CEL members Jaclynn Turnbaugh (Ph.D. student), Fangzhou Tong (Ph.D. candidate), and Josh Joubert (Ph.D. student) all presented at this year’s ASBPA conference in Galveston, Texas, with great success.
Keep up the good work!
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Congrats to PhD Student Josh Joubert for getting his CAP paper published!
PhD student Josh Joubert recently published his work on Confined Aquatic Placement: The article is available here:
Joubert, J. J., Figlus, J. and Mohan, R. (2024). Review of design guidance and past practices of confined aquatic placement within United States harbors and estuaries. Journal of Dredging, 21/1: 1–25. WEDA2024-21(1).
Congrats, Josh!
Dr. Figlus joins IDRT as distinguished partner
The Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT) has set up a distinguished partner program to enhance academic collaboration and problem solving related to pressing flood risk issues in Texas, the Nation, and worldwide. Follow the link to find out more about IDRT and the great work being done to create resilience against disasters.
New Science Advances journal article on vegetated coastal dune erosion published
Surprising results from a collaborative large-scale physical modeling study of vegetated dunes under storm wave attack conducted at the OSU O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory have now been published in “Science Advances“:
Feagin, R.A., Innocenti, R.A., Bond, H., Wengrove, M., Huff, T.P., Lomonaco, P., Tsai, B., Puleo, J., Pontiki, M., Figlus, J., Chavez, V., and Silva, R. (2023). Does vegetation accelerate coastal dune erosion during extreme events? Science Advances 9/24: eadg7135.
Follow the below links for related media coverage:
https://www.science.org/content/article/twist-beach-grass-could-make-dunes-more-vulnerable-storms
Dr. Figlus’ Venice (Italy) talk at the MOSE barrier symposium now online
On June 1, 2023, Dr. Figlus presented on the plans for a Texas coastal storm surge barrier system at the Venice Sustainability Foundation event entitled “The MOSE and others: sea-storm defences around the world” which took place at the Venice Arsenale. The agenda, pictures, and recorded talks from all participants can be found here. The specific presentation starts at time marker 2:42:00 (YouTube).