Conference Session

Hurricane Katrina

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Chen, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Highway Administration. Dr. Chen is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and a member of ASEE, ASCE, AGU, and ACE. Page 11.60.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Lesson from Hurricane Katrina: Meeting the Need for Coastal Engineering Education and Research in the Gulf Coast RegionAbstractOne of the important lessons from Hurricane Katrina (2005) is the pressing need for coastalengineering research and education along the Gulf Coast. There are 21 universities offeringgraduate programs in coastal engineering nationwide. However, most of the coastal engineeringprograms are located on the East and West