Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merrick Haller, Oregon State University; Antonio Baptista, Oregon Health & Science University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

2006-2316: NANOOS-PILOT: A COLLECTION OF OCEAN OBSERVING TOOLSFOR IMPROVING OCEAN SAFETY AND COASTAL DESIGNMerrick Haller, Oregon State University Merrick Haller has been an Assistant Professor in the Ocean Engineering Program within the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University since 2001. His research interests include the use of remote sensing tools for coastal engineering applications and the origin and dynamics of rip currents.Antonio Baptista, Oregon Health & Science University Antonio Baptista is a professor and director of the Center for Coastal and Land-Margin Research, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute

Conference Session

Hurricane Katrina

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qin Chen, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Coasts. In fact, from the Florida Panhandle to theLouisiana-Texas boarder, there are no graduate programs in coastal engineering on the centralGulf Coast. The inadequate coastal engineering research and education in the Gulf Coast regionare reflected in the failures of civil engineering infrastructure and buildings seen in the HurricaneKatrina’s aftermath. We use the collapse of coastal bridges during Hurricane Katrina as anexample to demonstrate the need for and importance of coastal engineering research andeducation in hurricane-prone areas. An examination of the engineering practice in thetransportation engineering community has indicated transportation engineers often rely oncoastal engineers to assist their design and construction of