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We hope that most of our eNewsletter recipients are not furloughed, and hope that those who are will return to work soon. The CIRP team is fully funded through ongoing reimbursable studies that have continued from FY13 and is therefore available for CMS/GenCade support. However, our CIRP R&D is on hold until CRA funding comes through.
We hope that most of our eNewsletter recipients are not furloughed, and hope that those who are will return to work soon. The CIRP team is fully funded through ongoing reimbursable studies that have continued from FY13 and is therefore available for CMS/GenCade support. However, our CIRP R&D is on hold until CRA funding comes through.


==Congratulations to CIRP’s Dr. Alex Sanchez!==
==Congratulations to CIRP’s Dr. Alex Sanchez!==
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CIRP is very proud to congratulate Dr. Alejandro Sanchez for successfully completing defense of his PhD at the University of Mississippi, entitled “An Implicit Finite-Volume Depth-Integrated Model for Coastal Hydrodynamics and Multiple-Sized Sediment Transport.” Dr. Sanchez began his PhD study at U of Miss with encouragement from Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus in 2008 with Dr. Weiming Wu as his advisor. He completed his coursework in 1 year, conducted his research with partial CIRP funding, weekends and evenings, and defended this past July 2013. Dr. Sanchez’s Dissertation is available on the CIRP website for those interested in his research, http://cirp.usace.army.mil/pubs/theses.php. In the image, Dr. Sanchez is wearing a "PhD medal" awarded to him by his son, Emmanuel.


CIRP is very proud to congratulate Dr. Alejandro Sanchez for successfully completing defense of his PhD at the University of Mississippi, entitled “An Implicit Finite-Volume Depth-Integrated Model for Coastal Hydrodynamics and Multiple-Sized Sediment Transport.” Dr. Sanchez began his PhD study at U of Miss with encouragement from Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus in 2008 with Dr. Weiming Wu as his advisor. He completed his coursework in 1 year, conducted his research with partial CIRP funding, weekends and evenings, and defended this past July 2013. Dr. Sanchez’s Dissertation is available on the CIRP website for those interested in his research, http://cirp.usace.army.mil/pubs/theses.php. In the image, Dr. Sanchez is wearing a "PhD medal" awarded to him by his son, Emmanuel.
{{POC|(ERDC) Julie Rosati|Julie.D.Rosati@usace.army.mil}}
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==Review of CIRP in FY13==
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{{POC|Julie Rosati|Julie.D.Rosati@usace.army.mil}}
What did CIRP do for you in FY13? CIRP published 10 CHETNs, 7 Conference Papers, 5 journal articles and 3 book chapters, 6 Technical Reports, and provided support for one Dissertation. CIRP also supported 2 poster presentations and gave two webinars: GenCade in October 2012 and the Sediment Budget Calculator in July 2013; both are posted for viewing on the CIRP website. CIRP continues to support our wiki pages and has cumulatively produced more than 222 pages! CIRP PIs supported inlet navigation studies at 14 sites on the Pacific, Gulf, Atlantic, and Great Lakes coasts. One of our most important and enjoyable activities is working with our District partners to provide support for you in applied studies. We invite more communication with the CIRP team on your inlet navigation questions and concerns in FY14.  


==Alejandro Sanchez successfully defends PhD prospectus at University of Mississippi!==
{{POC|(ERDC) Julie Rosati|Julie.D.Rosati@usace.army.mil}}


One of CIRP's Principal Investigators, Alex Sanchez, has been working on obtaining his PhD from the University of Mississippi under the guidance of Dr. Weiming Wu, a collaborator with the CIRP on the Coastal Modeling System. Some of Dr. Wu's and Alex's recent contributions to the CIRP can be found on the CIRP website under "Publications -> Journal Articles and Book Chapters." Defense of the prospectus at the University of Mississippi is conducted after the topic has been proven and thus represents a good advancement towards obtaining the PhD degree. Alex's topic is "An Implicit Finite-Volume Depth-Integrated Model for Coastal Hydrodynamics and Multiple-Sized Sediment Transport." Congratulations, Alex!


{{POC|Julie Rosati|Julie.D.Rosati@usace.army.mil}}
==Welcome back to the CIRP Website==
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Did you miss the CIRP website these past weeks? We’ve had many USACE and outside organization queries as to why the website couldn’t be accessed. The webserver that hosts the CIRP and RSM websites was hacked on August 16th, and, as a result, had to be reassembled and put through a battery of vulnerability tests. Several factors were addressed and the server should be much more reliable into the future. Additionally during this process, the server was moved to a Gigabit network port which will allow for much faster response than previously.


==Research Needs for Nearshore Berms==
Those looking for the CIRP wiki will find that it is still not operational. Due to increased security measures taken by ACE-IT, the CIRP wiki must be moved to an off-site server. We have found a host and are working to get CIRP’s wiki back up and running as soon as possible. The new direct link to the CIRP wiki will be http://cirpwiki.info.


Researchers from CHL's Regional Sediment Management, Coastal Inlets Research Program, and Dredging Operations and Environmental Research Programs met with the Jacksonville District (CESAJ) and Florida and Federal permitting agencies on February 13th, 2013, to discuss present and future research needs related to the placement of mixed sediments in the form of a nearshore berm. Part of the discussion covered the state of the science around nearshore berm design. Researchers and scientists from Florida's Department of Environmental Protection, Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, and other local stakeholders participated and expressed their research questions and ideas for future collaboration across multiple scientific fields. This is the first in a series of meetings that the Jacksonville District intends to have to facilitate a regional stakeholder partnership on a specific practice of the USACE.  
The figure above shows the broad international access of the CIRP website from Aug 2012 to Aug 2013. Please let us know if you have suggestions for the website, http://cirp.usace.army.mil.  


{{POC|Tanya M. Beck|Tanya.m.beck@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|(ERDC) Mitch Brown|mitchell.e.brown@usace.army.mil}}
{{POC|Julie D. Rosati|Julie.d.rosati@usace.army.mil}}




==CIRP conducts training at NAB via DOTS program==
==Coastal Modeling System (CMS) Application to Fire Island Inlet, NY==
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http://cirp.usace.army.mil/pubs/misc/Issue33-CMS-FINY.jpg


In response to a Dredging Operation Technical Support (DOTS) request, Mitch Brown and Ashley Frey provided training of a number of CHL models and tools developed through the Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP) to employees at the Baltimore District on 2-4 April. NAB staff in attendance were: Justin Callahan, Joe Reed, Tom Laczo, and Trevor Cyran. Mitch gave two days of hands-on training for the Coastal Modeling System (CMS). There was much interest in the use of nested grids on the Poplar Island Expansion project, a dredged material placement site in Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, use of the CMS and other tools for a project at Stinky Beach, Ocean City Inlet was discussed. On 3 April, Ashley taught RMAP, SBAS, and GenCade. RMAP (Regional Morphology Analysis Package) analyzes profiles and shorelines through a series of calculators while SBAS (Sediment Budget Analysis System) is a tool which calculates sediment budgets at inlets and the adjacent beaches. The purpose of the RMAP and SBAS training was to give the Baltimore District tools for developing a sediment budget near Ocean City Inlet. The District also asked for a short presentation and demonstration of the new shoreline change and sand transport model, GenCade.  
Fire Island Inlet (FII) was dredged approximately 700K cu yd in February 2013. The New York District, USACE, will dredge an additional 1 Mill cu yd in late summer 2013 for placement on adjacent beaches: Gilgo, Tobay, and Town of Babylon. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is interested in emergency dredging of an additional 1.2 Mill cu yd for placement on Robert Moses State Park Atlantic Ocean shoreline, updrift of FII. This volume of sand removed from FII within a year would be unprecedented, and there are concerns about changes to the hydrodynamics of the inlet. A fast-track, numerical hydrodynamic modeling study is underway to evaluate the various dredge scenarios and their effects to tidal exchange within Great South Bay. Dr. Kelly Legault, SAJ, in collaboration with the CIRP, has developed a Coastal Modeling System (CMS) telescoping grid to evaluate the FII dredging scenarios and report back to New York District. Results from the analysis will be used to acquire necessary permits with the State to continue to utilize the FII navigation channel and shoal sediments as beneficial use of dredged material for Post-Sandy recovery projects.  


{{POC|Mitch Brown|Mitchell.E.Brown@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|(SAJ) Dr. Kelly Legault|Kelly.R.Legault@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|Ashley Frey|Ashley.E.Frey@usace.army.mil}}
{{POC|(ERDC) Ms. Tanya Beck|Tanya.M.Beck@usace.army.mil}}




==Entrance Design for Reducing Impact of Waves and Flow on Wetlands at Braddock Bay, NY==
==Modeling Study for Tangier Island Jetties, Tangier Island, VA==
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Braddock Bay is a shallow, open-inlet estuary located northwest of Rochester, NY, on the south shore of Lake Ontario. The natural barrier bars at the Bay entrance have gradually eroded away since the early 1900s. Continued erosion of the barrier bars has increased wave action in the Bay, leading to major loss of wetlands inside the Bay. CHL and EL researchers are teaming with the Buffalo District to conduct numerical wave, hydrodynamic, and sediment transport modeling to investigate structural systems for reducing waves, flow, and sediment transport patterns in the Bay. The study includes the existing condition and structural alternatives to evaluate potential shoaling at the Bay entrance, sedimentation within the Bay, and wetland erosion at the Bay.  
The Norfolk District (CENAO) maintains a shallow draft navigation channel on Tangier Island, VA, in the Chesapeake Bay that bisects the island from east to west and is heavily used by the local fishing fleet. CENAO is considering the construction of structures to protect the western entrance of the channel and reduce the wave energy in the lee of the structures. CHL has completed a numerical modeling study to assist the CENAO by investigating how the waves, hydrodynamics, and sedimentation would be affected by such structures. The study identified the optimal location of structures, evaluated five alternatives and selected the best performing alternative, and provided CENAO preliminary structure design estimates (e.g., length, orientation, crest elevation and width, stone size etc). The results of the CMS-Wave were used in the design calculations, including structural stability, runup/ overtopping, and transmission estimates. A report was provided to CENAO describing details of the study, results, and recommendations.


{{POC|Zeki Demirbilek|Zeki.Demirbilek@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|(ERDC) Zeki Demirbilek|Zeki.Demirbilek@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|Lihwa Lin|Lihwa.Lin@usace.army.mil}} <br />
{{POC|(ERDC) Lihwa Lin|Lihwa.Lin@usace.army.mil}} <br />
{{POC|Earl Hayter|Earl.Hayter@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|(ERDC) Don Ward|Donald.Ward@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|Patrick Deliman|Patrick.N.Deliman@usace.army.mil}}
{{POC|(ERDC) Dave King|David.King@usace.army.mil}}




==A Structural Design Study for Reduction of Waves and Channel Sedimentation at Tangier Island, VA==
==Tech-Transfer Workshop at the Portland District==
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CHL is performing a numerical modeling study to assist the Norfolk District to investigate waves and hydrodynamics in support of District’s structure design to reduce wave energy entering the western end of the Tangier Island, VA, channel and boat basin. Existing and different structural alternatives are being investigated, including design estimates for sizing the rock material. The modeling will also investigate channel sedimentation and channel infilling rates under strong wind and wave conditions. The results of the hydrodynamic modeling will feed directly into a preliminary wave control structure design. Structural stability, runup/overtopping, and transmission will be considered in the design calculations.  
A Particle Tracking Model (PTM) and Coastal Modeling System (CMS) workshop was hosted by the Corps' Portland District on 24 September 2013. The one-day workshop focused on the development and application of the Lagrangian-based PTM in modeling and understanding coastal, estuarine, and riverine sediment transport processes and a wide range of natural and anthropogenic processes in environmental studies. As one of the hydrodynamic models that is linked to the PTM, the features and applications of the CMS were introduced. The hands-on section was operated in the Surface-water Modeling System (SMS), a graphic user interface for the PTM and the CMS, and conducted by demonstrating the PTM configuration, particle source specification, and output analysis.


{{POC|Zeki Demirbilek|Zeki.Demirbilek@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|(ERDC) Honghai Li|Honghai.Li@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|Lihwa Lin|Lihwa.Lin@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|Tahirih Lackey|Tahirih.C.Lackey@usace.army.mil}}
{{POC|Donald Ward|Donald.Ward@usace.army.mil}}<br />
{{POC|David King|David.King@usace.army.mil}}




Revision as of 21:11, 31 October 2013

__NOTITLE__ CIRP October 2013 eNewsletter

Issue 33, October 2013

In this Newsletter:

Status of CIRP as a Result of the Government Shutdown and Furlough

We hope that most of our eNewsletter recipients are not furloughed, and hope that those who are will return to work soon. The CIRP team is fully funded through ongoing reimbursable studies that have continued from FY13 and is therefore available for CMS/GenCade support. However, our CIRP R&D is on hold until CRA funding comes through.


Congratulations to CIRP’s Dr. Alex Sanchez!

Issue33-sanchez.jpg CIRP is very proud to congratulate Dr. Alejandro Sanchez for successfully completing defense of his PhD at the University of Mississippi, entitled “An Implicit Finite-Volume Depth-Integrated Model for Coastal Hydrodynamics and Multiple-Sized Sediment Transport.” Dr. Sanchez began his PhD study at U of Miss with encouragement from Dr. Nicholas C. Kraus in 2008 with Dr. Weiming Wu as his advisor. He completed his coursework in 1 year, conducted his research with partial CIRP funding, weekends and evenings, and defended this past July 2013. Dr. Sanchez’s Dissertation is available on the CIRP website for those interested in his research, http://cirp.usace.army.mil/pubs/theses.php. In the image, Dr. Sanchez is wearing a "PhD medal" awarded to him by his son, Emmanuel.

POC: (ERDC) Julie Rosati, Julie.D.Rosati@usace.army.mil


Review of CIRP in FY13

Issue33-production.png

What did CIRP do for you in FY13? CIRP published 10 CHETNs, 7 Conference Papers, 5 journal articles and 3 book chapters, 6 Technical Reports, and provided support for one Dissertation. CIRP also supported 2 poster presentations and gave two webinars: GenCade in October 2012 and the Sediment Budget Calculator in July 2013; both are posted for viewing on the CIRP website. CIRP continues to support our wiki pages and has cumulatively produced more than 222 pages! CIRP PIs supported inlet navigation studies at 14 sites on the Pacific, Gulf, Atlantic, and Great Lakes coasts. One of our most important and enjoyable activities is working with our District partners to provide support for you in applied studies. We invite more communication with the CIRP team on your inlet navigation questions and concerns in FY14.

POC: (ERDC) Julie Rosati, Julie.D.Rosati@usace.army.mil


Welcome back to the CIRP Website

Issue33-webstats.png

Did you miss the CIRP website these past weeks? We’ve had many USACE and outside organization queries as to why the website couldn’t be accessed. The webserver that hosts the CIRP and RSM websites was hacked on August 16th, and, as a result, had to be reassembled and put through a battery of vulnerability tests. Several factors were addressed and the server should be much more reliable into the future. Additionally during this process, the server was moved to a Gigabit network port which will allow for much faster response than previously.

Those looking for the CIRP wiki will find that it is still not operational. Due to increased security measures taken by ACE-IT, the CIRP wiki must be moved to an off-site server. We have found a host and are working to get CIRP’s wiki back up and running as soon as possible. The new direct link to the CIRP wiki will be http://cirpwiki.info.

The figure above shows the broad international access of the CIRP website from Aug 2012 to Aug 2013. Please let us know if you have suggestions for the website, http://cirp.usace.army.mil.

POC: (ERDC) Mitch Brown, mitchell.e.brown@usace.army.mil


Coastal Modeling System (CMS) Application to Fire Island Inlet, NY

Issue33-CMS-FINY.jpg

Fire Island Inlet (FII) was dredged approximately 700K cu yd in February 2013. The New York District, USACE, will dredge an additional 1 Mill cu yd in late summer 2013 for placement on adjacent beaches: Gilgo, Tobay, and Town of Babylon. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is interested in emergency dredging of an additional 1.2 Mill cu yd for placement on Robert Moses State Park Atlantic Ocean shoreline, updrift of FII. This volume of sand removed from FII within a year would be unprecedented, and there are concerns about changes to the hydrodynamics of the inlet. A fast-track, numerical hydrodynamic modeling study is underway to evaluate the various dredge scenarios and their effects to tidal exchange within Great South Bay. Dr. Kelly Legault, SAJ, in collaboration with the CIRP, has developed a Coastal Modeling System (CMS) telescoping grid to evaluate the FII dredging scenarios and report back to New York District. Results from the analysis will be used to acquire necessary permits with the State to continue to utilize the FII navigation channel and shoal sediments as beneficial use of dredged material for Post-Sandy recovery projects.

POC: (SAJ) Dr. Kelly Legault, Kelly.R.Legault@usace.army.mil
POC: (ERDC) Ms. Tanya Beck, Tanya.M.Beck@usace.army.mil


Modeling Study for Tangier Island Jetties, Tangier Island, VA

Issue33-Tangier.jpg

The Norfolk District (CENAO) maintains a shallow draft navigation channel on Tangier Island, VA, in the Chesapeake Bay that bisects the island from east to west and is heavily used by the local fishing fleet. CENAO is considering the construction of structures to protect the western entrance of the channel and reduce the wave energy in the lee of the structures. CHL has completed a numerical modeling study to assist the CENAO by investigating how the waves, hydrodynamics, and sedimentation would be affected by such structures. The study identified the optimal location of structures, evaluated five alternatives and selected the best performing alternative, and provided CENAO preliminary structure design estimates (e.g., length, orientation, crest elevation and width, stone size etc). The results of the CMS-Wave were used in the design calculations, including structural stability, runup/ overtopping, and transmission estimates. A report was provided to CENAO describing details of the study, results, and recommendations.

POC: (ERDC) Zeki Demirbilek, Zeki.Demirbilek@usace.army.mil
POC: (ERDC) Lihwa Lin, Lihwa.Lin@usace.army.mil
POC: (ERDC) Don Ward, Donald.Ward@usace.army.mil
POC: (ERDC) Dave King, David.King@usace.army.mil


Tech-Transfer Workshop at the Portland District

A Particle Tracking Model (PTM) and Coastal Modeling System (CMS) workshop was hosted by the Corps' Portland District on 24 September 2013. The one-day workshop focused on the development and application of the Lagrangian-based PTM in modeling and understanding coastal, estuarine, and riverine sediment transport processes and a wide range of natural and anthropogenic processes in environmental studies. As one of the hydrodynamic models that is linked to the PTM, the features and applications of the CMS were introduced. The hands-on section was operated in the Surface-water Modeling System (SMS), a graphic user interface for the PTM and the CMS, and conducted by demonstrating the PTM configuration, particle source specification, and output analysis.

POC: (ERDC) Honghai Li, Honghai.Li@usace.army.mil
POC: Tahirih Lackey, Tahirih.C.Lackey@usace.army.mil


Julie D. Rosati

Engineer Research & Development Center
3909 Halls Ferry Road, Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory
Vicksburg, MS 39180

251-635-9519

julie.d.rosati@usace.army.mil

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