Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) killed at least 1,836 people and caused 81.2 billion dollars of damage making it the costliest natural disaster in US history.
Aris Peter Georgakakos
Education
Ph.D. (1984)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civ. Eng.
Major Field
Hydrology & Water Resources
Thesis Title
"Real-Time Control of Reservoir Systems"
M.S. (1983)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civ. Eng.
Major Field
Hydrology & Water Resources
Thesis Title
"Optimal Operation Planning of Uncertain Multi reservoir Systems"
Diploma (1980)
National Technical University of Athens, Greece, Dept. of Civ. Eng.
Major Field
Hydraulics & Hydrology
Thesis Title
"Analysis of the Flood Propagation Resulting from a Dam Break: 2 Dimensional Experimental Results"