Education/Professional Qualifications/Honor

  • 1) BEng, Taiwan Provincial Cheng Kung University, Tainan (June 1966; Hydraulic Eng.)
  • 2) MEng, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok (April 1971; Water Resources Eng.)
  • 3) PhD, University of Western Australia, Perth (June 1980; Civil Engineering: Coastal Eng.)
  • 4) Certified Civil Engineer, Taiwan, Republic of China (Since 1982)
  • 5) Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers (Engineering, within top 251). (Jan. 2003)

International Editorial-ship

  • 1) Board of Advisory Editors, Coastal Engineering, Elsevier (1996–2013)
  • 2) Editorial Board, Coastal Engineering Journal, Japan Society of Civil Engineers/Singapore: World Scientific (1997–2013)
  • 3) Guest editors (J.R.C. Hsu & A.H.F. Klein) – Special Issue on “Hydrodynamics and Applications of Headland-Bay Beaches”, Coastal Engineering, v. 75 (2), 2010, 74–240.

Reference Books

  • 1) Silvester, R., Hsu, J.R.C. (1993). Coastal Stabilization: Innovative Concepts. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 578 pp.
  • 2) Silvester, R., Hsu, J.R.C. (1997). Coastal Stabilization. World Scientific, Singapore, 578 pp. (Reprint of Silvester and Hsu, 1993)
  • 3) Hsu, J.R.C., Lee, J.L., Klein, A.H.F., González, M., Medina, R. (2021). Headland-Bay Beaches: Static Equilibrium Concepts for Shoreline Management. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, v. 53, World Scientific, Singapore, 786 pp.

Dr. Jeong is also an emeritus professor of environmental sociology at Jeju National University in Korea. He received BA and MA degree in sociology from Korea University in Korea, and Ph.D in environmental sociology from University of Queensland in Australia.

He was a professor of sociology at Jeju National University in Korea from 1981 to February 2012, and served as teaching professor at University of Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2000, the president of Asia-Pacific Sociological Association from 2002 to 2004, , and a delegate of South Korean Government to UNFCCC from 2003 to 2004. He published 13 books including Environmental Sociology.

Educational Background

  • 1) B.Eng., Hokkaido University (1996; Fish. Sci.)
  • 2) M.Eng., Hokkaido University (1998; Environ. Earth Sci.)
  • 3) Ph.D., Hokkaido University (2004; Environ. Earth Sci.)

Awards

  • 1) Award for outstanding contributors, Atomic Energy Society of Japan (March 2007)
  • 2) Outstanding paper award, Atomic Energy Society of Japan (September 2010)
  • 3) Environmental Science & Technology first runner-up best paper in the Environmental Science category for 2014, American Chemical Society (April 2015)
  • 4) The 2019 Hidaka Outstanding-Publication Award, The Oceanographic Society of Japan (April 2019)

Over 30 years’of research experience on coastal numerical modeling, beach morphodynamics, flooding risk in coastal areas induced by tsunamis and storm surge, wave propagation modeling, including wind waves, tsunamis, and tide propagation, and integrated coastal zone management.

He has been the main researcher in projects funded by European Union, Spanish CICYT, as well as by several Spanish and international public administrations (State Ports Authority, Directorate General for Coasts, Ministries of Environment, etc.). He has wide experience in working on coastal engineering and management worldwide including Caribbean Region with more than 180 projects in the last 15 years.

Educational Background

  • 1) B.Eng., Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia (1986; Civil Eng.)
  • 2) M.Eng., Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia (1987; Civil Eng.)
  • 3) M.Eng., Universidad de Cantabria, Spain (1992; Coastal and Ocean Eng.)
  • 4) Ph.D., Universidad de Cantabria, Spain (1995; Civil Eng.)

Dr. Sutat Weesakul is a Director of Hydro–Informatics Institute (HII), under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) Thailand, and the founder of the ASEAN Hydroinformatics Data Centre (AHC).

Dr. Weesakul is an expert in hydraulic and coastal engineering and has over 35 years of research and teaching experience. He has been involved with many international projects in collaboration with private sectors and government agencies to enhance the use of Science, Technology and Innovation for sustainable water resources management in Thailand.

Educational Background

  • 1) B.Eng., Chulalongkorn University (1980; Civil Eng.)
  • 2) M.Eng., Asian Institute of Technology (1982; Hydraulic/Coastal Eng.)
  • 3) Ph.D., Asian Institute of Technology (1987; Hydraulic/Coastal Eng.)

Educational Background

  • 1) B.Eng., Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) (2002; Civil Eng.)
  • 2) M.Eng., Hiroshima University (2010; Development Science)
  • 3) Ph.D., Kyoto University (2017; Civil and Earth Resources Eng.)

Reference Books

  • 1) Adi Prasetyo, (2018). Mitigation of the Tsunami Disaster: a Reconstruction of the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami Event. KemenPUPR.
  • 2) J Zulfan, N Slamet, A Prasetyo., (2017) River Sedimentation. Chapter: The Development of Sediment Control Structure for Dam Sedimentation Countermeasure Approach. CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group.

Educational Background

  • 1) B.Sci., Hanyang University (1988; Earth and Marine Sci.)
  • 2) M.Sci., Hanyang University (1990; Earth and Marine Sci.)
  • 3) Ph.D., Hanyang University (1988; Earth and Marine Sci.)

Awards

  • 1) Award for outstanding performance, International Atomic Energy Agency (March 2001)
  • 2) Award for commemorating the awarding to the IAEA of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005
  • 3) Award for outstanding performance, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (January 2012)
  • 4) Award for outstanding contributor, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (November 2016)