PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 9/2005 - Present: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

• 5/2003-8/2003: Visiting Researcher, Department of Fluid Science, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan

• 1/2000-8/2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

• 9/1998-12/1999: Post-Doctoral Associate, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

• 8/1991-8/1998: Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICES

• Associate Editor, Journal of Engineering Mechanics

• Registered Professional Engineer (Texas)

• Member of American Society of Civil Engineers, American Geophysical Union, Association of Coastal Engineers

• Reviewer for Applied Ocean Research, Coastal Engineering, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Experiments in Fluids, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, Geophysical Research Letters, IEEE Sensors Journal, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Measurement Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering, Physics of Fluids, and Review of Scientific Instruments.

• Reviewer for National Science Foundation, NOAA - Sea Grant

HONORS

• VSJ SGI Award for Excellent Visualized Image (2001) from Visualization Society of Japan (sponsored by Silicon Graphics, Inc.)

• Graduate student Yonguk Ryu (Ph.D. 2006) received the 2006 Best Student Paper Award from International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers