CESC Lunch & Learn: Designing for Resilience in the Coastal Environment

When:  Mar 28, 2023 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  COPRI Public Events

Designing for Resilience in the Coastal Environment

Brought to you by the COPRI Coastal Engineering Sciences Committee
Chair - Christopher Bender, Ph.D., P.E., D.CE, M.ASCE

Resilience of coastal infrastructure is, and has been, a topic of interest shared by many different groups over the past decade or more. Recent hurricane seasons provided more stark reminders of the vulnerability of our built coastal environments, the people that live there, and their economic significance. This presentation will describe the general concepts of coastal resilience and it will introduce some of the methods that are being implemented to enhance infrastructure resilience through design. An important component of the resilience concept is exposure to natural hazards. Therefore, the presentation will also describe the damaging characteristics of storms and hurricanes and how their impacts are likely to change with future sea level rise

Bret Webb, Ph.D., P.E., D.CE, M.ASCE 

Chair, COPRI Coastal Council
Professor of Coastal Engineering
University of South Alabama

Bret Webb is a Professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Webb's research interests fall within the broad topic of coastal resilience. His current research focuses on two different aspects of coastal resilience: resilience of the built environment to extreme events, and how that resilience is enhanced through the use of natural and nature-based features. Bret is currently working on a few nationwide projects focused on topics ranging from community-scale resilience to national transportation resilience. In addition to Bret's research at USA, he is also a registered professional engineer (AL, FL) and serves as Vice President and Senior Coastal Engineer for South Coast Engineers, LLC based in Fairhope, AL. Bret is endorsed by the Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port, and Navigation Engineers as a Board Certified Coastal Engineer.

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