Investigators
Coastal Infrastructure Resilience
![Dr. Dan Cox](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Cox-directory-e1556040602224-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Dan Cox
Experimental and Numerical Study to Improve Damage and Loss Estimation due to Overland Wave and Surge Hazards on Near-Coast Structures: Evaluation of Building Fragilities and Mitigation Alternatives for HAZUS-MH, including Engineering with Nature for Surge and Wave AttenuationOregon State University
dan.cox@oregonstate.edu
![Dr. John van de Lindt](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/van-de-Lindt-directory-e1556040583790-150x150.jpg)
Dr. John van de Lindt
Experimental and Numerical Study to Improve Damage and Loss Estimation due to Overland Wave and Surge Hazards on Near-Coast Structures: Evaluation of Building Fragilities and Mitigation Alternatives for HAZUS-MH, including Engineering with Nature for Surge and Wave AttenuationColorado State University
jwv@engr.colostate.edu
![Photo of Sandra Knight](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2022/03/Sandra_Knight-150x150.jpg)
Building Resilient Communities
![photo of Cassandra Davis](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2022/02/crd11-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Cassandra R. Davis
A Landscape Study of Social Equity Data Needs and its Access and Availability to Support the Disaster Resilience of Marginalized CommunitiesUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
cnrichar@email.unc.edu
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Dr. Phil Berke
An Extension of the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard™ (PIRS): Coupling PIRS™ with Plan Quality Evaluation ToolsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
pberke@email.unc.edu
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Jaimie Masterson
Application of the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard (PIRS™) at the National Scale in Partnership with the American Planning AssociationTexas A&M University
jmasterson@arch.tamu.edu
![Dr. James Prochaska](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/09/James_Prochaska_web.jpg)
Dr. James Prochaska
Communicating Risks to Motivate Individual ActionUniversity of Rhode Island
jop@uri.edu
![Dr. Robert Twilley](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/05/Twilley-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Robert Twilley
Integrating ADCIRC Prediction System Tools to Support Hazus Damage Assessments and Planning: Evaluating Mitigation Alternatives using Ecosystem Design for Surge/Wave AttenuationLouisiana State University
rtwilley@lsu.edu
![Austin Becker](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2020/01/Austin_Becker-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Austin Becker
Coastal Hazards Analysis, Modeling, and Prediction System for Emergency Management and ResponseUniversity of Rhode Island
abecker@uri.edu
Coastal Hazards Modeling
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Dr. Rick Luettich
ADCIRC Prediction System™ Enhancements and CoordinationUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
rick_luettich@unc.edu
![Dr. Brian Blanton](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/09/BrianBlanton2-150x150.png)
Dr. Brian Blanton
Enhancements and Extensions to the ADCIRC Prediction System Operational Awareness Dashboard Health MonitorUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brian_Blanton@renci.org
![Dr. Casey Dietrich](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Dietrich-directory-e1556040568610-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Casey Dietrich
Improving the Efficiency of Flooding Predictions and Wave PredictionNorth Carolina State University
jcdietrich@ncsu.edu
![Dr. Clint Dawson](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/01/Dawson-small-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Clint Dawson
Accurate and Fast Spectral Wave Modeling and Coupling with ADCIRCUniversity of Texas at Austin
clint@ices.utexas.edu
![Dr. Don Resio](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Don-Resio-web-directory-1-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Don Resio
Accurate and Fast Spectral Wave Modeling and Coupling with ADCIRCUniversity of North Florida
don.resio@unf.edu
![Dr. Isaac Ginis](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Ginis-directory-e1556040398416-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Isaac Ginis
Modeling the Combined Coastal and Inland Hazards from High-Impact HurricanesUniversity of Rhode Island
iginis@gso.uri.edu
![Dr. Wenrui Huang](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/06/Wenrui-Huang-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Wenrui Huang
Modeling the Combined Coastal and Inland Hazards from High-Impact HurricanesFlorida State University
whuang@eng.famu.fsu.edu
![Tom Richardson](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Richardson-directory-e1556040192989-150x150.jpg)
Tom Richardson
ADCIRC Prediction System™ Business Plan DevelopmentJackson State University
thomas.w.richardson@jsums.edu
![Dr. Jason Fleming](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Fleming-directory-e1556040505652-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Jason Fleming
Advancing ADCIRC OperationsSeahorse Coastal Consulting
jason.fleming@seahorsecoastal.com
![Photo of Shintaro Bunya](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2021/10/Shintaro_Bunya-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Shintaro Bunya
ADCIRC Prediction System™ Capability Enhancement, Efficient and Effective OperationsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
sbunya@unc.edu
Education and Workforce Development
![Jessica Murphy](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2022/06/Jessica_Murphy-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Jessica Murphy
Community Resilience: Education and Training Endeavors (CREATE 2.0)Jackson State University
jessica.l.murphy@jsums.edu
![Dr. Robert Whalin](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Whalin-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Robert Whalin
Ph.D. in Engineering (Coastal Engineering and Computational Engineering) at an HBCUJackson State University
robert.w.whalin@jsums.edu
![Dr. Ahmed Faik](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Faik-directory-e1556040538286-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Ahmed Faik
Preparing Tomorrow’s Minority Task Force in Coastal Resilience through Interdisciplinary Education and ResearchJohnson C. Smith University
afaik@jcsu.edu
![Dr. Meherun Laiju](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/11/Meherun-Laiju-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Meherun Laiju
Expanding and Strengthening the Institutionalized Multidisciplinary Certificate: Disaster and Coastal Studies (DCS)Tougaloo College
mlaiju@tougaloo.edu
![Dr. Ismael Pagan-Trinidad](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Pagan-directory-150x150.jpg)
Prof. Ismael Pagán-Trinidad
Education for Improving Resiliency of Coastal InfrastructureUniversity of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
ismael.pagan@upr.edu
![Dr. Gavin Smith](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/06/Gavin-Smith-NCSU-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Gavin Smith
The Creation of an Open Space Management Guide for FEMA-Funded Buyout Properties and Injecting the Study and Practice of Buyouts and Resettlement into the Graduate Certificate ProgramNorth Carolina State University
gsmith5@ncsu.edu
Completed Projects (as of July 1, 2020)
![Dr. Larry Atkinson](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/11/Atkinson-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Larry Atkinson
Stakeholder/End User Engagement Support of Two CRC ProjectsOld Dominion University
![Dr. Victoria Bennett](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/11/Victoria_Bennett_directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Victoria Bennett
Establishment of a Remote-Sensing Based Monitoring Program for Performance Health Assessment of the Sacramento DeltaRennselaer Polytechnic Institute
bennev@rpi.edu
![Dr. Matthew Bilskie](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Bilskie-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Matthew Bilskie
Development of an Optimized Tide and Hurricane Storm Surge Model for the West Coast of FL for Use with the ADCIRC Surge Guidance SystemUniversity of Georgia
mbilskie@uga.edu
![Dr. Rachel Davidson](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/11/Davidson-Rachel-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Rachel Davidson
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Household Strengthening and Insurance DecisionsUniversity of Delaware
rdavidso@udel.edu
![Dr. Scott Hagen](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Hagen-directory-e1556040272181-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Scott Hagen
Development of an Optimized Tide and Hurricane Storm Surge Model for the West Coast of FL for Use with the ADCIRC Surge Guidance SystemLouisiana State University
![Dr. Jen Horney](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/11/Horney_Photo_directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Jennifer Horney
Implementing the Disaster Recovery Tracking ToolUniversity of Delaware (formerly TAMU)
horney@udel.edu
![Dr. Barry Keim](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/09/Barry-Keim-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Barry Keim
Disaster Science and Management Program at LSULouisiana State University
keim@lsu.edu
![Dr. Stephen Medeiros](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/04/Medeiros-directory-e1556040210957-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Stephen Medeiros
Development of an Optimized Tide and Hurricane Storm Surge Model for the West Coast of FL for Use with the ADCIRC Surge Guidance SystemEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University
stephen.medeiros@erau.edu
![Dr. James Opaluch](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/09/James-Opaluch-web-1-150x150.jpg)
Dr. James Opaluch
Overcoming Barriers to Motivate Community Action to Enhance ResilienceUniversity of Rhode Island
jimo@uri.edu
![Dr. William "Al" Wallace](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2018/09/wallace_william_web-138x150.jpeg)
Dr. William “Al” Wallace
Community Supply Resiliency (COMSURE)Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
wallaw@rpi.edu
![Dr. Wie Yusuf](https://coastalresiliencecenter.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/845/2019/06/Yusuf-directory-150x150.jpg)
Dr. Wie Yusuf
Connecting Universities for Resilience Research Accessible to End Users (CUR2ATE)Old Dominion University
jyusuf@odu.edu