Taylor Engineering
Christopher Bender, Ph.D., P.E., BC.CE, currently serves as the Vice President and Coastal Engineering Group Leader at Taylor Engineering, a position held since May 2003, after previously working as a Senior Engineer. Additionally, Christopher Bender has contributed to academia as a part-time faculty member at the University of North Florida since January 2009, teaching Introduction to Coastal Engineering and Science. Christopher Bender earned a Ph.D. in Coastal Engineering from the University of Florida between 1999 and 2003 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering from the University of Rhode Island, completed in 1999.
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Taylor Engineering
Since 1983, Taylor Engineering, Inc., with headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida; branch offices in Destin and Tampa, Florida; and regional staff throughout Florida and the North Atlantic, has provided leading-edge solutions to challenges in the water environment. The company focuses its attention on water-related engineering, planning, management, and environmental challenges with an emphasis on coastal regions. The company takes on projects — coastal restoration and management, coastal processes analysis, beach nourishment, coastal structures, ports, harbors and marinas, environmental restoration and management, waterfront access structures, wave and storm-surge modeling, flood control, flood insurance studies, and more — that cover the spectrum of water-related issues. Each service shares a common characteristic: it supports projects occurring in the water or at the water’s edge. HOW WE CAN HELP YOU • Beach Nourishment • Shore Protection and Erosion Control • Coastal Processes Analysis • Coastal Hydraulics, Wave, and Beach Modeling • Community Resilience and Sea-level Rise Planning • Dredging and Dredged Material Management • Environmental Assessment, Planning, Permitting, and Restoration • Mitigation Design • Marine Structures • Waterfront Recreation Facilities • Hydrology and Hydraulics Analysis and Modeling • Flood Control and Floodplain Management • Water Resources Management • Policy, Planning, and Programming • Construction Phase Services • Geographic Information Systems • Coastal and Marine Geosciences Laboratory