Jack C. Cox
Commissioner
Senior Partner/Principal and Coastal Engineer for Edgewater Resources
Mr. Cox is Senior Partner/Principal and Coastal Engineer for Edgewater Resources, where he directs the planning and design of large and complex waterfront and harborworks projects worldwide. He possesses internationally recognized credentials in research, engineering, and design of projects involving nearshore hydrodynamics, arctic and ice processes, harbor tranquility, breakwaters, fixed and floating marine structures, dredge material disposal, shore protection, port planning, marina design, and living shorelines. He is triple board certified in Coastal, Port and Navigation Engineering by the Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port and Navigation Engineers. He is an award winning lecturer in the topic of coastal engineering, having received the status of distinguished lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, and guest lecturer at Purdue University and the US Naval Academy. His 50 years of experience in the marine engineering field spans a full range, from ecologically sensitive planning through final design and construction.
Mr. Cox’s career highlights include the following:
Mr. Cox has authored more than fifty coastal and marina related technical publications and is an inaugural Diplomate in the Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port and Navigation Engineers with specialties in coastal, port and navigation engineering. He holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Engineering Science from Purdue University with post-graduate studies from the University of Chicago in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, and PhD studies in Coastal Engineering from the University of Delaware. He is a registered professional engineer in fourteen coastal states in the US and in the country of Cyprus.