Research
OCEAN AND COASTAL ENGINEERING
Fluid Dynamics
- Physics of fluids
- Fluid mixing
- Multiphase flows
- Numerical methods
Coastal Processes
- Coastal erosion
- Nearshore hydrodynamics
- Prediction of natural hazards
- Storm surge and flooding
- Runup and overtopping
- Sediment transport
- Wave-sediment interactions
- Currents and interactions
- Scouring
- Sand waves
- Coastal infrastructure
Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences
- Physics of waves
- Physics of wind
- Air-sea interactions
- Wind-driven waves and tides
- Wind-driven coastal processes
- Wave and wind transport of ice
- Storm predictions
- Extreme waves
- Hydrodynamics of underwater explosions
- Climate modeling
Behaviour of structures
- Marine structures
- Marine vegetation
- Special structures (e.g., underwater vehicles)
- Fluid-structure interactions
- Force and impact on marine structures
- Debris flow (ice, wood, objects)
- Flexible structures
- Structural dynamics
- Hydro- and aero-elasticity
- Vibration control
Renewable energy
- Wave energy
- Wind energy
- Tidal energy
- Offshore solar energy
- Biomimetics