Background
Garcia, Marcelo Horacio was born on April 22, 1959 in Cordoba, Argentina. Came to the United States, 1983. Son of Juan Carlos Jose and Beatriz Alba Garcia.
consultant engineering educator
Garcia, Marcelo Horacio was born on April 22, 1959 in Cordoba, Argentina. Came to the United States, 1983. Son of Juan Carlos Jose and Beatriz Alba Garcia.
Diploma in Engineering, University Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina, 1982. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, 1989.
Technical assistant, Agua y Energia Electrica, Santa Fe, Argentina, 1979-1985;
research assistant, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Minneapolis, 1983-1987;
research fellow, 1988-1989;
assistant professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1990-1996;
associate professor, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1996;
visiting professor, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, since 1997. Consultant Government Taiwan, Taipei, 1993, United States Army of Engineers, Vicksburg, Mississippi, since 1993, Electricite de France, Toulousse, 1996. Technical advisory United States/Taiwan Sedimentation, Washington, 1992-1994.
Visiting professor U. Litoral, SantaFe, Argentina, since 1993. Distinguished lecturer Hokkaido River Disaster Prevention Institute, Japan, 1990. Guest lecturer U. Essen, Germany, 1995.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (Walter L. Huber Research prize 1998), American Geophysical Union, International Association for Hydraulic Research, International Water Resources Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Estela Beti Rodriguez-Canga, May 17, 1984. Children: Blas Ignacio, Emma Paina.