Background
Kirby, James Thornton was born on December 25, 1952 in Easton, Maryland. Son of James Thornton and Pearl (Ross) Kirby.
Kirby, James Thornton was born on December 25, 1952 in Easton, Maryland. Son of James Thornton and Pearl (Ross) Kirby.
Standard Chartered Bank, Brown U., 1975; Master of Science, Brown U., 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Delaware, 1983.
Assistant professor Oceanography, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1983-1984; assistant professor Ocean Engineering, University Florida, Gainesville, 1984-1988; associate professor Civil Engineering, University Delaware, Newark, 1989-1994; professor сivil engineering, U. Delaware, Newark, since 1994. Consultant Exxon Production Research Inc., Bechtel, Chevron Oil Field, United States Army Corp of Engineers, government laboratories in the United States, Korea, Australia, The Netherlands, since 1983.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (member publication committee since 1987, chair since 1996, fluids committee since 1991, chair 1994-1996, Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research prize 1992), American Geophysical Union, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Sigma Xi.
Married Barbara Ann Leventry, June 18, 1983. Children: Joshua Thornton, Nicholas Ross, Benjamin Naylor.