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Brian Sapp

Architecture professor

Education

  • M.S., civil engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • B.S., civil engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor of architecture, 2018–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Professor of civil engineering, 2017–2018, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

Professional experience

  • Senior project manager/structural engineer, 2012–present, Tharpe Engineering Group, Savannah, GA
  • Structural engineer, 2007–2012, Hussey Gay Bell, Savannah, GA
  • Structural engineer, 2006–2007, Collins Engineers, Inc., Savannah, GA
  • Research assistant, 2004–2006, Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, GA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Connolly Award Recipient, Society of American Military Engineers, Feb. 2017
  • Special Recognition Award, 2014 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards, Structural Engineers Association of Georgia, April 2014

Organizations

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
  • Structural Engineers Association of Georgia (SEAOG)
  • Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)

Publications and presentations

  • "Video Measurements of Large-Scale Flows in a Laboratory Wave Basin." Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Jan. 2008.
  • "Observations of Laboratory Rip Currents." Georgia Institute of Technology, Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection, May 2006.
  • "Laboratory Measurements of Rip Current Pulsations." Presented at Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference, May 2005.