H. Kit Miyamoto, Ph.D., S.E.
H. Kit Miyamoto, PhD, SE, is the CEO and a structural engineer for Miyamoto International, Global Risk Miyamoto and a nonprofit organization, Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief. Under his leadership, more than 12,000 projects have been successfully completed worldwide. Known for innovative engineering, Dr. Miyamoto has worked on many challenging projects that received industry recognition, including the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) Excellence in Structural Engineering Award.
Dr. Miyamoto holds graduate degrees from the Tokyo Institute of Technology and California State University. He was also awarded Distinguished Alumni by California State University, Chico. He specializes in High-Performance Earthquake Engineering, as well as Disaster Mitigation, Response, and Reconstruction. Dr. Miyamoto was a director for SEAOC; is an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Fellow; and has served on many code-writing organizations, including the ASCE 7 Seismic Task Committee. Dr. Miyamoto was also an adjunct professor at California State University. His innovative research works have been published in leading scientific journals.
Dr. Miyamoto continues to work on major critical projects, including his role as an expert consultant to the World Bank on the seismic risk mitigation project for 2000 schools in Istanbul. He worked with the government of Haiti and the United Nations to conduct assessments on more than 400,000 earthquake-damaged structures. He is also working with the United States Agency for International Development, and various nongovernmental organizations to implement reconstruction strategies for Haiti. Dr. Miyamoto is a sought after keynote speaker and an international media spokesperson on earthquake structural engineering issues. .