RISE 2019 Conference
Transforming University Engagement In Pre- and Post-Disaster Environments: Lessons from Puerto Rico
Rick Luettich
Professor and Director
Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Rick Luettich is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Marine Sciences and Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he also directs the Institute of Marine Sciences and the Center for Natural Hazards Resilience.
His research addresses modeling and observational studies of circulation and transport in complex coastal systems. He is a principal developer of the ADCIRC circulation and storm surge model that is widely used by the academic, government and private sectors for coastal flood hazard assessments, mitigation design, event-based forensics and forecasting. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers and led over $50 million dollars in extramurally funded research.
He is actively engaged in the coastal science and coastal resilience communities, serving as the lead PI of the Department of Homeland Security’s Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence since 2008; the lead PI of the NOAA Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed from 2010-2018; a member of three recent National Academies study committees on coastal issues (chairing the 2013-14 committee on Coastal Risk Reduction); a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East from 2012-2019; and a member of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System’s (MARACOOS) Board of Directors since 2018.
Rick has an undergraduate and master’s degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech and a doctor of science in civil engineering from MIT.
He is actively engaged in the coastal science and coastal resilience communities, serving as the lead PI of the Department of Homeland Security’s Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence since 2008; the lead PI of the NOAA Coastal and Ocean Modeling Testbed from 2010-2018; a member of three recent National Academies study committees on coastal issues (chairing the 2013-14 committee on Coastal Risk Reduction); a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East from 2012-2019; and a member of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System’s (MARACOOS) Board of Directors since 2018.
Rick has an undergraduate and master’s degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech and a doctor of science in civil engineering from MIT.