Background
Bras, Rafael Luis was born on October 28, 1950 in San Juan, P.R. Son of Rafael and Amalia Antonia Bras.
academic administrator engineering educator
Bras, Rafael Luis was born on October 28, 1950 in San Juan, P.R. Son of Rafael and Amalia Antonia Bras.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972. Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974. Doctor of Science in Water Resources and Hydrology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975.
Laurea (honorary), University Perugia, Italy, 1991.
Assistant professor University Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 1975—1976. From assistant professor hydrology to associate professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976—1982, professor, since 1982, head water resources and environmental engineering division, 1983—1991, director Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, 1983—1991, director Minority Introduction to England and Science, 1987, William E. Leonhard professor engineering, 1988—1995, head department civil and environmental engineering, 1992—2001, Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations professor, 1995—2004, chair faculty, 2002—2005, Edward A. Abdun-Nur professor civil and environmental engineering, 2004—2008. Associate director Center for Global Change Science, since 1990, director Terrascope Program, 2006—2008.
Dean Henry Samueli School Engineering, University California, Ivrine, 2008—2010. Provost, executive vice president, K. Harrison Brown family chair Georgia Institute of Technology, since 2010. Visiting associate professor University Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela, 1982-1983.
Visiting scholar International Institute Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, 1983. Visiting professor Iowa Institute Hydraulic Research, University Iowa, 1989-1990. Member advisory board engineering division National Science Foundation, 1988-1991.
Earth science and applications division advisory subcommittee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1990, science team TRMM mission, 1991-1994, chair Earth Systems Science and Applications Advisory Committee, 1998-2002. Science steering group GCIP-Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment, 1991-1995. Advisory council for committee National Institutes for Environment.
Member advisory committee civil engineering department Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2000-2002, Johns Hopkins University, since 1998,department civil and environmental engineering Cornell University, since 2001. Member advisory council Princeton University, since 1999. Member nominating committee Stockholm Water Prize, 1996-2004.
Member executive committee Clarke Prize, 2002-2004. Member science committee Inter Polytechnic School, Milan, Italy, 2003-2006. Visiting professor Harvard University, 2001-2002.
Member committee New Orleans regional hurricane protection program, National Academy of Sciences, since 2005. Member relations committee UCAR, 2006-2007. Consultant in field; lecturer in field.
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Fellow: American Mathematical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science (member electorate nominating committee engineering section since 2007), American Society of Civil Engineers (task committee 1996-1997, Huber prize 1993, Simon W. Freesc Environmental Engineering award 2008), American Meteorological Society (Robert E. Horton lecturer award 1999), American Geophysical Union (chairman board jous. editors 1984-1988, chair budget and finance 1990-1994, president Hydrology section 2003-2006, statutes and bylaws committee since 2006, associate editor, Horton award 1981, James B. Macelwane award 1982, Lorenz lecturer 2003, Hydrology Days award 2006, Horton medal 2007). Member: International Water Academy, United States National Academy Engineering, National Academy Engineering Mexico (correspondent), Society Presidential Fellows Lecturers, Boston (Massachusetts) Society Civil Engineers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (Bronze Beaver award 2005), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon.
Married Patricia Ann Brown, June 29, 1974. Children— Rafael Edmundo, Alejandro Luis.
