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Experts
Jim Kirby
Edward C. Davis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor
College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
Areas of Expertise
- Studies the ways the ocean moves.
- Research focuses on ocean waves, beaches, currents, beach erosion and sediment transport.
- Can authoritatively discuss tsunamis and was featured in various media outlets after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
- Recipient of the Walter Huber Research Prize awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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