Experience

Education

PhD 1999 Cornell University

MS 1994 Cornell University

BS 1991 National Taiwan University

Professional Experience

9/2011-present: Professor, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University

9/2015-present: Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University

6/2025-8/2025 and 10/2009-8/2010: Visiting Professor, Coastal Disaster Research Laboratory, DPRI, Kyoto University, Japan

1/2023-8/2023: Visiting Professor, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

6/2009-10/2009: Visiting Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

9/2005-8/2011: Associate Professor, Zachry 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

Honors

College of Engineering Excellence Award for Teaching (2022) from Texas A&M University

Dick and Joyce Birdwell Award for Teaching Excellence (2016) from Texas A&M University

Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award (2012) from Texas A&M University

Invitation Fellowship Award (2009–2010) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Zachry Award for Excellence in Teaching (2008–2009) from Texas A&M University

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

Professional Affiliations and Services

Associate Editor, Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Associate Editor, Coastal Engineering Journal 

Editorial Board Member, Applied Ocean Research

Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers

Professional Engineer, State of Texas

Reviewer for The Following Journals:

Applied Ocean Research

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Coastal Engineering

Coastal Engineering Journal

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Experiments in Fluids

Flow

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Geophysical Research Letters

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

IEEE Sensors Journal

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering 

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Journal of Geophysical Research

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Journal of Hydro-environmental Research

Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering

Journal of Ship Research

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Measurement Science and Technology

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Ocean Engineering

Physics of Fluids

Review of Scientific Instruments

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 

Water Resources Research