Robert M. Sorensen Professor - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Fritz Engineering Laboratory Lehigh University 13 East Packer Avenue Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 Phone: (610) 758-3556 Email: rms2@lehigh.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of California- Berkeley, 1966
• M.S. Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, 1962
• B.S. Civil Engineering, Newark College of Engineering, 1960

• Wave Mechanics
• Coastal engineering
• Hydraulic engineering
• Fluid mechanics and hydrodynamics

• Wave-structure interaction
• Coastal zone hydromechanics
• Functional/structural design of coastal structures
• Shore stabilization

• Engineer-of-the-Year, U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (1978)
• Sea Grant Commendation, Texas A & M University (1972)
• Robert Ridgeway Award, ASCE (1960)

• American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Association of Coastal Engineers
• Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses

• Government of Barbados - Advisor on coastal development project (1991 to date)
• Technical S.p.A - analysis of proposed control works to decrease flooding in Venice, Italy
• Registered Professional Engineer (No. 28913, Texas)
• U.S. Patent No. 3,662,842 - Immiscible Liquid Separating Apparatus
• Board of Directors-American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
• Organization of American States - Consultant on Caribbean Disaster Mitigation Project
• United Nations - Consultant to Central Water and Power Research Station, Poona, India
• Consultant and expert witness on coastal engineering to several private consultants and government agencies

• Textbook On Basic Wave Mechanics: For Coastal and Ocean Engineers, John Wiley and Sons Publishers, New York, (1993)
• Basic Coastal Engineering, Chapman and Hall Publishers, New York (1997) - textbook on Coastal Engineering
• "Development of a Sediment Budget for the West and Southwest Coasts of Barbados" Proceedings, Coastal Sediments '99 Conference, Long Island, NY (June 1999)
• "Beach Nourishment and Submerged-Crest Breakwaters" Proceedings, 26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Copenhagen (June 1998)
• "Coastal Engineering Activities to Improve the Beaches of Barbasos", Fourth International Conference on Port and Coastal Engineering in Developing Countries, Rio de Janeiro, (Sept. 1995)
• "Submerged-Crest Breakwater Design" Proceedings, Coastal Structures and Breakwaters Conference '95, London, (April 1995)
• "Harbor-Hydrodynamics" Chapter 27, Coastal Engineering Manual, U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center, (1994)