James Kirby Jr.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

• 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.

Web Site:
http://chinacat.coastal.udel.edu/~kirby

Titles:
Edward C. Davis Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment

UDaily Articles:
Talk on Tsunamis Tuesday in Wilmington
CBS crew learns about rip currents

Keywords:
beach erosion, beaches, engineering, environmental, interaction, ocean, oil spills, resuspension, rip currents, sediment-transport, stratified-flow, surf zone, tsunamis, wave-current, waves