Making Waves

Making Waves

With demand for coastal engineers rising, UD professor brings the coast to classrooms University of Delaware Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Jack Puleo studies the physics of sand dune erosion during extreme waves and storm surges. The ongoing rise in...

Research Spotlight: Ship Wake Study at Pea Patch Island

Pea Patch Island (Figure 1) is a historically and ecologically significant island located In the Delaware River. The island contains Fort Delaware is a major Heronry. It is threatened by sea level rise and shoreline erosion. Scarping can be observed at the ends of the...
Graduate Student Spotlight: Ting Ting Zhu

Graduate Student Spotlight: Ting Ting Zhu

Tell us a little about your background I’m from Tianjin, China. My undergraduate major is Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at Tianjin University. For my undergraduate education, I wanted to become an Engineer who designs a ship and improves ship performance....

New Graduate Students (2018)

The Center for Applied Coastal Research welcomes five new graduate students starting in the 2018 academic year. Maro Pontiki Advisor: Jack Puleo Research interests: Investigation of physics of dune erosion during extreme surge and wave events, physical modelling,...
2018 SERDP Project of the Year Award

2018 SERDP Project of the Year Award

Jack Puleo, Demetra Cristaudo, Brittany Bruder (now at USACE) and Ben Gross received the 2018 Strategic Environmental Research and Development (SERDP) Project of the Year Award at the SERDP Symposium in Washington DC. Award recipients are recognized for outstanding...