Department of
Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering
US Naval Academy, Mail Stop 11d
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042

Coastal and Ocean Engineering including: beach response processes, nearshore wave transformation, shoreline erosion control, coastal zone management, stochastic analysis of ocean waves, wave-structure interaction, and laboratory scale model testing.

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
Associate Professor of Ocean Engineering, 1992-present; Assistant Professor, 1987-1992
Director, Naval Academy Hydromechanics Laboratory, 1996-2002

Teaching of undergraduate courses in: coastal engineering, ocean wave mechanics, offshore structural analysis, marine soil mechanics and foundations, marine environmental engineering, introduction to naval architecture, and ocean engineering design.

Research sponsors: National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center, and Mobil Research & Development Corporation.

Representative research and publications: (1) Beach Profile Response and Nearshore Waves, (2) Stochastic Processes of Deep Water Random Waves, (3) Wave-Structure Interaction. See partial list of abstracts for research projects.

University of Delaware, Center for Applied Coastal Research, Newark, Delaware Adjunct Member, 1991-present

Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida Research Engineer, 1983-1984

Army Corps of Engineers, Anchorage, Alaska Coastal/Hydraulic Engineer, 1982-1983

Consultant in Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 1984-present

Part-time consultant to more than 25 clients on beach erosion, sediment transport, coastal flooding, and coastal structures, including:

• Developer of EDUNE numerical model for simulating dune erosion due to storm surge associated with tropical and extra-tropical storms.
• Analysis of combined wind and flood loads on coastal buildings for American Society of Civil Engineers, 1996-1998
• Peer review of Beachfront Management Program for South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Coastal Zone Management Program, 1995.
• Development of Northeaster Risk Index for Delaware Emergency Management Agency and Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, 1995.
• Peer review of Coastal Construction Control Line for Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 1994.
• Peer Review of Barrow Beach Nourishment Project for North Slope Borough Science Advisory Board, Barrow, Alaska, 1994.

Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1991-1996.

Registered Professional Engineer, Virginia
Publications Committee, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 1989-1994
Technical Committee on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, 1988-1994
Organizing Committee, 25th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, 1995-1996
Vice-Chairman, Coastal Sediments '91 Conference, ASCE, 1991
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
Member, American Geophysical Union
N.A.U.I certified SCUBA diver