USACE Galveston District, the US Army’s Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), and Texas A&M University have worked together to form the Coastal Science and Engineering Collaborative (CSEC). The organizations participating in the CSEC are pursuing a number of activities to advance the development and application of new capabilities for coastal systems and infrastructure. One of those new initiatives is an Engineering With Nature (EWN) Seminar Course. By way of background, the Department of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M is in the process of developing a curriculum for a degree program that supports Engineering With Nature in coastal environments. To that end, the Department is offering a seminar course on Engineering With Nature during the spring 2018 semester. The seminar course (syllabus attached) will be offered at both the College Station and Galveston campuses of Texas A&M. Lectures will be given by a combination of Texas A&M faculty and USACE staff. As class materials become available, they will be uploaded to this site.
OCEN 485/685: Engineering With Nature Course Outline Spring Semester 2018
Instructor: Orencio Duran Vinent, PhD; Research Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering
Email: oduranvinent@tamu.edu
For more information, please contact Dr. Todd Bridges or Dr. Jeffrey King.
Seminar lecture listing
Use or reproduction of any slides/graphics or portions of figures etc. found herein shall contain an acknowledgment of the author/institution and be by permission of the author.
| January 22, 2018 | Lecture 1 – Engineering With Nature by Dr. Todd Bridges |
| January 29, 2018 | Lecture 2 – EWN: General Principles by Dr. Orencio Duran Vinent |
| February 5, 2018 | Lecture 3 – EWN: Ecosystem Basics by Dr. Rusty A. Feagin |
| February 12, 2018 | Lecture 4 – EWN: Interaction between physical processes and biology in the formation of nature-based features by Dr. Orencio Duran Vinent |
| February 19, 2018 | Lecture 5 – Physical Model Experiment of Vegetated Coastal Dunes by Jens Figlus |
| February 26, 2018 | Lecture 6 – Wave Interactions with Coastal Vegetation by Mary A. Bryant |
| March 5, 2018 | Lecture 7 – Engineering Capabilities of Plant Communities by Tosin Sekoni |
| March 19, 2018 | Lecture 8 – Coastal wetland engineering: designing for function, case studies, and modeling tools by Dr. Candice Piercy and Susan Bailey |
| March 26, 2018 | Lecture 9 – Engineering and construction aspects of thin layer placement of sediment projects by Tim Welp |
| April 2, 2018 | Lecture 10 – Flood risk management by Jane Smith, Mary Bryant, and Julie Rosati |
| April 9, 2018 | Lecture 11 – Sediment Transport and Management to Support EWN Solutions by Joseph Gailani |
| April 16, 2018 | Lecture 12 – Coastal protection presented by Jens Figlus (TAMU OCEN) |
| April 23, 2018 | Lecture 13 – Cost/benefit analysis of EWN projects presented by Rusty Feagin (TAMU ESSM) |
