Prof. Stanisław Ryszard Massel
Born 17th May 1939, Poland
Languages:
Polish, English, Russian - fluent command, French, Latin - working knowledge
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1962:
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Technical University
of Gdańsk, Poland.
1969:
PhD in Civil Engineering, Institute of Hydroengineering,
Gdańsk, Poland.
1973:
DSc. in Civil Engineering, Technical University of Gdańsk,
Poland.
1980:
Professor in Civil Engineering - merit nomination by the
President of Poland.
LAST POSITIONS
1976
- 1986: Head
of the Department of the Maritime Hydraulics, Institute of
Hydro-engineering, Gdańsk, Poland.
1986 - 1991:
Director of the Institute of Hydroengineering,
Gdańsk, Poland
1991 - 1994: Principal Research Scientist in the Australian
Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia.
1994 -
1999: Senior Principal Research Scientist in the
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville,
Australia.
1999 - 2000: Professor at the Institute of Hydroengineering,
Gdańsk, Poland.
2000 - 2002: Professor and Director for Research at the
Institute of Oceanology, Sopot, Poland
2003 - 2009: Professor and Director of the Institute of
Oceanology, Sopot,
Poland
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Physical
Oceanography (coastal and shelf waters)
Coastal
and offshore engineering
Multidisciplinary
processes linking marine hydrodynamics and marine ecology
The more specific
topics are:
1. Generation,
propagation and dissipation processes in the ocean waves,
2. Modelling of
surface waves in shallow water zones, vegetated and non-vegetated,
3. Interaction of
surface waves with coastal and offshore engineering structures,
4. Sediment
transport, beach protection, and water circulation in wave dominated
environments,
5. Interaction of
water motion with marine ecology (vegetated coasts and sea bottom,
tropical and temperate marine environments, groundwater circulation
in the coastal zone).
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
1975 - 1998:
Technical University of Gdańsk, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Poland.
1983 - 1991:
University of Gdansk, Dept. of Geography, Biology and Oceanology,
Poland.
1987 - 1988:
Technical Univ. of Gdańsk, Dept. of Applied Math. and Technical
Phys., Poland.
2004 -
University of Gdansk, Dept. of Geography, Biology and Oceanology,
Poland.
LONG_TERM
RESEARCH AT FOREIGN INSTITUTES AND UNIVERSITIES
1970:
Institute of Oceanology, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
1974 - 1975:
University of California, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Berkeley, USA
1975: The
Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Earth Science, Baltimore, USA and Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
1977:
Institute of Oceanology, Varna, Bulgaria
1981:
Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany
1982 - 1983:
Norwegian Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Trondheim
1988:
Universitaire Scientifique et Medicale de Grenoble, France
1989:
Franzius Institut der Universitat Hannover, Germany
1990:
University of California, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Berkeley, USA
1991 - 1999:
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia
RECOGNITION
IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING:
- Member
of Scientific Councils of the educational and
scientific institutions, including:
Institute of
Hydroengineering, Poland (1974-present); Institute of Oceanology,
Poland (1980-1991, 2000 - present); University of Gdańsk, Poland
(1980-1991); Maritime Institute, Poland (1982-1986 and 1999 - 2003);
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Poland, (1986-1991)
Needs for oceanographic data to determine loads on coastal and
offshore structures. Intern. Conf. on Oceanic Resources, Washington,
1978;
Spectral and statistical characteristics of wind-induced waves.
Summer School "Water waves". Intern. Centr. for
Mechanical Sciences, Udine, 1985;
Wave climate in coastal zones. Intern. Colloquium "Large-scale
Behaviour of Coastal Zones", Amsterdam, 1989;
Wave motion in vegetated and non-vegetated coastal zones. Intern.
Conf. "Coastal Dynamics"95, Gdańsk, 1995;
Ocean surface waves: state-of-the-art. and current trends. The 3th
AMOS Conference, Hobart, 1996;
Investigations of oceans and seas. 1st Intern. Congress of
Seas and Oceans, Szczecin, 2001; Hydrodynamics and ecology of coastal
waters in the tropical environment. ECSA Symposium 34, Gdańsk-Sopot,
2002.
Institute of
Hydroengineering in Gdańsk, Poland; University of Gdańsk,Technical
University of Gdańsk, Poland; University of Szczecin, Poland;
Institute of Oceanology in Sopot, Poland; Institute of Geophysics,
Warsaw (Poland); Institute of Flow Machinery in Gdańsk; Technische
Universitat Braunschweig (Germany); Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm (Sweeden); Earth Center of the Bulgarian Academy of
, Sofia (Bulgaria); Central Queensland University,
Rockhampton (Australia); James Cook University, Townsville
(Australia); Monash University, Melbourne (Australia); Institute of
Ecology, Warsaw (Poland); Aalborg University (Denmark), University of
Utrecht (Holand) and others.
-
Reviewing
the applications for Professor or Lecturer
positions for the various Universities: Technical University of
Hamburg (Germany); Central Queensland University, Rockhampton
(Australia); University of Otago (New Zealand); University of
Connecticut (USA); National Institute for Water and Atmospheric
Research (New Zealand); Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA);
University of Gdańsk (Poland).
Archiwum
Hydrotechniki; Rozprawy Hydrotechniczne; Journal of Fluid Mechanics;
Coastal Engineering; Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean
Engineering Division; Journal of Coastal Research; Marine Geology;
Mangroves and Salt Marshes; Oceanologia; Oceanological
Hydrobiological Studies and others.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS:
- Member of the Polish Academy of
Sciences
-
Member
of Sea Research Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences;
-
Member
of Fluid Mechanics Committee, Polish Academy of
Sciences;
-
Member
of Polish Society of the Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics;
-
Member
of the National Technical Organization, Poland;
-
Member
of Association of the Hydraulic Research, Division of
the Numerical Hydraulics;
-
Member
of The American Society of Mech. Eng., Offshore
Mechanics and Arctic Eng. Division;
-
Member
of the Institute of Engineers, Australia.
LIST
OF PUBLICATIONS:
The
list includes 10 books and about 150 papers, and many reports,
presentations at international workshops and conferences.Below only
some recent publications are listed
Books
- S.R.
Massel, Fluid Mechanics for Marine Ecologists.
Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1999, 565pp.
- S.R.
Massel, Ocean Surface Waves; their Physics and Prediction.
World Scientific Publ., Singapore - New Jersey - London - Hong Kong,
1996, 491pp.
- S.R. Massel
(co-author and co-editor), Dynamics of Open Channels Flow and
Litodynamics of Coastal Zones, (in Russian), Nauka Publishers,
Moscow, 1994, 303pp.
- S.R.
Massel (Editor and co-author), Hydrotechnical Manual. Environmental
loading on marine structures.
Marine
Publ., Gdańsk, 1992, 338pp.
- S.R.
Massel (co-author), K. Pilarczyk (Editor), Guidelines for Design
and Construction of Flexible Revetments Incorporating Geotextiles in
Marine Environment. Permanent International Association of
Navigation Congresses, Report of working Group no. 21, 197pp,
Brussels, 1992.
- S.R.
Massel (co-editor), Dynamical Processes in Coastal Regions.
Results of the 'Kamtschiya' International Project. Publishing
House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 1990, 190pp.
- S.R.
Massel, Hydrodynamics of Coastal Zones. Elsevier Science
Publ., Amsterdam, 336pp, 1989.
Selected
papers in referred journals and referred conference proceedings
- S. R. Massel, A. Przyborska, M. Przyborski, Groundwater flow
induced by surface waves on a permeable beach, European
Conference of Coastal Zone Research an ELOISE Approach, 15-18
Nov. 2004 Portoroz, Slovenia
- S. R. Massel, A.Przyborska, M. Przyborski, Attenuation of
wave-induced groundwater pressure in shallow water. Part 1. In
"Oceanologia" 46 (3/2004), pp. 383-404
- S.R.Massel and
E.N. Pelinovsky, Impact of surface waves on the
coastal ecosystems. In .
A.C.
Yalciner, E.N. Pelinovsky, E. Okal and C.E. Synolakis (Eds) Submarine
Landslides and
Tsunamis. NATO Science Series, Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, Vol.
21:251-258,
2003.
- S.R. Massel,
Selected problems of the Baltic Sea hydrodynamics. Proc.
Summer School- Workshop "Coastal Zone"03, Lubiatowo, 223-236, 2003.
- S.R.
Massel, Circulation of groundwater due to wave set-up on permeable
beach. Proc. Intern. Symposium LITTORAL 2002, Porto, 2:
161-168, 2002.
- S.R.
Massel, Investigations of seas and oceans. Proc. 1st Inter.
Congress of Seas and Oceans, Maritime Univ. of Szczecin, 2:
85-89, 2001.
- S.R.
Massel, Importance of the ecological factor in marine engineering. Inżynieria Morska i Geotechnika, 6:
343-347, 2001 (in Polish).
- S.R.
Massel, Wave-induced set-up and flow over shoals and coral reefs.
Part 1. A simplified bottom geometry case. Oceanologia,
43(4): 373-388, 2001.
- j. Piórewicz, S.R. Massel, Prediction of ocean waves in
shallow
water. Keppel Bay, Quensland, recorded data analysis. Proc. of
15th Australasian Coastal Ocean Eng. Conf., Gold
Coast, 528-533, 2001.
- S.R.
Massel, On the relationship between wave breaking and marine aerozol
concentration in deep sea areas.rchivesof Hydro-engineering an
Environmental Mechanics, 48(2): 31-45, 2001.
- S.R.
Massel, J. Tęgowski, M. Chomka, M. Wichorowski, J. Dąbrowski,
C.T. Stansberg and V. Moe, Experimental study of the formation
of steep waves and breakers. Oceanologia, 43(3): 353-363,
2001.
- s..R.
Massel, Circulation of groundwater due to wave set-up on a permeable
beach. Oceanologia, 43(3): 279-290, 2001.
- S.R.
Massel, E.N. Pelinovsky, Run-up of dispersive and breaking waves on
beaches. Oceanologia, 43(1): 61-97, 2001.
- S.R.
Massel, Wavelet analysis for processing of ocean surface wave
records. Ocean Engineering, 28: 957-987, 2001
- S.R.
Massel, M.R. Gourlay, On the modelling of wave breaking and set-up on
coral reefs. Coastal Engineering, 39(1): 1-27, 2000.
- S.R.
Massel and R.J. Sobey, Distribution of the highest wave in a record. Coastal
Engineering Journal, 42: 153-173, 2000.
- S.R.
Massel, K. Furukawa and R.M. Brinkman, Surface waves propagation in
mangrove forests. Fluid Dynamics Research, 24: 219-249, 1999..
- S.R.
Massel, R. Brinkman, Measurement and modelling of wave propagation
and breaking at steep coral reefs. Recent Advances in Marine
Science and Technology '98, Honolulu, 27-36, 1999.
- S.R.
Massel, The limiting wave height in wind-induced waves train. Ocean
Engineering, 25: 735-752, 1998.
- E.
Wolanski, K. Furukawa, S.R. Massel, The role of oceanographic
modelling in predicting the impact on coral reefs from global change. Jour.
Global Envir. Eng., 4, 77-89, 1998.
- S.R.
Massel, R. Brinkman, On the determination of directional wave spectra
for practical applications. Apllied Ocean Research, 20:
357-374, 1998.
- S.R.
Massel, Prediction of the largest surface wave height in water of
constant depth. Recent Advances in Marine Science and Technology,
'96, Honolulu, 1997, 141-151.
- S.R.
Massel, I.R. Kapitzke, Infrastructure development in coral reef
environments: the need for engineering guidelines. Recent Advances
in Marine Science and Technology, '96, Honolulu, 1997, 491-500
- S.R.
Massel, R.I. Kapitzke and R.A. Wright. On the hydrodynamic design of
infrastructures on the Great Barrier Reef. Intern. Conf. Pacific
Coasts & Ports 97, Christchurch, 1997, 507-512.
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R.M. Brinkman, S.R. Massel, P. Ridd and K. Furukawa, Surface wave attenuation in mangrove forest. Proc. Intern. Conf. Pacific Coasts & Ports 97, Christchurch, 1997, 941-946.
- S.R.
Massel, On the largest wave height in water of constant depth. Ocean
Eng., 23: 553-573, 1996.
- S.R.
Massel, J. Piorewicz, Observations of bispectra of surface waves in
deep and shallow waters. Proc. of the 7th IAHR Intern. Symp.
Stochastic Hydraulics '96, Mackay, Balkema, 1996, 259-264.
- S.R.
Massel, Waves motion in vegetated and unvegetated coastal zones. Proc.
Inter. Conf. Coastal Dynamics '95, Gdańsk, ASCE, 1996,
1-12.
- E.
Wolanski, K. Furukawa, and S. Massel, Oceanographic impact on coral
reefs from global change. Proc. of Intern. Workshop on Response of
Coral Reefs to Global Changes, Tokyo, 1996, 7-20.