DATE:     9/7/99
CONTACT:  Bob Bacon, (843) 727-2075
EDITOR:   Tom Lollis, (803) 284-3343

Sea Grant Extension Hires Coastal Hazards Specialist

     CHARLESTON -- The South Carolina Sea Grant Extension Program
has hired a coastal hazards specialist.
     Elizabeth K. Judge was hired to work on reducing the risk
for Lowcountry homes from strong wind, earthquakes and other
natural disasters, according to Bob Bacon, program leader for Sea
Grant Extension.
     Her duties will include demonstrations and presentations to
homeowners, builders, engineers and architects on improved
construction techniques and mitigation of hazards.
     Judge will work closely with researchers from Clemson 
University's Department of Civil Engineering, which has a wind
engineering program that focuses on cost-effective retrofit
techniques for residential construction.
     Her headquarters will be at 113 Calhoun Street, a
laboratory, demonstration site and classroom designed to provide
research resources to the public.
     Judge earned an undergraduate degree in civil engineering at
Duke University and a master's in civil engineering from North
Carolina State University. She has worked as an engineer with the
Peace Corps in rural Ecuador and taught high school for two
years.
     The S.C. Sea Grant Extension Program is a cooperative 
coastal outreach program of the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and the
Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service.
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