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.
Antonne Taylor
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.
Ikpoto Udoh
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.
Aravinda Venkattaramanan
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.
Xin Yang
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.