Speech title
Unexpected and Hidden Coastal and Oceanic Hazards
Speaker
Chin H. Wu Ph.D.
Present positions
  • ​Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Professor, Geological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Professor, Freshwater and Marine Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Professor, Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Education
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MS, National Taiwan University
  • BS, National Taiwan University
Specialty
Coastal processes, engineering, resilience, sustainability, Environmental & ecological fluid mechanics/hydraulics, Restoration and rehabilitation of aquatic systems (river/stream, lake, and wetland)
Awards, Honors and Societies
  1. Water Safety Lifetime Achievement Award, Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium, 2021
  2. Polygon Outstanding Instructor Award - UW-Madison College of Engineering, 2001-2006, 2008-2009, 2011-2013, 2015
  3. Long-term Fellow Award, CILER, NOAA, 2012-2014
  4. Citizen of the Year 2012, Yahara Lakes Association - INFOS Yahara
  5. University Housing Honored Instructors Award, 2010
  6. James G. Woodburn Award for Excellence in Teaching, UW-Madison College of Engineering, 2007
  7. Class of 1955 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
  8. Chi Epsilon James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Awards for the North Central District, 2003-2004
  9. ASCE Student Chapter CEE Outstanding Professor of the Year, 2001-2004
  10. Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1999
  11. Arthur T. Ippen Fellowship, M.I.T, 1998
  12. Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, 1991
  13. University Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduate Students at National Taiwan University, 1985-1989
  14. International Association of Great Lakes
  15. American Physical Society
  16. American Geophysical Union
  17. American Society of Civil Engineers, Fluid Committees