- Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Tom is a wave scientist and coastal engineer.
He has a PhD in wave breaking mechanics and is a specialist in surf zone processes and wave-structure interaction.
He is based between Raglan, NZ and Sydney Australia. He is a Technical Director of Coastal Engineering at the engineering consultancy Tonkin + Taylor and an honorary lecturer at the University of Auckland.
He hates long walks on the beach, but enjoys long point breaks, modelling and understanding surf breaks and a good overtopping event.
Experience
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–presentHonorary Senior Lecturer , University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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–presentTechnical Director - Coastal Engineering, Tonkin + Taylor Ltd.
Education
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2010University of New South Wales, PhD in Coastal Engineering
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2004University of Canterbury, Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons)
Professional Memberships
- Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), Engineering New Zealand
Contact Tom for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Raglan, New Zealand
- Website
- LinkedIn: tom-shand-2577578b/
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