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Prof Chiang C. MEI
Donald and Martha Harleman Chair, Civil & Environmental
Engineering, MIT
Member of US Academy of Engineering
Academician, Academia Sinica, Republic of China
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Prof. Chiang C. Mei
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building 1, Room 346
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA, 01239
USA
Tel: +1 617 2532994
Fax: +1 617 2536300
E-mail: ccmei@mit.edu
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His fields of research includes: Wave Hydrodynamics; Fluid-Structure
interactions; Dynamic Poro-Elasticity; ElasticWaves; Seabed Mechanics;
Earthquake Engineering; Mud flows, Land Subsidence; Soil vapor extraction
and air sparging.
Aside from journal publications, he is the author of two books (i) Applied
Dynamics of Ocean Surface Waves, Wiley , 1983, World Scientific, 1989,.
and (ii) Methods of Analysis in Engineering , Cambridge University Press.,
1993,and a chapter on "Wave-Seabed Interactions" in The Sea
- Ocean Engineering Science , Wiley Interscience, 1990.
His past and current professional services include: Member of Editorial
Board of (i) International Journal of Coastal Engineering, (ii) International
Journal of Applied Ocean Research., (iii) Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics,
(iii) Ocean Space Utilization '85, Vol.1, Nihon University, Japan, (iv)
Journal of Hydrodynamics, Beijing, China.; (vi) Wave Motion and (vii)
Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
His awards include (i) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
Sciences, University of Miami (1987), (ii) Moffatt-Nichols Harbors &
Coastal Engineering Award, ASCE (1992), and (iii) International Coastal
Engineering Award, ASCE (1993.) .
He has served as a Member of : (i) Coastal Engineering Research Board,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and (ii) Collegio di Esperti di Livello
Internazionale, Ministry of Public Works, Italy for reviewing the Environmental
Impact Statement by ConsorzioVenezia Nuova
