People

BS in Civil Engineering, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran; MS in Civil Engineering, K.N. Toosi University, Tehran, Iran. Ph.D. dissertation: A model for transformation of fully dispersive nonlinear waves. Graduated August 2016. Status: Physical Scientist III, Lynker / Environmental Modeling Center (NOAA), College Park, MD.

BS in Civil Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Master of Engineering research report: Physical model of wave damping by emergent vegetation following wave breaking. Graduated December 2007. Co-advised with Jennifer Irish, Virginia Tech. Status: Returned to duty with U.S. Navy.

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Arizona State University. Master of Engineering project: Testing and implementation of synthetic ensemble storm winds in a hydrodynamic model for hurricane surge. Status: Engineer with KS Associates, Elyria, OH.

BS, ME in Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Project: Characteristics and modeling of the infragravity wave environment along the Alaska coast. Status: Physical Scientist, SAIC / Environmental Modeling Center (NOAA), College Park, MD.

BS in Civil Engineering, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Master of Engineering research report: Wavelet analysis of tsunami-swell interaction experimental data. Graduated August 2012. Status: Engineer with Chevron, Houston, TX.

BS, MS, Department of Civil Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. Master of Engineering project: Propagation and dissipation of nonlinear waves over steep slopes. Graduated December 2011. Status: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.

BS, MS in Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Ph.D. dissertation: Nearshore interactions of tsunamis with local systems. Status: Engineer, Coastal Processes Branch, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS (stationed at South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, CA.)

BS in Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Master of Engineering research report: Dissipation physics sensitivity analyses of a phase-averaged wave model. Graduated August 2018. Status: Engineer, AECOM, Charleston, SC.

BE in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Master of Engineering report: Predictions of nearshore wave energy using a spectral wave model. Graduated August 2015. Status: Doctoral student at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.

BS, MS in Naval Architecture and Ocean Systems Engineering, Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Busan, Republic of Korea. Ph.D. dissertation: Hydrodynamic characteristics present in nonlinear long wave amplification in the shadow zone of offshore islands. Graduated December 2022. Status: Research Associate, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

BS in Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. Master of Engineering research report: Estimating ship approach velocity with Delft3D. Graduated December 2010. Status: Returned to duty with U.S. Navy.

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Masters of Engineering research report: Development of Delft-3D as a relocateable nearshore modeling system for naval applications. Graduated December 2008. Status: Returned to duty with U.S. Navy.

BS in Harbor, Water Channels and Coastal Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China. Master of Engineering project: Modeling of erosional hotspots. Graduated December 2018. Status: Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business, California State University, Sacramento, CA. Web site.

BS in Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China. MS thesis: Multi-dimensional error analysis of nearshore wave modeling tools, with application toward data-driven boundary correction. Graduated December 2010. Status: Engineer with Det Norske Veritas USA, Houston, TX.

BS, MS in Civil Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Ph.D. project: Development and implementation of a consistently-scaled, nonlinear frequency domain ocean wave model. Ph.D. dissertation: A consistent nonlinear frequency domain model for finite depth ocean wave propagation. Graduated May 2022. Status: Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea (starting March 2025). Research web page.

BS in Environmental and Civil Engineering, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan; MS in Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Ph.D. dissertation: Erosion of wetlands in Galveston Bay by ocean waves. Graduated May 2021. Status: Research Professor, School of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (starting November 2024). Co-chair with Kuang-An Chang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Research web page.

BS in Engineering Science and Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Master of Engineering research report: Storm surge modeling during Hurricane Ike with Delft3D – Manning coefficient sensitivity analysis. Graduated August 2018. Status: Water Resources Engineer, Dynamic Solutions International, LLC, Edmonds, WA.

BS, ME in Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Ph.D. dissertation: Modeling of three-dimensional wind-driven hydrodynamic and environmental processes in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Graduated August 2018. Status: Research Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX.

BS in Civil Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan; MS in Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Ph.D. dissertation: Interaction of a turbulent wind with ocean surface waves – numerical modeling. Graduated December 2016. Status: Software Engineer, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA. Co-chair with Reza Sadr, Texas A&M University Qatar.

BS in Oceanography, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China; MS in Oceanography, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. MS thesis: Riverine and sediment processes in the Yangtze River estuary – modeling and validation. Graduated December 2016. Status: Engineer with Moffatt and Nichol Engineers, Raleigh, NC.

BS and MS in Hydraulic Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China. Ph.D. Project: Prediction of coastal hydrodynamic forces on structures and coastal infrastructure. Ph.D. dissertation: Statistical-deterministic modeling of long-term future hurricane-induced hazards with climate change. Defended May 2026.

BS in Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. Master of Engineering research report: Delft-3D model of San Luis Pass, TX. Graduated May 2008. Status: Engineer with BHP Billiton, Houston, TX.

BTech in Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. MS thesis: Using genetic algorithms to optimize bathymetric surveys for hydrodynamic model input. Graduated December 2009. Status: Engineer with Moffatt and Nichol Engineers, New York, NY.

BS in Civil Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. MS thesis: Parameterization and statistical analysis of hurricane waves. Graduated May 2014. Status: Engineer with Mott MacDonald Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT.

BS in Civil Engineering, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii. MS Project: Prediction of hurricane surge and flooding at three locations along the Texas coast.

BE in Civil Engineering, Chung-An University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. MS thesis: Erosion countermeasures for eastern coastline of Korea. Graduated August 2016. Status: Engineer with Korea Gas Corporation, Daegu, Republic of Korea.

BS in Offshore and Coastal Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX. MS thesis: Dissipation of group waves in shallow water for wave model input. Graduated August 2018. Status: Engineer with KS Associates, Elyria, OH.

BS in Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. Master of Engineering research report: Numerical modeling of processes on the Atchafalaya Shelf, Louisiana. Graduated December 2012. Status: Returned to duty with U.S. Navy.

BTech in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. MS thesis: Nonlinear wave transformation using modified dispersive shoaling models. Graduated August 2018. Status: Engineer with National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

B. Tech. in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; M.S. in Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Ph.D. dissertation: Viability, development, and reliability assessment of coupled coastal forecasting systems. Graduated December 2011. Status: Project specialist with MCS Kenny, Houston, TX. Co-chair with Vijay Panchang, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX.

BS in Civil Engineering, Amirkabir University, Tehran, Iran; MS in Civil Engineering, Sharif University, Tehran, Iran. Ph.D. dissertation: Nonlinear interactions between long waves in a two-layer fluid. Graduated December 2011. Status: Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL (starting Spring 2025). Research web site at Florida International University.

BS in Civil Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. MS thesis: Parameterization of maximum waveheights forced by hurricanes: Application to Corpus Christi, Texas. Graduated December 2012. Status: Coastal and Structural Engineer, Ministry of Works and Urban Development, Nassau, Bahamas.

B. Eng., in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria; M.S. in Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Ph.D. dissertation: Robust hurricane surge response functions. Graduated December 2012. Status: Engineer with Houston Offshore Engineering, Houston, TX. Co-chair with Jennifer Irish, Virginia Tech.

BTech in Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. MS thesis: Nonlinear characteristics of wave propagation over vegetation. Graduated May 2014. Status: Engineer with COWI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

BS in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, People’s Republic of China. MS thesis: Effects of transient long waves on nonlinear processes in random waves. Graduated August 2019. Status: Senior Research Associate, NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division and University of Miami/CIMAS, Miami, FL.