COPRI's committees offer the opportunity for professionals to help define the standards, direction, and focus of the profession. Technical developments in research and practice in the coastal, ocean, port, and riverine communities are disseminated to the membership through committee sponsored conferences, workshops, and publications. Join a committee to begin taking an active role in developing key technical, professional, and educational issues in your discipline. Please e-mail the committee chair for information on how to join.

Here are just a few of the many exciting things going on with COPRI's active committees and subcommittees. For more information on the COPRI committees and subcommittees, please contact the committee chair listed below or the COPRI staff at copri@asce.org or at (703) 295-6370. COPRI'S Committees provide our members the opportunity to enhance their professional and technical development by working on a variety of products and services with other skilled professionals.



Technical Committees

  • Coastal Engineering Practice

Tony Risko, (512) 372-1217, ajrisko@pbsj.com

Linda Lillycrop, (251) 690-2593, Linda.S.Lillycrop@usace.army.mil

  • Coastal Engineering Research Council
  • Coastal Structures

Nobu Kobayashi, (302) 831-8044, nk@coastal.udel.edu 

  • Coastal Zone Management

Heather Schlosser, (213) 452-3810, Heather.R.Schlosser@usace.army.mil

  • Military Programs Technical Committee

James N. Marino, (813) 876-6800 ext. 202, MarinoJN@halcrow.com

  • Ocean and Offshore Engineering

Patrick Hudson, (410) 293-6422, phudson@usna.edu

Charles Calhoun, ccalhoun@cablenyx.com

  • Tidal Hydraulics

Andrew Kennedy, (352) 392-9537x1432, kennedy@coastal.ufl.edu

  • Waterways 

Michael Cox , (309) 794-5558, Michael.D.Cox@usace.army.mil

Dominic Izzo, (713) 249-6027, dizzo@exponent.com


Administrative Committees

  • Publications 

Vijay Panchang, PhD, (409) 740-4504, panchanv@tamug.tamu.edu

  • Membership 

Kurt Keifer, (847) 972-3202, kkeifer@ctlgroup.com