Keynote Speakers
Dr. Thomas Wakeman
Deputy Director, DHS National of Center of Excellence for Port Security (Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce)
Deputy Director, Center for Maritime Systems
Research Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey
Dr. Thomas Wakeman is the Deputy Director of the DHS National of Center of Excellence for Port Security (Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce), Deputy Director of the Center for Maritime Systems, and Research Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. Previously, he was employed with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for 14 years and was with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco and Sacramento Districts, for over 23 years. During his tenure in these positions, his responsibilities involved supervision, planning and project management of numerous infrastructure projects for both agencies including as General Manager, Waterways Development, for the Port Authority, and Technical Director of the Bay-Delta Hydraulic Model in Sausalito, California, for the Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District. In 2004, Dr. Wakeman was the Senior Maritime Advisor for the Coalition Provision Authority while stationed in Umm Qsar, Iraq. There he was responsible for the reopening, retrofitting, and operation of Iraqi ports to handle reconstruction cargo.
Dr. Wakeman has extensive experience in navigation, port development, security, and freight transportation planning. In 2008 he was named the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) New Jersey Educator of the Year. Because of long term service to the international navigation association (PIANC), he was award Fellow status by the US Section in 2009. In 2010, he was named a Distinguished Diplomate in both Port Engineering and Navigation Engineering by COPRI. His profession affiliations besides ASCE and PIANC include the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and New York Academy of Sciences. Dr. Wakeman has a MS in Civil Engineering from University of California, Davis, MA in Marine Biology from San Francisco State University, and a doctorate of Engineering-Science from Columbia University, New York.
Dr Jefferson Vianna Bandeira
Senior Researcher, Centre for Development of Nuclear Technology (CDTN), Institute of the Brazilian, Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN), Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dr Jefferson Vianna Bandeira is a Senior Researcher of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN), working at the Centre for the Development of Nuclear Technology (CDTN) (www.cdtn.br) in Belo Horizonte City, Capital of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais State – Brazil (1968), MSc. in Nuclear Sciences and Techniques by the same University (1972), MSc. in Applied Hydrology by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul State – Brazil (1974), Diploma in Hydraulic Engineering: Branch Costal & Offshore Engineering by The International Institute For Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE) – Delft, The Netherlands (1986) and DSc. in Sanitation, Environment & Water Resources (Branch: Water Resources) by the Federal University of Minas Gerais State – Brazil (2004).
Dr Bandeira has over 40 years of experience in the fields of Coastal and River Engineering, Surface and Groundwater Hydrology, using tracer and correlated techniques including sediment transport studies; coastal morphology, embracing evaluation and possible remediation of erosion and accretion cases due to natural and man-made causes; optimisation of dredging works and studies of its physical environmental impacts; and studies for the discharge of industrial and domestic effluents and refrigeration water of thermal plants. He has been a member of the Brazilian Water Resources Association (ABRH) since 1979; was the founder of the Technical Committees on Coastal and Sediment Engineering of ABRH; expert of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1988; member of the advisory council of the permanent secretariat of COPEDEC (1990-2003); and member of the PIANC acting in its Co-operation Commission CoCom (2003 to present).
Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi
Winthrop Professor of Coastal Oceanography, Head, School of Environmental Systems Engineering Australian National Facility for Ocean Gliders, School of Environmental Systems Engineering & UWA Oceans Institute
Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi holds Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees from the University of Wales, UK. He has been at the University of Western Australia for over 20 years and currently holds the positions of Winthrop Professor of Coastal Oceanography and Head of the School of Environmental Systems Engineering. Prof. Pattiaratchi has supervised over 30 PhD students and 100 honours students and has published over 300 articles/ reports on coastal oceanography, which include over 100 in peer-reviewed international journals. He has received more than $25 million in research funding. Prof. Pattiaratchi's research interests are in coastal physical oceanography and coastal sediment transport, with emphasis on field experiments and numerical modelling. He has played an active role in examining climate change effects in coastal regions of Western Australia, particularly in relation to ocean currents, wind and wave climate, sea level variability, coastal flooding and beach stability.
Steve Buchan
General Manager, RPS MetOcean Pty Ltd
Steve Buchan is General Manager of RPS MetOcean Pty Ltd, a physical oceanographic consultancy which initiated in Perth in 1974. He joined the business in January 1979, and has been involved in the development of operational and/or design metocean criteria for every operational Offshore Oil & Gas facility (and related coastal facilities) on the North West Shelf and in the Timor Sea.
Steve has a BE in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Western Australia, and an MSc from the Fluid Mechanics Research Institute at the University of Essex (UK). He is a Member of The Institution of Engineers Australia, and has over 32 years of experience in Coastal and Ocean Engineering.
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