Spring 2011 | Vol. 15, Issue 1
Special Edition
Florida Institute of Technology • College of Engineering
Newsletter for the Department of Marine and Environmental Systems
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE
OF TWO DEDICATED PROFESSORS LEE HARRIS AND BETH IRLANDI
Dr. Lee Harris, P.E.
Dr. Lee Harris started his career at Florida Tech
in 1980. He received his Ph.D in 1996 in ocean
engineering from Florida Atlantic University. Dr.
Harris taught at the Jensen Beach campus from
He has worked on many projects and received
many grants and awards. He authored more than
30 publications and was engaged in 82 projects and
studies all over the world in places such as Antigua,
Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Cayman
Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands. He
traveled throughout the world with his installation
of reef balls, and presented many papers and
publications. He was an invited guest lecturer on
many occasions.
Some highlights from his career include:
Sebastian Inlet District (SID)
Dr. Harris received over $350,000 in grants from
SID dating back to the 1990s.
In the summer of 1996, Dr. Harris and Dr. George
Maul, professor and DMES department head,
installed a wave, tide and weather collection system
at the Sebastian Inlet. Directional wave spectra,
water-level variations and meteorological data were
collected and used to further understanding of the
physical processes interacting at this complex site.
He continued this work through grants for
many years.
1980 to 1986 and at the Melbourne campus from
1987 until his death. He was named in Who’s
Who in Frontier Science and Technology, and he
also served as a United Nations’ consultant to the
Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Marine Affairs.
His work centered on research and consulting with
respect to coastal structures, ocean engineering
design and physical oceanography. Dr. Harris was a
coastal engineer, but he was as much a scientist as
he was an engineer.
In 2005, Dr. Harris stated, “We have collected wave
and weather data there since 1996 and have been
responsible for the design, installation, operation,
maintenance, data processing and report of data
for the SITD.” Dr. Harris and his research team
collected wave data from an offshore-submerged
wave gauge during Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne.
Hurricane Frances caused the researchers to lose
their weather and tide gauge instrumentation from
the north jetty in Sebastian Inlet State Park. His
grant enabled him to continue his research on
wave, weather and tide data collection systems
at Sebastian Inlet. Recent data from this project
during Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in
September 2004 and Hurricane Wilma
in 2005 are providing coastal storm data
from offshore that is greatly adding to
our knowledge of coastal effects due to
hurricanes.
The Coastal Engineering Lab, under
Dr. Harris, maintains meteorological
instruments on the north jetty of Sebastian
Inlet State Park as well as acoustic Doppler
current profiler (ADCP) offshore north of
the inlet. In July 2008, the meteorological
instruments were upgraded to allow for realtime data transmission via cellular modem.
The data are available to view in tabular and
graphical format at http://research.fit.edu/
wave-data.
The operation of the ADCP is a continuing
project funded by the Sebastian Inlet
District. The instruments are swapped out
every six months, and the recovered data
are made available for the end-user. Upon
installation of a shore cable connecting the
ADCP to a land computer, the wave and
current data will be displayed in real time.
Beginning in October 2009, a water level
sensor was installed below the north jetty to
record water level, water temperature and
conductivity. These data were coupled with
the meteorological data and are displayed in
real time on the Internet.
In the spring of 2003, Dr. Harris signed
a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers to assist with monitoring the
structural performance of the RIBS. The
system was installed off Cape Canaveral in
November/December of 2002. Dr. Harris
supported engineers and scientists from
the U.S. Army Research and Development
Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory.
They tested the structural and wave
attenuation performance of the RIBS in
providing a calm harbor area in the lee of
the “V”-shaped temporary “harbor” area.
Dr. Harris, graduate students, Captain
Rich Gurlek and engineer Steve Thomas
aboard the R/V Delphinus assisted the
Corps of Engineers with the testing of the
latest Rapidly Installed Breakwater System
offshore Port Canaveral from November to
January. The work consisted of deploying
and recovering wave gauges, monitoring
the deployment and performing underwater
inspections of the RIBS.
Reef Ball
Professor Harris and some of his graduate
students assisted with the deployment of
over 150 Reef Balls units in 70 feet of
water approximately 16 miles east of Port
Canaveral during May and July, 1995. Pre-,
during- and post-deployment inspections
and underwater video were taken to
document the installation.
He gave a presentation on the “Engineering
Design of Artificial Reefs” to the Down
Under Dive Club in Palm Bay. He presented
examples of artificial reef units with which
he has been involved, including those
designed for the Mexican Caribbean and
offshore Miami. Professor Harris received
a $1,000 donation from the Reef Ball
Development Group, Ltd. as a contribution
to the efforts that he and his students have
made in the technology of artificial reefs in
1995.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dr. Harris participated in a workshop on
Geotextile Tube Technology in Galveston,
Texas, in 1995. He documented the
performance of sand-filled container
systems used for beach erosion and
scour control for numerous projects
used around Florida over the past 15
years. He also performed work for the
Waterways Experiment Station (WES)
Coastal Engineering Research Center
(CERC) in Vicksburg, Miss. With his
grant in 2001, he assisted with monitoring
the structural performance of a Rapidly
Installed Breakwater (RIB) system. The
system was tested four miles offshore of
Fort Pierce. Dr. Harris supported engineers
and scientists from the U.S. Army Research
and Development Center, Coastal and
Hydraulics Laboratory in testing the
structure of two 75-foot sections of the RIB
system.
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Editor
George A. Maul
Assistant Editor
Tonya Mitchell
Contact DMES
(321) 674-8096 | Fax: (321) 674-7212
E-mail: [email protected]
www.fit.edu/dmes
Thomas Waite
Dean, College of Engineering
George A. Maul
Head, Department of
Marine and Environmental
Systems and Acting
Program Chair,
Ocean Engineering
John G. Windsor Jr.
Associate Department Head and
Program Chair, Environmental
Sciences and Oceanography
This newsletter is available in full color on the DMES home page.
In October 1997, Dr. Harris was invited
to speak at a workshop on artificial reefs
in Punta Gorda, Fla. The workshop was
sponsored by the Florida Department
of Environmental Protection’s Office of
Fisheries Management. He presented
information on the engineering design of
artificial reefs, emphasizing the need to
design for both environmental enhancement
and structural stability.
In June 1998, Dr. Harris and undergraduate
students participated in the Marine Fields
Project ocean cruises, where they dove and
inspected the Reef Ball artificial reef units
deployed offshore Port Canaveral in 1995.
Dr. Harris traveled to the Cayman Islands
to inspect Reef Ball artificial reef units
that are being deployed as a submerged
breakwater for shoreline stabilization of
Seven Mile Beach.
In the spring of 2004, Dr Harris spent
several weeks helping to restore the
world’s largest fringing coral reef. Working
with him were several graduate students.
The two-month-long project of the Reef
Ball Foundation, working with Stanford
Development Group, created more than
5,000 coral colonies of 30 different species.
Dr. Harris said, “we re-established four
new coral species lost during a category
5 hurricane five years ago.” They also
relocated and saved more than 3,000 rose
corals and populated the Reef Balls with
over 500 sea urchins to create optimal
conditions for coral recruitment. Between
May and July, he traveled to La Romano,
Dominican Republic, and Antigua to advise
on beach erosion and to St. Maarten where
he served as adviser for installation of
artificial reef units.
animals and dangerous sea conditions.
He also presented information on beach
and reef restoration to the Barbados
Department of Coastal Zone Management
and to a group of oceanfront hotel owners.
Later that year, along with graduate
students, they volunteered for a Reef
Ball Foundation coral reef restoration
and coral propagation project on Grand
Cayman Island. Grand Cayman suffered
severe damage from category 5 Hurricane
Ivan, including some damage to the
shallower, near-shore reef areas. Work
performed by the Florida Tech volunteers
included defabrication and deployment of
artificial units. Dr. Harris was the engineer
who designed, permitted and oversaw
installation of the Reef Ball artificial reef
breakwater, which has performed very well
in stabilizing this highly eroding beach.
He oversaw the deployment of additional
Reef Ball units at both the Grand Cayman
Marriott Beach Resort and offshore at the
hurricane damaged reef, Cemetery Reef.
Both sites are offshore of Grand Cayman’s
famous Seven Mile Beach.
During the fall of 2007, Dr. Harris visited
the Coastal and Offshore Institute (COEI)
of the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in
Kuala Lumpur and presented a two-hour
seminar on “New technologies for the
enhancement of the coastal environment
and marine habitat.” Dr. Harris served as
a consultant to the construction company
for determining the location and layout of
the breakwater. This Reef Ball breakwater
project location is offshore Palau Selingan,
one of the small “Turtle Islands” located off
the north coast of Sabah, Malaysia, on the
island of Boreno. The Reef Ball units were
deployed using two barges and two cranes
to place 600 three-ton units to construct a
breakwater approximately 150 meters long
using three and four rows of reef units to
obtain widths of 6 to 8 meters.
During spring/summer of 2007, Dr. Harris
visited Barbados where he gave a two-hour
lecture on beach and reef restoration to
a group of students studying to become
Stewards for the Barbados Marine Trust.
As Stewards, the students will be patrolling
the beaches in Barbados, educating beachgoers about the environment and reporting
problems such as pollution, trash, injured
The Reef Ball Foundation is planning a
worldwide event of building and dedicating
reefs to Dr. Harris to culminate in
deployments one year after his passing.
A fund is being set up at the Reef Ball
Foundation if anyone would like to
contribute to that effort, www.reefball.
org or www.reefball.com. Reefs will be
in a variety of locations that Dr. Harris
worked at around the world, and will
include a memorial plaque, possibly an
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underwater sculpture of Dr. Harris (by
a famed underwater artist, Jason Taylor)
and of course Reef Balls (perhaps some
special ones with a concrete surf board).
For further information, contact Todd R.
Barber, chairman, Reef Ball Foundation, at
[email protected].
Other highlights
In January 1997, Dr. Lee Harris was an
invited speaker at the workshop sponsored
by Indian River County. The workshop was
in response to the severe beach erosion
experienced in the Vero Beach area recently
and different types of beach erosion control
alternatives were also discussed. Dr. Harris
presented information on sand-filled
container systems for beach and dune
erosion control, including the 14-row sandfilled geotextile container system installed
in Vero Beach in 1989.
The 1997 International Submarine Race
(ISR) was an extremely successful event for
Florida Tech ocean engineering students
and their faculty advisers, Drs. Lee Harris
and Graeme Rae. The ISR is designed
to inspire students to delve into areas of
underwater technology advancement and
to increase public awareness of subsea
vehicles.
Dr. Harris became the director of the Indian
River Marine Science Research Center
(IRMSRC). He brought to the position
a wealth of experience and expertise in
coastal processes, artificial reefs and the
engineering of structures for the near-shore
environment.
In August of 1997, Dr. Harris visited
Nigeria to advise the government on the
performance of hydrographic surveying and
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proposed dredging of the Niger River for
improved navigation and the development
of three new ports. Also in August 1997,
Dr. Harris attended a dedication for the
retrofitted underwater habitat, Aquarius
2000, held at the Harbor Branch
Oceanographic Institute (HBOI). Aquarius
is the only active open ocean underwater
habitat in the world.
Dr. Lee Harris was an invited speaker and
participant at the 12th annual “MarMeeting
Mediterranean Sea” held in Salerno, Italy,
in July 1998. Dr. Harris presented a paper
titled “Reducing Coastal Erosion and Risk”
and inspected the Companion coastlines.
Dr. Harris was invited as an adviser to the
MarMeeting Conference in Amalfi, Italy,
July 1999. He assisted the “Association
MarMeeting” with their development of
a coastal research center, for “Problemi e
soluzioni per de coste” (Coastal Problem
Solving).
In the spring of 2000, Dr. Harris and
graduate student Nikki Hoier participated
in grants totaling $60,000 from the state
of Florida to deploy and study artificial
reefs off the coast of Sebastian Inlet. Ms.
Hoier lead biological and environmental
studies and Dr. Harris monitored the reef
structures. Dr. Harris and two graduate
students and 24 undergraduates spent
the final week of May 2000 conducting
research on three artificial reefs deployed
in the summer seven to 11 miles offshore
of Sebastian Inlet. According to Dr. Harris,
the artificial reefs are designed to provide
new sanctuaries for marine life and boost
fish populations in the area. Dr. Harris
stated, “These artificial reefs, and the four
new ones put in place in the same area this
summer, provide an invaluable resource for
all forms of marine life and we’ve found
great numbers of grouper, snapper and at
least a dozen other varieties of fish and coral
at the new reefs since their deployment.”
The state of Florida provided $50,000 to
construct the four additional reefs.
In November 2000, Dr. Harris attended the
7th Annual Cities and Ports International
Conference on Port Cities and Sustainable
Development, held in Marseilles, France.
In addition to participating in the
conference, Dr. Harris visited some of the
adjacent coastal and port areas on France’s
Mediterranean coast.
During 2004, Dr. Harris was invited by the
Lt. Governor of St. Eustatius, a Caribbean
island in the Dutch West Indies (also
known as Statia), to investigate and advise
them on their beach erosion problems.
During spring/summer of 2006, Dr. Harris
was invited to join a special task committee
of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers
Institute (COPRI). The committee’s task
is to determine the requirements of a
coastal engineering certification for civil,
coastal and ocean engineers. He was one
of only two people chosen from academia
in the United States to become a member
of this committee. COPRI is a division of
the American Society of Civil Engineers.
He was also appointed for the third year
as a member of the Tourist Development
Council Beach Committee of Brevard
County.
Dr. Lee Harris traveled to Indonesia while
on sabbatical leave in the fall of 2008.
He visited coastal sites, reefs, attended
seminars and was a guest at lectures at
universities.
Memorials and Donations
If you care to donate in Dr. Lee Harris’ memory—your choices are:
Shepherd’s Heart Ministries—Lee’s home church
511 N. Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32935
Christian Surfers International—the organization that publishes The Surfer’s Bible, the Bible that
made sense to Lee and helped launch his faith when he really needed it. See www.christiansurfers.net/
ShopList.aspx?id=6 and scroll to bottom of book list.
Endowment Fund—special memorial endowment fund has been set up for Dr. Harris within the
department and marine and environmental systems: Faculty Memorial Fellowship.
Make checks payable to: Florida Institute of Technology, and mail to: Florida Institute of Technology,
Office of Development, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901-6975. Please write Faculty
Memorial Fellowship in the memo line of your check.
Statement from family
The following was a statement made by Jo Ann Harris and family:
“Dr. Lee Harris recently passed away peacefully on Oct. 30, 2010, after a nearly two-year battle with inoperable brain cancer. As fit
his character, he just kept looking for the best from life, until it could no longer be done. At one point, he was determined to return to
the classroom to teach and to mentor his grad students. And so he did! In the middle of the illness, he had to try to surf—because the
ocean was there. When that activity was no longer possible, he enjoyed kayaking on the river instead. Defying the odds, he even made
a dive this past summer to celebrate Father’s Day. When scuba diving was no longer an option, he looked forward to lap swimming in
the community pool, a half-mile a day, 2–3 times a week. The same encouragement he offered others to pursue their life dreams, he
also received from us, his family. He was given the support that enabled him to finish his life well. Our family appreciates the love and
respect others have had for Lee. We think he was a pretty neat guy ourselves.
You can find a family YouTube tribute to Lee at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttAG0PXUGVg. The background song reflects the
personal faith theme our family carried in our hearts throughout this difficult journey. We hope you enjoy the pictures of the Dr. Lee
Harris you knew.”
Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) Irlandi-Hyatt
a National Research Council Postdoctoral
Associate at the National Marine Fisheries
Service in Beaufort, N.C. She completed
her B.S. in biology from Auburn University
and both the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
marine sciences at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Irlandi taught
courses in biological oceanography. She also
worked with students on many projects and
presented papers and posters throughout
her career.
Some highlights from her career include:
Grants and Research
Dr. Elizabeth Irlandi joined oceanography
in August 1998. Dr. Irlandi came from the
University of Miami where she served as
a senior research associate. Prior to her
University of Miami experience, she was
Under a grant from the National Science
Foundation, Dr. Irlandi led the Summer
Research Experience for Undergraduates;
Science in Support of Resource
Management the summer of 1999. Dr.
Irlandi and graduate student Kimberly
Taplin attended the Estuarine Research
Federation meeting in New Orleans, where
they presented a poster titled “Potential
Consequences of Eutrophication to
Thalassia testudium Meadows in Biscayne
Bay, FL.” Dr. Irlandi received a National
Science Foundation grant of more than
$73,000 for geographic information systems
(GIS) training. Dr. Irlandi intended to
incorporate GIS platforms into determining
the effects of land use on coastal waters.
GIS is a way of managing, analyzing and
displaying location-related data. To train
herself in using GIS, Dr. Irlandi compiled
existing data on land-use coverage and
explored relationships between the land-use
coverage of water sheds, adjacent water
quality and health of submerged aquatic
vegetation in the Indian River Lagoon.
She also received a grant of $15,000
from the University of Miami. Through
this grant, she participated in a project to
access the effects of anthropogenic impacts
on the structure and function of coastal
ecosystems.
In April 2000, Dr. Irlandi started a Sea
Grant-funded project to evaluate a new
method for stock enhancement of hard
clams in the Indian River Lagoon—
“Evaluation of the efficacy of introducing
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hatchery spawned larvae directly to the
water column for stock enhancement
of hard clams.” Dr. Irlandi received a
renewal of the REU Program: Science
and Management of Coastal Resources,
sponsored by the National Science
Foundation, in the amount of $51,822.
Dr. Irlandi also participated in a $111,000
Florida Sea Grant-funded research
project on hard clams in the Indian River
Lagoon. Dr. Irlandi joined in this work
by researchers from the University of
Miami and the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Commission. The goal of the effort, she
said, “is to evaluate the efficiency of
introducing hatchery-spawned hard clam
larvae directly to the water as a costeffective way to enhance the IRL’s stock of
hard clams.”
In summer of 2001, Dr. Irlandi conducted
a National Science Foundation-sponsored
summer internship program focused on
applied research in science, engineering
and management of coastal zones. Interns
participated in an eight-week program
working with DMES faculty on projects
including inlet management, biofouling,
sustainable development, remote sensing,
water quality, evaluation of clam restocking
efforts and coastal sedimentary processes.
During the spring of 2005, Dr. Irlandi was
involved in research assessing if low salinity
can act as a natural barrier to the invasion
of Caulerpa brachypus (a nonnative invader
to Florida) into the Lagoon. Graduate
students assisted with research activities
examining competitive interactions between
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Caulerpa prolifers (a taxonomic relative of
C. brachypus) and Halodule wrightii, the
dominant seagrasss in the Indian River
Lagoon.
In 2006, Dr. Irlandi-Hyatt was awarded a
Faculty Professional Development Grant.
The grants provide opportunities for faculty
members to enrich their teaching and
professional development by participating
in the technology-related projects and
travel. She supported “Incorporation of
Mobile Geographic Information and Global
Positioning Systems into Coastal Resource
Management Research and Education.”
During the fall of 2008, Dr. Irlandi-Hyatt
obtained a grant to study anthropogenic
impacts to coastal habitats. Dredge and fill
projects for inlet maintenance and beach
nourishment activities have the potential
to impact the health and function of
coastal habitats including intertidal sandy
beaches, near-shore subtidal rock reefs
and submerged aquatic vegetation. The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through
the Florida State Wildlife Grants Program
funded a study of populations of beach
habitat indicator species including mole
crabs, coquina clams and ghost crabs for
baseline ecological data, and for assessment
of impacts from dune construction and
beach nourishment activities in Indian
River County.
Dr. Irlandi received a renewed contract for
submerged hard bottom habitat monitoring
at Sebastian Inlet from the Sebastian Inlet
District. In the spring of 2004, she received
a $34,000 grant from the Sebastian Inlet
District to continue monitoring and
assessing the inlet’s biological recourses
that could be impacted. Dr. Irlandi also
worked with the Sebastian Inlet District on
biological monitoring of seagrass habitats in
the lagoon.
In spring/summer of 2006, Dr. Irlandi-Hyatt
earned a $40,000 grant from the Sebastian
Inlet District for permit compliance
monitoring of near-shore habitats. She
monitored surf zone fish populations and
rock reef growths. In the spring/summer of
2007, she received a $61,500 grant from
the Sebastian Inlet District to explore new
methodologies to support her efforts in
permit-compliance monitoring. The focus
of this project was to assess the benthic
communities of the very near-short hardbottom habitats, which can be potentially
impacted by beach nourishment activities.
During the fall of 2008, Dr. Irlandi-Hyatt
obtained a grant to study anthropogenic
impacts to coastal habitats. Dredge and fill
projects for inlet maintenance and beach
nourishment activities have the potential
to impact the health and function of
coastal habitats including intertidal sandy
beaches, near-shore subtidal rock reefs
and submerged aquatic vegetation. The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through
the Florida State Wildlife Grants Program
currently funds a study of populations of
beach habitat indicator species including
mole crabs, coquina clams and ghost crabs
for baseline ecological data and assessment
of impacts from dune construction and
beach nourishment activities in Indian
River County.
Summer Camp
During the summer of 2004, Dr. Irlandi
held the first DMES summer camp for
students in grades 9–12 who are interested
in the environment. The camp related to
how humans have hindered—or in some
cases helped—the Indian River Lagoon.
Students learned about beach erosion and
sand re-nourishment, the consequences
of freshwater entering into the Indian
River and the transportation and fate of
pollutants in coastal systems. Dr. Irlandi ran
the summer camp until her death.
Projects on BC47
Dr. Irlandi and the department of marine
and environmental systems adopted BC47
in September 2009. Since then, the island
has been a target of student and volunteer
projects aimed at enhancing the island
ecologically and recreationally. Florida Tech
students worked with volunteers and FDEP
staff to remove exotics and add native
plants to the island. The addition of native
plants helps to increase biodiversity, restore
ecological function and create habitat for
native fauna. A student from Dr. Irlandi’s
Coastal Mitigation and Restoration class
designed educational signage and, with the
help of Florida Tech volunteers, erected
and installed an educational kiosk last year.
Current projects include an experiment
adding shoreline grasses and red mangroves
along a shoreline and creating seagrass
transects for continued monitoring. For
more information on this project, contact
Marc Virgilio, estuarine ecologist, Florida
Department of Environmental Protection,
at [email protected] or visit
www.spoilislandproject.org.
Statements from students
Kelli Zargiel, a doctoral student who
worked extensively with Dr. Iralndi-Hyatt,
stated, “Beth’s open door policy helped
many students over the years with projects,
statistics and experimental designs. I
have never seen her turn down a question
because she was too busy. And busy she
was, balancing numerous research projects,
advisor responsibilities and teaching both
undergraduate and graduate courses.
She was a source of
inspiration for all female
graduate students—
showing us it was
possible to not only be
an amazing benthic
ecology expert, but also
be an amazing mother
and wife at the same
Sign posted on BC47. Adopted by Dr.
Elizabeth A. Irlandi, Florida Institute of
Technology, Department of Marine and
Environmental Systems
time. Beth was a mentor, a committee
member, a teacher and someone who I
could always count on! Her presence will be
missed by all in DMES and throughout the
ecology field.”
Dr. Nancy Sloan, professor at Brevard
Community College, a former student
of Dr. Irlandi-Hyatt, stated, “Beth was a
wonderful mentor, teacher and friend. I
have been with her since 2003 and met
her in 2002. She was the reason I choose
Florida Tech as my graduate school. She
was so involved with the community doing
local research and presentations at schools
that I had a desire to have my life emulate
hers. She had a way of never making you
feel dumb even if you had a hard time
understanding a concept, and she was
always ready to give students a second
chance when no one else would. She loved
to laugh; she loved chocolate and ice cream;
she loved science especially ecology; and
she loved me and that made my life a lot
brighter. She will be missed greatly; she was
truly a life changer.”
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Memorials and Donations
Special Thanks
The Florida Academy of Sciences will hold a special session
in memory of Dr. Irlandi-Hyatt during the 2011 meeting
being held at Florida Tech on March 11–12, 2011.
A special thank you to all who contributed
to this special edition of The Link,
especially Christine Chura (Cyphers)
who previously worked for DMES and
now works in Construction Management.
She volunteered her time to work on this
dedication Link to honor Drs. Harris and
Irlandi-Hyatt. Also working on this issue
was Tonya Mitchell, office administrator,
Dr. George Maul, several graduate
students, Marc Virgilio and Todd Barber.
A special memorial endowment fund has been set up for
Dr. Irlandi-Hyatt within the department of marine and
environmental systems: Faculty Memorial Fellowship.
Make checks payable to: Florida Institute of Technology,
and mail to: Florida Institute of Technology, Office of
Development, 150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL
32901-6975. Please write Faculty Memorial Fellowship in
the memo line of your check.
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