Coastal and Ocean Hydraulic Engineering Research
The Coastal Engineering expertise conducts field, laboratory, and numerical investigations on beach erosion, wave setup, swash processes, coral reef hydrodynamics, tsunami, coastal morphology, coastal flow slides, and river entrance dynamics.
Research areas
• Coral Reef Hydrodynamics
• Swash Hydrodynamics and overtopping
• Coastal Flow Slides
• Reef restoration and coral rubble mobility
• Beach profile evolution and sea level rise
• Shoreline response to environmental change
• Climate change and catchment flooding
• Renewable Energy and the Blue Economy
• Swash Hydrodynamics and overtopping
• Coastal Flow Slides
• Reef restoration and coral rubble mobility
• Beach profile evolution and sea level rise
• Shoreline response to environmental change
• Climate change and catchment flooding
• Renewable Energy and the Blue Economy
• Swash zone measurements and berm overwash
• Setting up swash zone instruments for the day
• 90m wave flume, HYDRALAB project SUSCO
• Coastal wind measurements
• Flow hydrodynamics over seagrass beds
• Dam-break flows and overtopping
• Surveying for Taro Island hazard study
• Capturing coral reef ecosystem services
• Setting up swash zone instruments for the day
• 90m wave flume, HYDRALAB project SUSCO
• Coastal wind measurements
• Flow hydrodynamics over seagrass beds
• Dam-break flows and overtopping
• Surveying for Taro Island hazard study
• Capturing coral reef ecosystem services