Frank Townsend

Professor Emeritus

Frank Townsend, is a professor emeritus of EG-civil and coastal engineering at the University of Florida and a third-generation Zonian. Townsend has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Michigan Technological University and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from Oklahoma State University.

Mon, 07/11/2016 - 11:16
How the Panama Canal Expansion Will Once Again Transform ShippingEngineering marvel now even more marvelous
Mon, 07/11/2016 - 11:16
World shipping changed forever when the Panama Canal opened on Aug. 15, 1914. It was an engineering marvel of its day, cutting the distance required to get from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic by as much as 8,000 nautical miles. The shipping…