• Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
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Educational Background

  • Sc.D., Hydrodynamics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 1974
  • S.M., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 1971
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University – 1968

Research Interests

    • Coastal engineering
    • Ocean engineering
    • Tsunami and storm surge
    • Water wave theories and models
    • Sediment transport
    • Computational fluid dynamics

Certifications & Memberships

  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  • Fellow, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Awards & Honors

  • International Award for the Enhancement of Tsunami/Coastal Disaster Resilience – 2017
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Award – 2009
  • International Coastal Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – 2004