Ting-Kuei Tsay received his Ph.D. from Cornell University and taught@Syracuse University before returning to Taiwan to teach@NTU. He holds a joint appointment as professor in the civil engineering department and senior research fellow@the Hydrotech Research Institute. He specializes in waterway, estuarine, embayment and coastal hydrodynamics. Address: Civil Engineering Department, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan, tktsay@ntu.edu.tw