Oceanography and Marine Biology

Biography

Dr. Hou worked for three years as a hydraulic laboratory director and chief research engineer with the Taichung Harbor Project, a man-made deep-water port construction on the West Coast of Taiwan. In 1976, Dr. Hou received his Ph.D. in civil and coastal engineering at the University of Florida. He then worked as the Director of the Graduate Institute of Harbor and Ocean Engineering at the National Taiwan Ocean University, and as an adjunct professor of the Institute of Naval Architecture at National Taiwan University. Dr. Hou subsequently became the Deputy Director of the Harbor Research Institute in Taichung for the following five years, whilst maintaining his two professorships. Soon after he accepted an offer to become the Division Director (and afterward Deputy Director-General) of the Institute of Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), positions he held for a total of 12 years. In 1995, he was promoted to Director-General of Department of Railways and Highways within the MOTC. During his employment at the MOTC, Dr. Hou was responsible for much reform in the realm of highway policy, and was involved in many major and highly successful infrastructure projects. His great achievements in these two areas brought ground transportation in Taiwan into a new era of efficiency and safety

Abstract

Abstract : Coastal Morphological Changes of the Hualien Protected Beach on the Eastern Coast Zones of Taiwan