ESSIC Assistant Research Engineer Li-Chuan Chen was elected as the Chair of ASCE/EWRI Risk, Uncertainty & Probabilistic Approaches Committee (RUPAC) during the 2014 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress on June 2 in Portland, OR. RUPAC is a standing technical committee under the ASCE Environmental & Water Resources Institute.
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