Projects

Collaborative Research: Hybrid Flow-Sediment-Structure Interaction Analysis of Extreme Scour due to Coastal Flooding

PIs: Majid  Ghayoomi (University of New Hampshire), Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu (University of Delaware), Ali Farhadzadeh (Stonybrook University)

NSF Award ID: 2050808

MRI: Development of a Shared-Use Experimental Platform to Study Wind, Hydrodynamic, and Biochemical Conditions in the Littoral Zone During Extreme Coastal Storms

PIs: Brian Phillips, Forrest Masters, Elise Morrison, Maitane Olabarrieta Lizaso, Britt Raubenheimer (University of Florida)

NSF Award ID: 2215297

Collaborative Research: Experimental Quantification of Tsunami-driven Debris Damming on Structures

PIs: Hyoungsu Park (University of Hawaii), Sabarethinam Kameshwar (Louisiana State University)

NSF Award ID: 2203131

Collaborative Research: Understanding Hybrid Green-Gray Coastal Infrastructure Processes and Performance Uncertainties for Flood Hazard Mitigation

PIs: Tori Tomiczek (US NAVAL Academy), Dan Cox (Oregon State University)

NSF Award ID: 2110439

Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:DP): National Full-Scale Testing Infrastructure for Community Hardening in Extreme Wind, Surge, and Wave Events (NICHE)

PIs: Arindam Chowdhury (Florida International University), Tracy Kijewski-Correa (University of Notre Dame), Forrest Masters (University of Florida), Pedro Lomonaco (Oregon State University), Catherine Gorle (Stanford University)

NSF Award ID: 2131961

CAREER: Climate Resilient Landslide Repair on Expansive Soil Using Vetiver Grass

PIs: Mohammad Sadik Khan (Jackson State University)

NSF Award ID: 2046054

The Emerald Tutu

PIs: Gabriel Cira (Northeastern University) and Julia Hopkins (Northeastern University)

NSF Award ID: 2016199

CAREER: Accelerating Real-time Hybrid Physical-Numerical Simulations in Natural Hazards Engineering with a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-driven Paradigm

PIs: Barbara Simpson (Oregon State University)

NSF Award ID: 2145665

Infrared Remote Sensing of Cooling Whitecap Foam to Quantify Wave Breaking and Aeration

PIs: Christopher Chickadel, Christopher Bassett, Andrew Jessup (University of Washington)

NSF Award ID: 2048616

The Emerald Tutu

PIs: Gabriel Cira (Northeastern University) and Julia Hopkins (Northeastern University)

NSF Award ID: 2016199

Understanding and Quantifying Structural Loading from Tsunami-Induced Debris Fields

PI: Michael Motley (University of Washington)

NSF Award ID: 1933184

Experimental Investigation of Wave, Surge, and Tsunami Transformation over Natural Shorelines

PI: Tori Johnson (U.S. Naval Academy)

NSF Award ID: 1825080; DesignSafe Project IDs: PRJ-2143, PRJ-3218

Vertical Evacuation Structures Subjected to Sequential Earthquake and Tsunami Loadings

PIs: Dawn Lehman (University of Washington), Charles Roeder (University of Washington), Pedro Arduino (University of Washington), Michael Motley (University of Washington).

NSF Award ID: 1726326

Collaborative Research: Implementation Strategies and Performance of Unsaturated Bio-Cemented Dune Sand

PIs: Brina Montoya (North Carolina State University), T. Matthew Evans (Oregon State University)

NSF Award IDs: 1933355 and 1933350

Collaborative Research: Physics of Dune Erosion during Extreme Wave and Storm-Surge Events

PIs: J. Puleo (University of Delaware), T. Hsu (University of Delaware), R.Feagin (Texas A&M University), M. Wengrove (Oregon State University), D. Cox (Oregon State University)

NSF Award IDs: 1756714, 1756477 and 1756449

Collaborative Research: Wave, Surge, and Tsunami Overland Hazard, Loading and Structural Response for Developed Shorelines

PIs: Patrick Lynett (University of Southern California), Roger Ghanem (University of Southern California), Andrew Kennedy (University of Notre Dame), Andre Barbosa (Oregon State University), Daniel Cox (Oregon State University)

NSF Award IDs: 1661315, 1661052 and 1661015; DesignSafe Project IDs: PRJ-3157, PRJ-3197, PRJ-3213

Transient Rip Current Dynamics: Laboratory Measurements and Modeling of Surfzone Vorticity

PIs: Melissa Moulton (University of Washington), Nirnimesh Kumar (University of Washington)

NSF Award ID: 1735460

Collaborative Research: Physical Modeling of Submarine Volcanic Eruption Generated Tsunamis

PIs: Hermann Fritz (Georgia Institute of Technology), Josef Dufek (Georgia Institute of Technology)

NSF Award ID: 1563217

Runups of Unusual Size: Predicting Unexpectedly Large Swash Events

PIs: H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller (Oregon State University), Peter Ruggiero (Oregon State University), Robert Holman (Oregon State University)

NSF Award ID: 1459049; DesignSafe Project ID: PRJ-2168

CAREER: Advancing Multi-Hazard Assessment and Risk-Based Design for Offshore Wind Energy Technology

PIs: Andrew Myers (Northeastern University)

NSF Award ID: 1552559

Collaborative Research: Numerical and Probabilistic Modeling of Aboveground Storage Tanks Subjected to Multi-Hazard Storm Events

PIs: Jamie Padgett (Rice University), Clinton Dawson (University of Texas at Austin)

NSF Award ID: 1635784 and 1635115; DesignSafe Project ID: PRJ-1293

Telescopic structural flood walls

PI: Jorge Cueto (Smart Walls Construction LLC)

NSF Award ID: 1621727

Collaborative Research: Nonlinear Long Wave Amplification in the Shadow Zone of Offshore Islands

PI: Costas Synolakis (University of Southern California), Patrick Lynett (University of Southern California), James Kaihatu (Texas A&M University)

NSF Award ID: 1538624 and 1538190

Probabilistic Assessment of Tsunami Forces on Coastal Structures 
PI: Michael Motley (University of Washington), Marc Eberhard (University of Washington), Pedro Arduino (University of Washington)
NSF Award ID: 1536198; DesignSafe Project ID: PRJ-1306

Collaborative Research: Fundamental Mechanics and Conditional Probabilities for Prediction of Hurricane Surge and Wave Loads on Elevated Coastal Structures

PIs: John van de Lindt (Colorado State University), Daniel Cox (Oregon State University)

NSF Award ID:  1301016 and 1266101; DesignSafe Project ID: PRJ-2131

Collaborative Research: Large-scale laboratory investigation and numerical modeling of sheet flow sediment transport dynamics across a surf zone sand bar

PIs: Jack Puleo (University of Delaware), Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu (University of Delaware), Dan Cox (Oregon State University)

NSF Award IDs: 1356978 and 1356855; DesignSafe Project ID: PRJ-1740

NEESR: Interaction of Tsunamis with Short Waves and Bottom Sediment - Numerical and Physical Modeling

PIs: James Kaihatu (Texas A&M University), Alexandru Sherement (Texas A&M University)

NSF Award ID: 1208147

NEESR: Tsunami Run-up and Withdrawal Dynamics on a Sloping Beach with Discontinuous Macro-Roughness

PI: Jennifer Irish (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

NSF Award ID: 1206271

NEESR: Tsunami Induced Coherent Structures and their Impact on our Coastal Infrastructure
PIs: Diane Foster (University of New Hampshire), Tian-Jian (Tom) Hsu (University of New Hampshire), Patrick Lynett (University of New Hampshire)
NSF Award ID: 1135026

NEESR-CR: Impact Forces from Tsunami-Driven Debris

PIs: H. Ronald Riggs (University of Hawaii Manoa), Marcelo Kobayashi (University of Hawaii Manoa), Clay Naito (Lehigh University), Dan Cox (Oregon State University)

NSF Award ID: 1041666, DesignSafe Project ID: NEES-2010-0942

NEESR-SD: Measuring Runup and Bed Shear Stress Using Long Stroke Wave-Makers

PI: Philip Liu (Cornell University)

NSF Award ID:  1041541

NEESR-CR: Tsunami Generation by Landslides: Integrating Laboratory Scale Experiments, Numerical Models and Natural Scale Applications

PI: Hermann Fritz (Georgia Tech Research Corporation)

NSF Award ID:  0936603

NEESR Payload: Dissipation of Long-Wave Energy by Discontinuous Macro-Roughness Representing Forested Areas

PI: Jennifer Irish

NSF Award ID:  0936595

NEESR Payload: Determining the Added Hazard Potential of Tsunamis by Interaction with Ocean Swell and Wind Waves

PI: James Kaihatu (Texas A&M University)

NSF Award ID: 0936579

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Smart Sediment Grains and the Incipient Motion of Coastal Heterogeneous Sediments

PI: Diane Foster (University of New Hampshire)

NSF Award ID: 0933409

NEESR II: Mitigating the Risk of Coastal Infrastructure through understanding Tsunami-Structure Interaction and Modeling

PIs: John van de Lindt (Colorado State University), Francisco Aguiniga (Texas A&M University Kingsville), Rakesh Gupta (Oregon State University), Dan Cox (Oregon State University)  

NSF Award ID: 0830378