"Surface waves, hydrodynamics and geological processes in coastal environments"

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Coastal areas of oceans, estuaries and lakes are extremely dynamic and represent a huge area of economic and environmental importance to Canada. The successful monitoring, understanding and prediction of coastal processes is critical to our ability to determine and minimize coastal hazards, including coastal erosion and flooding from storms, transport of contaminants in surface water, and longer-term geomorphological evolution associated with climate change. Recently, computer models that simulate waves, currents and sedimentary processes have advanced to the point where the cumulative effects of different physical processes can be simulated in three dimensions. However, the expressions that describe the physical and geological processes are largely empirically derived and limited to specific conditions. Research conducted by four Master's and two Doctoral students will include observation of coastal processes in new field environments, development of new numerical formulations, and simulation of wave and sediment processes at specific sites to address socioeconomic issues, including the environmental effects of implementing large-scale renewable energy schemes in the marine environment.