King Chin

“Fate led me to this line of work,” King muses, recounting his twisted career path. As part of a high school career counseling process, King underwent a physical exam. The exam revealed that he was color blind, ruling out electrical engineering, one of his long-time career interests. King’s counselor recommended civil engineering as the next-best fit. After a civil engineering degree, King was intrigued by structural engineering, but when he applied to graduate school, the closest assistantship he could get was in geotechnical engineering. King accepted the fateful assistantship offer, which led him to the engineering specialty he enjoys today.

At GeoEngineers, King is a principal geotechnical engineer with business development and project management roles. He often leads numerical and earthquake engineering projects that require highly technical analysis of complex soil-structure interaction problems. King cites one project as an example of the level of innovation and outside-the-box thinking GeoEngineers encourages. “The Olive 8 shoring design project is a poster child of a project, demonstrating great collaboration between the owner and consultants to develop a highly technical and innovative engineering solution by considering cost-benefit-risk effects.”

In his free time, King turns his attention to relaxing. “I love going to parks with my wife and my dog. I like hanging out with friends, sharing stories and drinking beers. I enjoy playing golf and doing exercises that will help me stay in shape—at least that is what I think, but the beer drinking is winning the battle!”