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Schmidt, Sergio Alejandro was born on October 25, 1949 in Buenos Aires. Son of Juan and Ana Schmidt.
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Sergio Alejandro Schmidt
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Sergio Alejandro Schmidt, Argentinian Coastal and ocean engineer. Achievements include research in forces driven by breaking waves in the surf zone; secondary flows driven by the rotation of the earth under rythmic topography; forces driven by waves on submerged pipelines. National Council of Science and Technology Sciences postgraduate fellow, 1981, Organisation American States Graduate fellow, 1978.
Education
Oceanographer, Buenos Aires Institute of Technology, 1978. Postgraduate, University Delaware, Newark, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Coastal/Oceanographic Engineering, University Florida, 1986.
Career
Research assistant, Argentine Navy, Buenos Aires, 1975-1980;
research assistant, Coastal Offshore Inc., Newark, 1982;
consultant, Organisation of America States, Buenos Aires, 1985;
private consultant, Buenos Aires, 1986, 92-93;
design engineer, Puerto La Carolina S.A., Buenos Aires, 1987-1992;
owner, Protectos Oceanicos Costeros y Ambientales, Buenos Aires, since 1993. Teaching assistant physical oceanography National U. La Plata, Buenos Aires, 1979-1980. Visiting professor water waves Organisation American States, Cartagena, Colombia, 1980.
Visiting professor near shore circulation National U. La Plata, 1987-1988.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Society of Civil Engineers (associate), International Association for Physical Sciences of the Ocean, Argentine Science and Technology (secretary 1991).
Connections
Married Marisa Ripa, June 16, 1976.
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