Current OTRC Principal Investigators

Texas A&M University Research Park Campus
Charles Aubeny, Associate Professor Geotechnical Engineering	Email: caubeny@civil.tamu.edu Phone: 979-845-4478
Research Interests: Soil Modeling, numerical methods, in situ testing, deep foundations, and dams and levees.	Webpage: http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/caubeny
Kuang-an Chang, Associate Professor Coastal & Ocean Engineering	Email: kchang@civil.tamu.edu Phone: 979-845-4504
Research Interests: Wave breaking processes; wave-structure interactions; sediment dynamics; environmental fluid mechanics; non-intrusive quantitative measurement techniques.	Webpage: http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/kchang
Hamn-Ching Chen, Professor Coastal & Ocean Engineering	Email: hcchen@civil.tamu.edu Phone: 979-847-9468
Research Interests: Turbulence modeling; computational ship and submarine hydrodynamics; nonlinear wave/body/wake interactions; unsteady three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations.	Webpage: http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/hchen
Moo-Hyun Kim, Professor Coastal & Ocean Engineering	Email: m-hkim3@tamu.edu Phone: 979-847-8710
Research Interests: Nonlinear dynamics of offshore platforms; wave mechanics and free-surface flows; nonlinear stochastic analysis; computational fluid dynamics; hydroelasticity; floating breakwaters; beach erosion.	Webpage: http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/mhkim/
Robert Randall, Professor Director: Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory Coastal & Ocean Engineering	E-Mail: r-randall@tamu.edu Phone: 979-845-4568
Research Interests: Ocean engineering; offshore and experimental measurements; dredging and open water disposal; fluid mechanics, underwater life support and diving technology, undersea acoustics, diffusion processes.	Webpage: http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/rrandall
Jun Zhang, Professor & Division Head Coastal & Ocean Engineering	Email: jzhang@civil.tamu.edu Phone: 979-845-2168
Research Interests: Wave dynamics; ocean engineering; oceanography; remote sensing of ocean surface; nonlinear dynamics.	Webpage: http://ceprofs.civil.tamu.edu/jzhang/
University of Texas at Austin Campus
Robert Gilbert, Professor Civil Engineering	Email: bob_gilbert@mail.utexas.edu Phone: 512-232-3688
Research Interests: Performance reliability and risk management for geotechnical and geoenvironmental systems; waste containment; site remediation; slope stability; offshore foundations	Webpage: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/profile.cfm?profilePK=87
Lance Manuel, Associate Professor Civil Engineering	Email: lmanuel@mail.utexas.edu Phone: 512-232-5691
Research Interests: Structural reliability; structural dynamics and random vibrations; probabilistic methods; analysis of fixed and floating offshore structures to random loading; probabilistic seismic hazard and risk analyses for structures and lifelines	Webpage: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/profile.cfm?profilePK=112
John Tassoulas, Professor Civil Engineering	Email: yannis@mail.utexas.edu Phone: 512-471-4553
Research Interests: Structural mechanics; constitutive equations of materials; wave propagation; numerical analysis	Webpage: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/profile.cfm?profilePK=126