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Appendix B: Biographical Information: Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects
Pages 41-46

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... Clough was the president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. His technical interests lie primarily in geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, and heavy construction, particularly underground construction.
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From page 42...
... Much of his early work involved developing and applying numerical methods such as the finite element method. He has also worked on reliability methods for geotechnical applications, soil dynamics, and earthquake engineering on a broad range of civil engineering projects.
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... He has also worked on design of highway and airfield pavements. This includes establishing design parameters for subgrades and base courses, as well as required pavement thicknesses for Portland cement concrete and asphaltic concrete surface courses.
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... He has chaired or served on several NRC committees, most recently as a member of the NRC committee that issued the report, "Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and the Northern Gulf of Mexico." Dr. Moreau serves as chairman of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, the state's regulatory commission for water quality, air quality, and water allocation.
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From page 45...
... His fields of interest include coastal and estuarine circulation modeling and monitoring; turbulent transport and modeling; sediment transport and water quality dynamics and modeling; light attenuation processes; seagrass dynamics and modeling; atmospheric boundary layer dynamics; tornado dynamics; dispersion and deposition processes and modeling; storm surge and coastal flooding modeling and monitoring; and, integrated modeling for ecosystem restoration and coastal hazard mitigation.
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... Dr. Jacobs's research interests include policy and organizational arrangements for water resources management and the use of scientific information in water resources decision making.
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  • earthquake engineering
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  • meteorology research
  • deep excavations
  • mississippi river
  • research centre
  • southeast asia

  • ocean circulation
  • management issues
  • underground construction
  • resources management
  • resources planning

  • river basin
  • services corporation
  • georgia institute
  • red tide
  • ground deformation

  • seagrass dynamics
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  • energy distribution
  • samueli school


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