CCHT Hosts Visitors from Johnson C. Smith University

Nine students in the Summer Research Program at Johnson C. Smith University visited the NCSU Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and were hosted by Dr. Casey Dietrich. This program is supported by the DHS Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence.

The director of graduate programs gave an overview of the NCSU CCCE department and summer and graduate programs opportunities. Dr. Dietrich arranged presentations and discussions with faculty members in the Computing & Systems group.

Dr. Dietrich poses with JCSU students outside of Mann Hall.

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Poster: Spring 2017 Conferences

A Gharagozlou, JC Dietrich, M Overton, A Karanci. “Morphological Modeling of Hatteras Island During Hurricane Isabel.” 8th Annual NCEM/ECU Hurricane Conference, Greenville, North Carolina, 24 May 2017.

A Gharagozlou, JC Dietrich, M Overton, A Karanci. “Morphological Modeling of Hatteras Island During Hurricane Isabel.” North Carolina’s Coastal Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, 4-5 April 2017.

A Gharagozlou, JC Dietrich, M Overton, A Karanci. “Morphological Modeling of Hatteras Island During Hurricane Isabel.” Environmental, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering Research Symposium, North Carolina State University, 3 March 2017.

Morphological modeling of Hatteras Island during Hurricane Isabel

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Conference: ADCIRC 2017

R Cyriac, JC Dietrich, A Fathi, CN Dawson, KM Dresback, CA Blain, M Bilskie, SC Hagen, H Graber. “Circulation Dynamics and Transport Characteristics of Density-driven Flows in the Choctawhatchee Bay and River System.” ADCIRC Users Group Meeting, Norwood, Massachusetts, 04 May 2017.

A Thomas, JC Dietrich, RA Luettich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, TG Asher, SC Hagen, MV Bilskie, P Bacopoulos. “Hindcasts of Winds and Surge during Hurricane Matthew (2016): Balancing Large-Domain Coverage and Localized Accuracy.” ADCIRC Users Group Meeting, Norwood, Massachusetts, 04 May 2017.

A Gharagozlou, JC Dietrich, A Karanci, MF Overton, RA Luettich Jr. “XBeach Modeling of Erosion During Hurricane Isabel: Resolution Requirements For Coupling With ADCIRC.” ADCIRC Users Group Meeting, Norwood, Massachusetts, 05 May 2017.

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Seminar: NWS Raleigh

JC Dietrich, A Thomas, A Gharagozlou, N Tull, MF Overton, RA Luettich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, C Kaiser. “Predictive Modeling for Storm Surge and Flooding Risks in North Carolina.” NWS Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Subregional Workshop, Raleigh, North Carolina, 28 April 2017.

Team Photo 2017

Front (left to right): Ajimon Thomas, Nelson Tull, and Rosemary Cyriac. Back (left to right): Mohammad Innab, Casey Dietrich, Alireza Gharagozlou, and Emerina Kelly.

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Seminars: Johnson C. Smith University & Duke Marine Lab

JC Dietrich, A Thomas, A Gharagozlou, MF Overton, RA Luettich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, C Kaiser. “Hurricane Wave and Storm Surge Modeling: Recent Developments and Forecasting during Hurricane Matthew.” Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, North Carolina, 12 April 2017.

JC Dietrich, A Thomas, A Gharagozlou, MF Overton, RA Luettich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, C Kaiser. “Hurricane Wave and Storm Surge Forecasting for the North Carolina Coast.” College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina, 31 March 2017.

Conference: NC Coastal Conference 2017

JC Dietrich, A Thomas, A Gharagozlou, MF Overton, RA Luettich, JG Fleming, BO Blanton, C Kaiser. “Predictive Modeling for Storm Surge and Flooding Risks in Coastal North Carolina.” North Carolina’s Coastal Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 4-5, 2017.

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News: Optimizing Storm Surge Models for Faster Forecasts

The following video explains some of our work in the DHS Coastal Resilience Center. For more information about Center projects in research and education, please see their YouTube page.