Rusty Permenter is the Principal Investigator of the two Coastal Storm Risk Management Models Beach-fx and G2CRM. These models provide the basis for cost-benefit analysis of coastal protection measures including beach fills, breakwaters, bulkheads, and non-structural measures. The models evaluate damages to coastal areas through the application of simplified storm response to coastal infrastructure with and without proposed interventions. He is also the morphology lead of the Coastal Hazard Analysis Risk Toolkit(CHART) intended to replace existing tools. In addition to his CSRM work, he has significant laboratory and field experience at ERDC and multiple locations around the US. He received a M.S. in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M and an M.S. in Mathematics at the University of Arkansas, with an undergraduate in Physics and Mathematics at Stephen F. Austin State University.
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