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.
William Mack
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.
Dinesh Manian
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.
Patrick McLaughlin
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.
Aaron Murai
BS in Civil Engineering, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii. MS Project: Prediction of hurricane surge and flooding at three locations along the Texas coast.
Woongsuk Pae
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.
David Pauling
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.
Ross Penrod
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.
Mourya Penugonda
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.
Navid Tahvildari
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 Old Dominion University.