JMSE Webinar | Floating Solutions for Addressing Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Cities
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Prof. Chien Ming Wang
School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia;
Prof. C.M. Wang is Professor in Structural Engineering, The University of Queensland. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and a Fellow of Academy of Engineering Singapore. His research interests are in the areas of structural mechanics and floating structures. He is the Leader of the Offshore Engineering Program of the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre that conducts research projects that combine seafood, renewable energy and offshore engineering, underpinned by a $329 million grant from the Australian Government and industry partners over a 10-year period.
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Chaired by Prof Chien Ming Wang (University of Queensland, Australia), this 7th JMSE webinar featured two eminent speakers: Dr Rutger de Graaf-van Dinther (Blue 21, The Netherlands) and Prof Joerg Baumeister (Griffith University, Australia). In his talk on Land on Water, Rutger elaborated on the design, technology and governance of floating urban development and illustrated this with different projects from various countries. Joerg shared scenario planning techniques and guidelines for development and transformation of coastal urban designs with respect to local conditions and sea level rise due to climate change.