Richard Miksad

Bio

Dr. Miksad is Dean Emeritus of the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Virginia. He holds the Thomas M. Linville Endowed Professorship, and he is currently Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering. He served as Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1994 to 2004. He was on the faculty of the College of Engineering of the University of Texas at Austin from 1974 to 1994, where he held positions as Chair of the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department, and Associate Dean for Research. Prior to that he taught at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London England, and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Dr. Miksad is the author, or co-author, of over 100 research publications. Dr. Miksad has conducted research in the areas of hydrodynamic stability, nonlinear dynamics of transition to turbulence, wave forces on offshore structures, and the atmospheric and oceanic transport of pollutants His current research is focused on paleo-hydrological engineering studies of Inca heritage sites in Peru.