Speech Title：How we may mitigate the effects of extreme overland flows
Professor
School of Civil & Construction Engineering,
Oregon State University,
USA
Academic rank
The Miles Lowell and Margaret Watt Edwards Distinguished Chair in Engineering
Education
A.B. Economics, Keio Gijuku University, Japan, 1972.
B.S. Agricultural Engineering, Washington State University, 1975.
M.S. Engineering, Washington State University, 1977.
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1983.
Academic positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1983-1989.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle
, WA, 1988-1989.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
, 1990-1991.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1991.
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington,Seattle
, WA, 1989-1994.
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,1989-1994.
Visiting Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 1997.
Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 1999.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
, 1995-2002.
Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
, 1995-2002.
Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University
, Corvallis, OR, 2003-2007.
Affiliate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle
, WA, 2003-present. Visiting Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
, 2011-2012.
Professor, School of Civil & Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
, 2007-present.
Adjunct Professor, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, OR
, 2007-present.
Non-Academic positions
Hydraulic Engineer, Bechtel Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1977-1983.
Research Specialist, Public Works Research Institute, The Japan Ministry of Construction,Tsukuba, Japan
, 1998.
Consultant
Leonardo da Vinci CD-ROM, Corbis, 1996.
Sequoia Scientific, 1999-2001.
Applied Technology Council. 2005–2008.
Humboldt County, California. 2006–2007.
Cali & LaPlace Engineers, LLC. 2008.
Applied Technology Council. 2010–2012.
Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC, 2013.
Atkins North America, Inc., 2011–2013.
KEPCO Engineering & Construction Co. Inc., 2013.
Fields of Specialization
Natural Hazards – Tsunamis
Fluid Mechanics
Water-Wave Hydrodynamics
Flow Visualization
Professional Activities
Registration
Registered Professional Civil Engineer, State of California, #C031030
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Civil Engineers
Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Japan Association for Wind Engineering
Professional Recognition
Lead Organizer
Registered Professional Civil Engineer, State of California, #C031030
Second International Workshop on Long-Wave Runup Models, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA, September 1995.
Regional Workshop on Bathymetry and Coastal-Topography Data at the Japan Oceanographic Data Center, September 1997.
International Workshop on Bathymetry and Coastal Topography Data Management,Seattle, WA, March 1998.
International Workshop on Bathymetry and Coastal-Topography Data Management II, Birmingham, UK, July 1999.
Workshop on Research with NEES Tsunami Facility, Corvallis, OR, March 2001.
Workshop on the Development of a Tsunami Scenario Simulation Program, Seattle, WA, September 2002.
First Workshop for an Integrated Tsunami Scenario Simulation, Corvallis, OR, August 2003.
Second Workshop for an Integrated Tsunami Scenario Simulation, San Francisco, CA, October 2004.
The First Edwards Lecture: given by Michael Longuet-Higgins (UC San Diego), February 2005.
Tsunami Reconnaissance Data Preservation Workshop, San Diego Supercomputer Center, San Diego, CA, September 2005.
The Second Edwards Lecture: given by Colin Brown (U. Washington), February 2006.
The International Workshop on Fundamentals of Coastal Effects of Tsunamis, Hilo,Hawaii, December 2006.
The Third Edwards Lecture: given by Chiang C. Mei (MIT), April 2007.
The Fourth Edwards Lecture: given by Jim Smith (U. Colorado), January 2008.
The Fifth Edwards Lecture: given by Robert Guza (Scripps Institute of Oceanography),January 2009.
The Sixth Edwards Lecture: given by Gary Parker (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), February 2010.
The Seventh Edwards Lecture: given by Peter Rhines (University of Washington), April 2011.
Workshop on Tsunami Hydrodynamics in a Large River, Corvallis, OR, August 2011.
Working Group Meeting for PEER’s Role in Tsunami Research at the 2012 PEER Annual Meeting, October 2012.
The Eighth Edwards Lecture: given by Gregory Lawrence (University of British Columbia), March 2013.
The Ninth Edwards Lecture: given by Brian Kirby (Cornell University), January 2014.
International Workshop on Long-Wave Run-up, Catalina Island, CA, August 1990
Tsunami Measurement Workshop, Estes Park, CO, June 1995.
Workshop on Seafloor Deformation Models, Santa Monica, CA, May 1997.
Planning Meeting for International Tsunami Information Database, Seattle, WA, March 1998.
Workshop for Tsunami Research Facilities, Baltimore, May 1998.NEES Awardees Meeting, Corvallis, OR, September 2003.
Planning Meeting for NEESR: Grand Challenge, Seattle, WA, September 2003.
The Third International Workshop on Long-Wave Runup Models, Catalina Island, CA, June 2004.
Tsunami Deposits and their Role in Hazard Mitigation, Seattle, WA, June 2005.
Tsunami Reconnaissance Data Workshop, San Diego, CA, September 2005.
Tsunami Sedimentology Workshop, Friday Harbor, WA, April 2007.
Session Organizer
International Symposium on Waves – Physical and Numerical Modelling, Vancouver,Canada, August 1994.
HAZARD-2000, Tokushima, Japan, May 2000.
NATO-Advanced Research Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, May, 2001.
European Geophysical Society – XXVII General Assembly, Nice, France, March, 2002.
HAZARD-2002, Antalya, Turkey, September 2002.
Long Waves Symposium, Thessaloniki, Greece, August 2003.
HAZARD-2004, Hyderabad, India, December 2004.
DFG-Round Table Discussion in Hannover, Germany, April 2007.
PACON 2007, Honolulu, June 2007.
APAC 2011, Hong Kong, December 2011.
Member
International Team for Survey of Nicaragua Earthquake and Tsunami, September 1992.
International Team for Survey of Flores-Island (Indonesia) Earthquake and Tsunami,December 1992.
Okushiri-Island (Japan) Tsunami Reconnaissance, August 1993.
International Team for Survey of South-Kuril-Island (Russia/Japan) Earthquake and Tsunami, October 1994.
Ad-Hoc Planning Working Group for the NSF Major Research
Equipment Program:
National Earthquake Engineering Simulations, 1997-1999.
JAMSTEC-SOPAC-NSF Research Cruise for the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami,1999.
Working Group on Coastal Engineering within NSF, 2001-2002.
Site Visit Team for the NSF NEES System Integration Project Review at the Universityof Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.
Executive Advisory Board for the NSF NEESGrid System Integration, 2002-2004
International Team for Survey of the 26 December 2004 Great Indian Ocean Tsunami inIndia, January 2005.
EERI delegate for International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan,January 2005.
Study Team for Tsunami Evacuation Building in Cannon Beach, Oregon.
PEER/EERI/GEER Tsunami Field Investigation Team for Tohoku Pacific OceanEarthquake and Tsunami, April 2011.
NSF RAPID/JRAPID Team for Survey of March 11 2011 Tohoku Earthquake andTsunami, June 2011.
Special Tsunami Survey Team to the Exclusion Zone around the Fukushima Dai-IchiNuclear Power Plant, February 2012.
NSF RAPID/JRAPID Team for Survey in Fukushima (North) of March 11 2011 TohokuEarthquake and Tsunami, June 2012.
NSF RAPID/JRAPID Team for Survey in Fukushima (South) of March 11 2011 TohokuEarthquake and Tsunami, August 2012.
Invited Panel MemberEERI-NEES Meeting in San Francisco, January 2001.
Puget Sound Earthquake Hazards Workshop, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory,NOAA, January 2001.
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, International Conference onMarine-Hazards & Opportunities, Chennai, India, July 2006.
FEMA National Exercise Program: Capstone Exercise 2014
National Seminar, Arlington,Virginia, November 2013.
Editor, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, American Society ofCivil Engineers, 1994-1996.
Honorary Theme Editor, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), UNESCO, 1999-2001.
US Delegate Leader, 1996 Tsunami.
Workshop,Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, Russia, August1996.
Leader, International Team for Survey of Chimbote (Peru) Earthquake and Tsunami, March1996.
Head of the U.S. delegates, European Geophysical Society – XXVI General Assembly, Nice,France, March 2001.
Vice President of Natural Hazards Society, 2000–2004
Head of the U.S. delegates, European Geophysical Society – XXVII General Assembly, Nice,France, April 2001.
Head of the U.S. delegates, HAZARDS 2002, Antalya, Turkey, September 2002.
Head of the U.S. delegates, HAZARDS 2004, Hyderabad, India, December 2004.
Consultant for the NSF NEES Tsunami-Basin Equipment Site at Oregon State University,2001–2002.
Leader, EERI Tsunami Survey Team (India) of the Great 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami,January 2005.
ATC-64 Project Management Committee for Development of Design and ConstructionGuidance for Special Facilities for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunami, 2005-2008.
Editor, Journal of Disaster Research, Fuji Technology Press Ltd., 2006 – present.
NRC Committee for Review of NOAA’s Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and theNation’s Tsunami Preparedness, The National Academies, Ocean Studies Board, June2008 – 2010.
Review Committee for Ocean Environment and Technology Research Center at NationalCheng Kung University, Taiwan, September 2008.
NEESComm User Forum Committee, January 2010 – present.
ATC-79 Project Management Committee (second Edition) for Guidelines for Design ofStructures for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunami, 2011-2012.
Member of the GEER Advisory Panel 2013 – present.
Leader, the PEER Tsunami Research Group 2012 – present.
Reviewer
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press
Journal of Geophysical Research, American Geophysical Union
Journal of Disaster Research
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Geophysical Review Letters, American Geophysical UnionEOS, American Geophysical Union
Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union
Natural Hazards, Kluwer Academic Publisher
Natural Hazards Review
Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, American Society of Civil
Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
Wave Motions, North-Holland Publishing Company
Estuaries, Estuarine Research Federation
Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Technology, American Meteorological Society
Pure and Applied Geophysics, Birkhäuser Verlag
Journal of Earthquake Technology, ISET
Earthquake Spectra
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Euro Vis 2011
Euro Vis 2012
IAHR (International Association for Hydro-Environmental Engineering and Research)
Research Proposal Referee for NSF, Sea Grant, and USGS NEHR Program
Book Reviewer, Fluid Vortices, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Book Reviewer, Research Perspectives in Civil Engineering, World Scientific
Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Book Reviewer, Before Tragedy Strikes: The Quest to Predict
Megadisasters, by Florin
Diacu, Princeton University Press, 2007
Book Reviewer, Oregon’s Greatest Natural Disasters, by William L.
Sullivan, Navillus
Press, 2008
NOAA Sea Grant Program
The National Science Foundation
The Israel Science Foundation
Honors and Awards:
Irving and Lucille Smith Scholarship, 1979
Award of Merit, Bechtel Inc., 1979
DPRI Visiting Senior Professor Fellowship, 1997
Japanese Government Research Award for Foreign Specialist, Science and TechnologyAgency, Prime Minister’s Office, 1998
The JSPS Short-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, 1999
OSU Engineering College Research Award, 2008
The JSPS Short-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, 2008
The JSPS Long-Term Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan, 2011–2012
|
