the structural design of the 555 m Lotte World Tower in Seoul, Korea, as well as the 118-story tall KL118 tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Winnie has directed numerous projects in China, including the structural design of the 430m Chongqing 101 Tower, the 300 m OCT Shenzhen Tower, the 300m Jinan Zhong Hong Plaza Lot 18 Tower, and the Suzhou Museum; as well as the peer review/value engineering of the 530 m Guangzhou East Tower, the 470 m Chongqing Shui On International Trade and Commerce Center, and the Wuhan…

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