An Interview with Nicholas C. Kraus
Abstract
I first began working with Nick Kraus in 1984 at the Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC, now the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, CHL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Nick was hired by Dr. Robert Whalin, former director of CERC, and moved to Vicksburg from Japan where he had worked with the Nearshore Environment Research Center in Tokyo. If you have ever worked with Nick, you know that his vision (usually 1-5 years ahead of everyone else), energy, enthusiasm, and contagious can-do attitude pervade every project he works on, and touch every person involved. His career at CERC began with a series of sediment transport field experiments at Duck, NC, and other sites (1984- 1990), continued with further development of the widely-applied GENESIS shoreline change model and SBEACH dune erosion model, and extends to the present-day in his work as leader of the Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP, 1997-present). In addition to leading the CIRP, Nick typically works on his own research studies plus three or four applied research projects in support of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers District offices. One colleague commented, You can send Nick an email any hour of the day or night, and he responds back with an answer within 5 minutes!
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA602767
Entities
People
- Julie Dean Rosati
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center