Presentation: ASCE NC Fall Conference

JC Dietrich, A Gharagozlou, N Tull, CA Rucker, BO Blanton, JG Fleming, RA Luettich, MF Overton. “Forecasting and Mapping of Coastal Flooding during Hurricanes.” ASCE NC Fall Technical Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, 26 September 2019.

Proposal Defense: Alireza Gharagozlou

Alireza Gharagozlou. “Multi-Scale Predictions of Storm Driven Erosion, Breaching, and Flooding of Barrier Islands.” Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 7 August 2019.

Conference: ADCIRC 2019

A Thomas, JC Dietrich, TG Asher, M Bell, BO Blanton, JH Copeland, AT Cox, CN Dawson, JG Fleming, M Loveland, RA Luettich. “Using a Multi-Resolution Approach to Improve the Accuracy and Efficiency of Flooding Predictions.” ADCIRC Users Group Meeting, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 20 May 2019.

A Gharagozlou, JC Dietrich, A Karanci, MF Overton, RA Luettich. “Storm-Driven Erosion and Inundation of Barrier Islands at Dune- and Region-Scales.” ADCIRC Users Group Meeting, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 20 May 2019.

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Alireza wins Student Educational Award

Ph.D. student Alireza Gharagozlou won the Student Educational Award at the ASBPA National Coastal Conference 2018. This award is given annually to an undergraduate or graduate student who, through his or her research, is furthering the state of the science of coastal systems as it relates to the goals and mission of the ASBPA. Congrats to Alireza!

Alireza accepts the Student Educational Award during the awards luncheon at the ASBPA National Coastal Conference.

Conference: ASBPA Coastal Conference 2018

A Gharagozlou, JC Dietrich, A Karanci, MF Overton, RA Luettich Jr. “Erosion and Inundation of Hatteras Island at Dune- and Region-Scales During Hurricane Isabel.” ASBPA 2018 National Coastal Conference, Galveston, Texas, 31 October – 2 November 2018.

Presentation: NC Sea Grant Site Review

JC Dietrich, R Cyriac, A Thomas, A Gharagozlou, N Tull, BO Blanton, JG Fleming, RA Luettich, MF Overton. “Predictive Models for Coastal Hazards.” NC Sea Grant Site Review, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2-4 October 2018.

News: Storm Surge Modeling during Hurricane Florence

2018/09/13 – The State of Things on WUNC
Hurricane Florence Coverage from Around the State

Hurricane Florence, which is now a Category 2 storm, continues to bear down on the Carolina coast. The National Weather Service says it is likely to be “the storm of a lifetime” for certain portions of that coastline. Officials have ordered the evacuation of over 1 million people from the coasts of North and South Carolina. … Stasio is joined by Casey Dietrich, a professor in North Carolina State University’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering and leader of its Coastal and Computational Hydraulics Team. Dietrich explains the models currently being refined to help predict and plan for hurricanes and their effects on coastlines.

For this episode of The State of Things, the full-length podcast is embedded below. The interview with Casey Dietrich starts at about the 37-minute mark. It was great to describe our projects with DHS, NSF, and NC Sea Grant as part of this episode about Hurricane Florence.

Wave Gauge Deployment for Hurricane Florence

On September 11-12, or about 2-3 days before Hurricane Florence’s landfall in North Carolina, our PhD student Johnathan Woodruff joined Spencer Rogers (UNC-Wilmington, NC Sea Grant) to deploy wave gauges in Wrightsville and Topsail Beaches. The following video shows a time lapse of a deployment on a pile-supported structure in North Topsail Beach:

The goal, locations, and a few pictures of the wave gauge deployment are included below.

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