In the northeast Caribbean, the area called the Puerto Rico trench features a subduction zone. When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hit, ten Brinks' group received funding from the U.S. government to study the tsunami potential of the Puerto Rico trench.
Neal Wunderlich is President of Wunderlich-Malec, a 31+ year old company that is 100% Employee Owned. WM has 20 offices a crossed the United States, plus an office in Saudia Arabia. The company is presently expanding our business in China and South America.
He is currently a senior member of IEEE. He was awarded Distinguished Researcher of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2003, Distinguished Researcher of College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2004, and University Research Incentive Award in 2005. Prof. Wu is also an outstanding teacher at the university. He was awarded Excellence for Undergraduate Teaching Award from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in January 2006, and Excellence for Undergraduate Teaching Award from the College of Engineering and Computer Science in February 2006.