Nearshore scientist, coastal engineer, research associate at Oregon State University.
Studied engineering at Caltech and then moved to study ocean engineering at UCSB. Did a brief postdoctoral stint at WHOI in nearshore processes, including the Nearshore Canyon Experiment at Torrey Pines Beach in 2003. Started shortly after that at OSU as a research associate. Have been studying physical models of waves and the coast ever since at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory. Academic interests revolve around this work with researchers from all over the world.
Created Santa Barbara Surfing back as a UCSB graduate student. It is now at its own domain.
Love mountain biking in the local forests around Corvallis, hanging out with my wife and three birds, and going out to great restaurants.
- Other places you can find me online, some more interesting than others, most more interesting than me:
- Work related:
- O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory
- Oregon State University (faculty | personal)
- NEEShub
- NI Community
- Fun related:
- alt.surfing "Close Encounters" page
- OregonSurf.com board
- MTBR forum
- Santa Barbara Surfing
- Tech related:
- Inside Mac Games forum
- Slashdot
- About.Me
- National Geographic
- Yelp
- YouTube
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