{"id":65828,"date":"2017-09-19T14:49:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T00:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=65828"},"modified":"2020-01-13T14:16:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T00:16:59","slug":"tsunami-expert-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/19\/tsunami-expert-honored\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunami expert honored for excellence in teaching, research and service"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_65854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65854\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-engineering-ian-robertson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"304\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-engineering-ian-robertson.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-engineering-ian-robertson-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Robertson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.hawaii.edu\/\">College of Engineering<\/a> Professor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cee.hawaii.edu\/faculty-staff-main\/2-faculty\/robertson\/\">Ian Robertson<\/a><\/strong> has been selected as the inaugural Arthur N.L. Chiu Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The endowment is in the memory of Chiu, a legendary leader in the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> engineering community. He began his lifelong service to the engineering community in 1953 as an instructor at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and went on to serve in multiple leadership positions at the university.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em>Malamalama<\/em> story:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/malamalama\/2006\/01\/f7_chiu.html\"><\/strong> <em>Engineering Legacy: Students honor a tough professor<\/em><\/a>, January 2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Robertson, recognized nationally for his contributions to tsunami design, is also a leader in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s engineering community for his expertise in hazard mitigation and structural engineering solutions. Like Chiu, he is known for excellence in teaching, research and service.<\/p>\n<p>In his 25 years at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, Robertson has received seven teaching awards; advised more than 85 graduate students; published more than 130 chapters, journal articles and conference proceedings; made more than 160 research presentations around the world and served on the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Earthquake and Tsunami Advisory Committee and the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Wind Impacts Advisory Committee. Those committees advise the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Emergency Management Agency on hazard mitigation and preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson&#8217;s recent research has focused on tsunami loading on coastal structures, and the structural design required to resist those loads. He led a large <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a> funded research project to study tsunami loading using laboratory flumes at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/\">Oregon State University<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A prolific scholar, a passionate educator and a creative practicing engineer, Ian has been sought after by students and highly respected by his peers and the local community,&rdquo; said College of Engineering Interim Associate Dean <strong>David T. Ma<\/strong>. &ldquo;It is very fitting that he has received the first Chiu Distinguished Professorship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>More about Robertson<\/h2>\n<p>His early research focused on earthquake resistance of flat-slab reinforced concrete buildings, which are ubiquitous in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. He was in charge of the design and construction of a wind-borne debris cannon for testing windows, doors and exterior wall systems for hurricane blown debris. This project resulted in simplified specifications for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> safe-rooms to resist hurricane winds and debris loads and recognition by the <a href=\"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/hiema\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Civil Defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson has also performed post-tsunami surveys of damage after the Samoa (2009), Chile (2010) and Japan (2011) tsunami. These research efforts were instrumental in the development of the first United States tsunami design provisions, which will be included in the <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.iccsafe.org\/2018-international-building-coder.html\">2018 International Building Code<\/a>. He was recognized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enr.com\/\">Engineering News Record<\/a> as one of the Top 25 Newsmakers of 2016 as a result of this contribution.<\/p>\n<p>He has also served as president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seaoh.org\/\">Structural Engineers&#8217; Association of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> in 2008, and has served on numerous national technical committees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa professor Ian Robertson has been selected as the inaugural Arthur N.L. 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