Hans Burcharth, a professor emeritus in the Civil Engineering Department at Aalborg University received the 2009 International Coastal Engineering Award on June 15. The presentation was made during the Fourth International Short Conference on Applied Coastal Research in Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Burcharth recently retired from Aalborg University in Denmark where he was in charge of the Hydraulics and Coastal Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Civil Engineering. He also serves as Advisory Professor at East China Technical University of Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, China. In addition, he performs consulting activities related to port and coastal engineering projects in Denmark as well as in a number of countries worldwide. He has been knighted with the distinguished Royal Danish Order of the Dannebrog. He is an expert in breakwater design, and has been recognized with an Honorary Doctorate from Ghent University, Belgium as an appreciation of his unique research within the areas of port engineering and coastal protection.
Burcharth’s professional experience and interests fall within the areas of hydrodynamics and hydraulics; breakwater, quay, jetty and coastal protection structures; offshore structures such as oilrigs and marine pipelines; material science (wood, concrete, rock); environmental engineering related to ground water, coastal zones, rivers and lakes; hydraulic structures such as high dams, canals, locks; and conventional civil engineering structures. He has been involved in an impressive number of special international assignments and other assignments at a national as well as international level. His list of scientific papers and publications is similarly impressive (234 publications). In addition, he has served as the editor of the Elsevier journal Coastal Engineering for many years.
The SCACR is intended to provide participants with information on the latest developments from both scientific and engineering perspectives in coastal and port engineering and to exchange views with users and stake holders of the coastal zone. The conference consists of both keynote lectures and technical paper presentations.
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| Marcel Stive, left, of the Coastal Engineering Research Council, presents the 2009 International Coastal Engineering Research Award to Hans Burcharth, a professor emeritus at Denmark's Aalborg University. |
