[Announce] NHERI SimCenter 9/20 Webinar Announcement

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*NHERI SimCenter *–
* Natural Hazards Engineering 101 Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 11am –
12pm PDT*

*Simulation Approaches for Coastal Hazards*



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*ABSTRACT:*
This presentation provides an overview of the available methods for
modeling coastal waves. First, an overview of the relevant coastal
processes, from shoaling to turbulent mixing, is provided to establish a
basis to compare the various modeling approaches. The discussion centers on
modeling wind waves, and includes a brief overview of the linear and
analytical theory available to quantify coastal transformation, and then
follows with a summary of spectral and phase-resolving approaches. Modeling
long waves is given next, with a focus on tsunami and surge simulation.
Finally, the presentation summarizes techniques to couple the various
models with other fluid and structural models, and reviews recent advances
on the topic.


*PRESENTER:*
* Patrick Lynett* is a Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of
Southern California. He attended Cornell University from 1993-2002, where
he received three degrees from the School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering. His research interests are directed towards a better
understanding of coastal processes, such as nearshore circulations, wave
evolution from generation to the shoreline, multi-scale
hydrodynamic interactions, and sediment transport. Investigations combine
numerical modeling with both controlled experiments and field observations.
Short time-scale coastal hazards, such as hurricanes and tsunamis, are of
particular interest. Dr. Lynett was a member of the 2005 International
Tsunami Survey Team to Sri Lanka, the 2005 Hurricane Katrina Coastal
Impacts Survey Team sponsored by ASCE, the
post-tsunami survey team in American Samoa in 2009, and numerous surveys
throughout the Pacific after the 2011 Japan tsunami. Dr. Lynett has been
the recipient of research grants from the National Science Foundation
(NSF), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Geological
Survey, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the NOAA Sea Grant Program, the
Office of Naval Research, various California state agencies, and private
industry. Notable awards include the Department of the Army Commander's
Award for Public Service given for Dr. Lynett’s post-Katrina work, a
prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010, and the ASCE Walter L. Huber
Civil Engineering Research Prize in 2013.


*About Natural Hazards Engineering 101:*

NHE 101 is a webinar series intended to provide a common knowledge base for
the NHERI community. Webinars will, for each of the primary natural hazards
in the NHERI program, provide an introduction to fundamental concepts and
an overview of experimental- and simulation-based research. Webinars will
also provide an introduction to numerical methods and computational tools
used in NHE research. All are encouraged to participate.
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