CCHT Visited by Dr. Navid Tahvildari

The CCHT hosted a visit by Dr. Navid Tahvildari of Old Dominion University. His research interests include waves and wave-induced processes and storm surge and their interactions with sediments, aquatic vegetation, and infrastructure.

During his visit, he met with faculty members and graduate students in the coastal engineering team at NC State. He also presented in our EWC seminar series about “Nonlinear Dynamics of Surface Waves in Dissipative Environments.” It was great to connect with Dr. Tahvildari.

Dr. Navid Tahvildari starts his seminar during his visit to the CCHT.

Nelson wins Student Poster Award

MS student Nelson Tull won the Student Poster Award at the ASBPA National Coastal Conference 2017. This award is chosen by attendees from among all of the student posters and is reflective of both compelling research activities and excellent presentation skills.

Congratulations to Nelson!

Nelson Tull accepts the Student Poster Award during the awards luncheon at the ASBPA National Coastal Conference.

Conference: ASBPA Coastal Conference 2017

A Gharagozlou, JC Dietrich, A Karanci, MF Overton, RA Luettich Jr. “Modeling the Erosion on Hatteras Island During Hurricane Isabel: Toward XBeach Coupling with ADCIRC.” ASBPA 2017 National Coastal Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 24-27 October 2017.

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Poster: ASBPA Coastal Conference 2017

N Tull, JC Dietrich, TE Langan, H Mitasova, BO Blanton, JG Fleming, RA Luettich. “Improving Accuracy of Real-Time Storm Surge Inundation Predictions Using GRASS GIS.” ASBPA National Coastal Conference 2017, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 25 October 2017.

Poster presented by Nelson Tull at the ASBPA National Coastal Conference 2017.

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Proposal Defense: Rosemary Cyriac

Rosemary Cyriac. “Wind and Plume Driven Circulation and Surface Transport in Estuarine Systems.” Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 10 October 2017.

News: Summer Research Experience

2017/09/28 – DHS CRCoE
Students participate in second annual summer exchange program

Summer activities also included a one-day exchange where students from Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) in Charlotte, N.C., visited North Carolina State University (NCSU). Nine students enrolled in a summer research program led by Dr. Hang Chen visited the NCSU Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE), where CRC PI Dr. Casey Dietrich exposed the students to the concepts of computing-intensive and coastal resilience research.

The visiting students learned about the CCCE department, along with summer and graduate program opportunities. Dr. Dietrich arranged presentations and discussions with faculty members in their computing and system group. Ten faculty members presented their interdisciplinary research projects addressing problems throughout civil and environmental engineering using computational tools. The JCSU students also interacted with Dr. Dietrich’s graduate students and learned more about their individual research projects.