EDUCATION Ph.D. 1981 School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University M.S. 1978 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia B.S. 1974 Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University ACADEMIC POSITIONS Dean, 2009-, School of Engineering, University of Mississippi. Professor and Chair, 2001-2009, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Mississippi. Professor, 1993-2001, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware. Associate Professor, 1985-93, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware. Assistant Professor, 1982-85, Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University. Acting Assistant Professor, 1981-82, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University. OTHER APPOINTMENTS Board of Directors, Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, UK, 2005- Fellow, Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, UK, 2001- Adjunct Professor, Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, UK, 2005- Honorary Professor, Department of Engineering, Kings College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 2001- Consulting Professor, Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering, Wuhan, China, 1997-2001. National Science Council Visiting Researcher, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998-99. (Sabbatical) Visiting Scientist, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, UK, 1991. (Sabbatical)