33 Alumni since 2003
 
 
 
 

Lisa Andes

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / June 2007

Advisor: H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller
Research: "Wave propagation processes at the Mouth of the Columbia River"  

Most Recent Employment: Sea Engineering, Santa Cruz, CA

 
 
 
 

Steven Beadle

Degree:
M.Eng. / June 2006
Advisor: Merrick Haller

Most Recent Employment: Washington State Ferries, Seattle, WA

 
 
 
 

Charles Bisgard

Degree:
M.S. / Dec 2005
Advisor: Dan Cox
Research: "Breaking and non-breaking solitary wave impact pressures on a cylinder over a 3-D bathymetry"

Most Recent Employment: Ocean Facilities Program, US Navy Civil Eng. Corps

 
 
 
 

Chris Bradner

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / Dec 2008
Advisor: Dan Cox
Research: "Large-Scale Laboratory Observations of Wave Forces on a Highway Bridge"

Most Recent Employment: Carderock, MD

 
 
 
 

Patricio Catalan

Degrees:
M.Oc.E., June 2005, Ph.D., Dec 2008

Advisor: Merrick Haller
Research: M.Oc.E., "Hybrid Approach to Estimating Nearshore Bathymetry Using Remote Sensing"; Ph.D., "Microwave scattering from surf zone waves"

Most Recent Employment:
Assistant Professor, Departmento de Obras Civiles,
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaiso, Chile

 
 
 

Brandon Cox

Degree:
M.Eng. / Dec 2006
Advisor: Harry Yeh

Most Recent Employment: Ocean Facilities Program, US Navy Civil Eng. Corps

 
 
 

Eileen Crawford

Degree:
M.S. / June 2005
Advisor: Daniel Cox
Research: "Making Waves in Outreach and Education Using the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory"

Most Recent Employment: U.S. Navy flight school, NAS Pensacola, FL

 
 
 
 

Matt Dalon

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / June 2007

Advisor: Merrick Haller
Research: "Analysis of Rip Current Embayments on the Oregon Coast"

Most Recent Employment: Ocean and Coastal Consultants, Gibbsboro, NJ

 
 
 
 

Joel Darnell

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / June 2004
Advisor: Daniel Cox
Research: "Predicting Extreme Water Levels in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico"

Most Recent Employment: HDR, Seattle, WA

 
 
 
 

Grady Donathan

Degree:
M.S. / Dec 2008
Advisor: Dan Cox
Research: "Small Boat Wake Analysis on Lake Oswego, Oregon"

Most Recent Employment: Ocean Facilities Program, US Navy Civil Eng. Corps

 
 
 
 

David Elwood

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / Sept. 2008

Advisor: Solomon Yim
Research: "Evaluation of the Performance of a Taut-Moored Dual-Body Direct-Drive Wave Energy Converter through Numerical Modeling and Physical Testing"

Most Recent Employment: Marine Engineer, Devine Tarbell and Associates, Bellingham, WA delwood@DevineTarbell.com

 
 
 
 

Song Gao

Degree:
M.Eng. / Dec 2008
Advisor: Merrick Haller

Most Recent Employment: Bureau Veritas, Houston, TX

 
 
 
 

Dan Garcia

Degree:
M.S. / August 2003
Advisor: Merrick Haller
Research: "Effects of Natural and Artificial Reefs at Beverly Beach, OR"

Most Recent Employment: BNP Paribas international finance group

 
 
 
 

Greg Garnett

Degree:
M.Eng. / December 2007
Advisor: Solomon Yim

Most Recent Employment: Ocean Operations Division Director, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Command, Port Hueneme, CA.

 
 
 
 

Greg Guannel

Degree:
Ph.D. / Dec 2009

Advisor: H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller
Research: "Observations of cross-shore sediment transport and formulation of the undertow"

Most Recent Employment:

 
 
 
 

Phillip Hamrock

Degree:
M.Eng. / Dec. 2008
Advisor: Merrick Haller

Most Recent Employment: Ocean Facilities Program, US Navy Civil Eng. Corps

 
 
 
 

Jason Heering

Degree:
M.S. / June 2008
Advisor: Solomon Yim
Research: "Hurricane Force Analysis and Financial Comparison of Navigation Timber Piles and Composite Pile Replacements"

Most Recent Employment: U.S. Coast Guard

 
 
 
 

Shingo Ichikawa

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / Dec. 2005
Advisor: Daniel Cox
Research: "Laboratory Observations of Tsunami Runup on a Complex 3D Bathymetry using PIV"

Most Recent Employment:
Alpha Hydraulics Eng. Consultants Co. Ltd, Sapporo, Japan

 
 
 
 

Mike Krawczyk

Degree:
M.Eng. / Dec. 2006
Advisor: Harry Yeh

Most Recent Employment: Ocean Facilities Program, US Navy Civil Eng. Corps

 
 
 
 

John-David Lentine, LT

Degree:
M.S. / June 2006
Advisor: Merrick Haller
Research: "Nearshore Applications of Marine Radar"

Most Recent Employment: Civil Engineering Unit, U.S. Coast Guard, Miami, FL.

 
 
 
 

Jamie Lescinski

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / December 2004
Advisor: Tuba Ozkan-Haller
Research: "Nearshore hydrodynamic model comparison and prediction of bathymetric evolution"

Most Recent Employment: WR | Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands

 
 
 
 

Joe Long

Degrees:
M.Oc.E., June 2005, Ph.D., June 2009

Advisor: Tuba Ozkan-Haller
Research: M.Oc.E., "Offshore controls on nearshore circulation", Ph.D. Wave group forced vorticies

Most Recent Employment: USGS, St. Petersburg, FL

 
 
 
 

Daniel Lutz

Degree:
M.S. / December 2008
Advisor: Merrick Haller
Research: "Design and construction of a real-time ocean mooring at Strawberry Hill"

Most Recent Employment: Executive Officer, Underwater Construction Team ONE, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Ocean Facilities Program, US Navy, Virginia Beach, VA.

 
 
 
 

Jason Magalen

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / June 2006
Advisor: Merrick Haller
Research: "A Laboratory Experiment on Sandbar Migration with Comparisons to Recent Models"

Most Recent Employment:
Hydraulic Eng., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District

 
 
 
 

Dave Michalsen

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / September 2004
Advisor: Merrick Haller
Research: "An Investigation on the Modeling of Wave Field Transformation and Shoreline Morphology Near Steep Bathymetric Features"

Most Recent Employment:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, WA

 
 
 
 

Javier Moncada

Degree:
M.Eng. / June 2007
Advisor: Harry Yeh

Most Recent Employment: BERGER/ABAM Engineers Inc., Portland, OR

 
 
 
 

Neil Orlich, LT

Degree:
M.Eng. / June 2006
Advisor: Merrick Haller

Most Recent Employment:
Ocean Design Team, Civil Engineering Unit, U.S. Coast Guard, Cleveland, OH

 
 
 
 

Chris Renedo

Degree:
M.S./ June 2005
Advisor: Harry Yeh
Research: "Evolution of Two Large-Scale Tsunami Simulations"

Most Recent Employment:
TJ Cross Engineers, Inc., Bakersfield, CA

 
 
 
 

Brady Richmond

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / June 2005
Advisor: Daniel Cox
Research: "Design and Implementation of a Physical Model for Keystone Harbor, WA"

Most Recent Employment:
Coastal Frontiers Corporation, Chatsworth, CA

 
 
 
 

Chris Scott

Degree:
M.Oc.E. / June, 2005
Advisor: Daniel Cox
Research: "Large-Scale Laboratory Observationsof Wave Breaking Turbulence on a Fixed Barred Beach"

Most Recent Employment: Coastal Frontiers Corporation, Chatsworth, CA

 
 
 
 

Sungwon Shin

Degree:
Ph.D. / December 2005
Advisor: Daniel Cox
Research: "Laboratory Observations and Numerical Modeling of Inner Surf and Swash Zone Hydrodynamics on a Steep Slope"

Most Recent Employment:
O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, OSU

 
 
 
 

Irene Watts

Degree:
M.S. / September 2008
Advisor: Solomon Yim / Annette von Jouanne (Elec. Eng.)
Research: "Ocean Instrumentation for Wave Energy Research"

Most Recent Employment: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District

 
 
 
 

Edward Wieland

Degree:
M.S. / June 2003
Advisor: Merrick Haller
Research: "Assessment of Wave Conditions and Mooring Improvement
Design at Coast Guard Station Neah Bay, WA"

Most Recent Employment:
Civil Engineering Unit, U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska

 
 
 
 

Wenbin Zhang

Degree: M.Oc.E. / June 2009
Advisor: Solomon Yim
Research: "An Experimental Study and a 3D Numerical Wave Basin Model of Solitary Wave Loads on a Cylindrical Structure"

Most Recent Employment: Bureau Veritas, Houston, TX