Professor Jiin-Jen Lee
degree in 1966 from Utah State University specializing in hydraulics and water resources engineering. He earned his Ph.D. degree in civil engineering in 1969 from California Institute Technology (Caltech) specializing in hydraulics, water resources, and coastal engineering. After one year of post-doctoral work at Caltech, he joined the faculty of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1970. He is currently serving as a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USC. Professor Lee has been an excellent educator having been awarded numerous department-wide and school-wide teaching awards at USC. He was also awarded a teaching award for the Pacific District (comprising 26 universities) by Chi Epsilon, the Honor Society of the American Society of Civil Engineers.