| Course Name |
Course Description |
EES 5900
Coastal Processes
(Generally offered every Fall)
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This course will focus on the physical processes operating in the coastal environment. Key elements of this course include wind waves - their generation and transformation processes, coastal hydrodynamics and transport processes, coastal water level fluctuations (short-term and long-term), and governing processes on beach/barrier, deltaic, wetland and estuarine environments. Introductory concepts in coastal morphodynamics will be presented through case studies that cover topics of land building, deltaic and estuarine sedimentation, marsh edge erosion, longshore transport and shoreline change, run-up and inundation over wash during storms, and inlet backbarrier interactions. The course will also emphasize on presenting modeling tools available for the study of such environments, and review observation techniques and analysis tools currently used. |
ENCE 6334
Sediment Transport and Dredging
(Expected to be offered in Spring 2021)
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Particle size analysis, fluid-particle systems, incipient motion; suspended and total loads; bedforms; sediment measurements; physical and numerical modeling of sediment transport; transport of liquid-solid mixtures in pipes; dredging equipment; hydraulic and mechanical dredging; geotechnical properties of dredged sediments; environmental impacts of dredging; pipeline transport of dredged sediments. |
EES 6760
Coastal Restoration and Management
(Offered in Fall 2020)
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Coastal problems and appropriate mitigation approaches on barrier shorelines and beaches, deltas, and estuaries. Management aspects include project implementation and a background to regulatory frameworks for coastal restoration decision-making. Large restoration efforts from Louisiana and other locations will be presented, including case studies, lessons learned, adaptive management, project monitoring, and performance evaluation. |
EES 5550
Coastal Geomorphology
(Expected to be offered in Spring 2021)
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Process relationships in a variety of coastal settings, including beaches and barrier shorelines, estuaries, and tidal wetlands, rocky coasts and cliffs, coral reefs and atolls. Fundamental driving processes in a coastal environment such as climate, waves, tides and storms will be discussed through case studies. Field measurements of coastal parameters will also be discussed |
