James T. Kirby, Jr., Ph.D.

Funded Projects

Active

  1. Title: Community Sediment Transport Model
    PIs: C. R. Sherwood, W. R. Geyer, T. R. Keen et 29 alia
    Sponsor: NOPP
    Amount: $2,700,000 (UD portion $150,000)
    Duration: 01/01/07 - 12/31/09

  2. Title: Generation, transport and fate of surfzone bubbles
    PIs: James T Kirby and Fengyan Shi
    Sponsor: ONR Coastal Geosciences
    Amount: $350,218
    Duration: 02/01/07-09/30/09

  3. Title: Collaborative Research: CROSSTEX - Experimental Study of Onshore Bar Movement
    PI: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation
    Amount: $270,637 (UD portion)
    Duration: 01/01/04 - 5/30/09

  4. Title: Impact of oceanographic variability on acoustic communications
    PI: W. Hodgkiss et 9 Alia (Badiey and Kirby, UD)
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research MURI
    Amount: $4,500,000 ($389,471 Kirby)

  5. Title: Collaborative Research: Rip current dynamics in a complex beach environment
    PI: J. MacMahan, T. Stanton, J. T. Kirby, A. Reniers
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Physical Oceanography Program
    Amount: $229,214 (UD)
    Duration: 12/1/07-11/30/10

  6. Title: CHRP07: Modeling hypoxia and ecological responses to climate and nutrients
    PI: W. M. Kemp (U. MD.) (Ditoro and Kirby, UD)
    Sponsor: NOAA CHRP
    Amount: $2,321,845 ($100,009 UD)
    Duration: 7/1/07-6/30/12

  7. Title: Validation of a coupled model system for Delaware Bay and adjacent coasal region
    PI: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant
    Amount: $150,144
    Duration: 2/1/09-1/31/11

Past Activity (University of Delaware)

  1. Project title: Studies of Methods for Wave Field and Mean Flow Modification near Open Coastlines
    PI: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $70,000
    Duration: 01/01/1990 - 12/31/1990

  2. Project title: Sloshing and Wave Breaking in a Rectangular Container
    PI: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: University of Delaware Research Foundation
    Amount: $17,000
    Duration: 06/01/1990 - 05/31/1991

  3. Project title: Modelling Effects of Vertical Current Shear in Wave Propagation Schemes
    PI: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant College
    Amount: $111,198
    Duration: 02/01/1991 - 01/31/1993

  4. Project title: Enhancements and extension to the program REF/DIF 1
    P.I.: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center
    Amount: $39,697
    Duration: 01/01/1992 - 12/31/1992

  5. Title: Nearshore Wave and Circulation Modelling
    P.I.: Robert A. Dalrymple, James T. Kirby, Ib A Svendsen, Nobu Kobayashi, John D. McCalpin, Philip L. F. Liu (Cornell University)
    Sponsor: Army Research Office (University Research Inititative)
    Amount: $2,000,000
    Duration: 07/01/1992 - 06/30/1997

  6. Title: Spectral Wave Evolution Near Tidal Inlets
    P.I.: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant College
    Amount: $126,500
    Duration: 02/01/1993 - 01/31/1995

  7. Title: Studies of Finite Amplitude Shear Wave Instabilities
    P.I.: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Coastal Dynamics Program
    Amount: $162,621
    Duration: 01/01/1994 - 12/31/97

  8. Title: Study of Breaking Wave Dynamics
    P.I.s: Ib A. Svendsen, James T. Kirby and Pablo I. Huq
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Physical Oceanography Program
    Amount: $360,000
    Duration: 07/01/1994 - 12/31/1996

  9. Title: Wave Processes Near Tidal Inlets
    P.I.: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant College
    Amount: $105,000
    Duration: 02/01/1995 - 01/31/1997

  10. Title: Using Hydrodynamic Models to Interpret Remote Sensing Images of the Sea Surface
    P.I.'s: James T. Kirby and Robert A. Dalrymple
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Base Enhancement Program
    Amount: $526,581
    Duration: 01/01/1997 - 06/30/2001

  11. Title: Harbor Response to Wave Breaking on Opposing Ebb Currents
    P.I.: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant College
    Amount: $90,000
    Duration: 02/01/1997 - 01/31/1999

  12. Title: Hydrodynamics of the Nearshore Zone
    P.I.'s: Robert A. Dalrymple, James T. Kirby and Ib A. Svendsen
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Coastal Dynamics Program
    Amount: $154,319
    Duration: 03/01/1998 - 09/30/1999

  13. Title: Boussinesq Modelling of Waves in Harbors and Tidal Inlets
    P.I.'s: James T. Kirby and Robert A. Dalrymple
    Sponsor: Army Research Office
    Amount: $165,000
    Duration: 04/15/1998 - 04/14/2001

  14. Title: Effects of Vertical Current Shear on Spatial Wave Evolution
    P.I.: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant College
    Amount: $67,000
    Duration: 02/01/1999 - 01/31/2001

  15. Title:Modeling Beach Morphology Changes Coupled to Incident Wave Climate and Low Frequency Currents
    PI: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Coastal Dynamics Program
    Amount: $100,851
    Duration: 03/01/1999 - 06/30/2001

  16. Title: Development and Verification of a Comprehensive Community Model for Physical Processes in the Nearshore Ocean
    P.I.s: James T. Kirby, John Allen (Oregon State University), Tom Drake (North Carolina State University), Steve Elgar (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), Bob Guza (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Dan Hanes (University of Florida), Tom Herbers (Naval Postgraduate School), James Kaihatu (Naval Research Laboratory), George Mellor (Princeton University), H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller (Oregon State University), Ib A. Svendsen, Ed Thornton (Naval Postgraduate School)
    Sponsor: National Ocean Partners Program
    Amount: $4,360,192
    Duration: 08/01/1999 - 03/31/2005

  17. Title: Alongshore Propagating Waves in the Nearshore Region
    P.I.'s: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Coastal Dynamics Program
    Amount: $34,647
    Duration: 10/01/1999 - 09/30/2000

  18. Title: Surface Wave Propagation on Vertically-Sheared Currents
    P.I.: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant College
    Amount: $75,000
    Duration: 02/01/2001 - 01/31/2003

  19. Title: Directional, Dissipative and Random Effects in Wave Forcing of Nearshore Circulation
    PI's: J. Kaihatu, J. Veeramony and J. T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Ocean Modeling Program
    Amount of support: $246,200
    Duration: 10/01/2002 - 03/31/2005

  20. Title: Coupling Inner Shelf Ocean Model and a Nearshore Community Model for Wave and Current Predictions at Tidal Inlets
    P.I.: James T. Kirby and F. Shi
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant College
    Amount of support: $175,457
    Duration: 02/01/2003 - 01/31/2005

  21. Title: Coupled Wind Wave and Acoustic Model to Predict Sea Surface Roughness in Delaware Bay
    P.I.: James T. Kirby, M. Badiey, K. C. Wong
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant College
    Amount: $271,131
    Duration: 02/01/2003 - 01/31/2005

  22. Title: Parameterization of a Two-Phase Sheet Flow Model and Application to Nearshore Morphology
    P.I.'s: J. T. Kirby, T.-J. Hsu, S. Elgar, D. M. Hanes
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Coastal Geosciences Program
    Amount: $71,378
    Duration: 10/01/2003 - 09/30/2005

  23. Title: Generation and Transport of Vorticity and Effects on Mean Surfzone Currents: Wave-Averaged and Wave-Resolving Formulations
    PIs: James T. Kirby (collaborative with Jerry Smith, SIO)
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $123,579
    Duration: 10/01/04 - 09/30/06

  24. Title: Field Observation and Prediction of Rip Currents
    PI: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Sea Grant College Program, NOAA
    Amount: $128,104
    Duration: 02/01/05 - 01/31/07

  25. Title: Real-time Surface Wave Measurement and Modeling in Delaware Bay
    PIs: James T. Kirby, Moshen Badiey, Kuo C. Wong
    Sponsor: Sea Grant College Program, NOAA
    Amount: $169,138
    Duration: 02/01/05 - 01/31/07

  26. Title: Parallel Computer Facilities for ONR-sponsored Nearshore and Coastal Ocean Research
    PIs: James T. Kirby, A.D. Kirwan, Jr., B.L. Lipphardt and Fengyan Shi
    Sponsor: ONR DURIP
    Amount: $142,639
    Duration: 5/1/05 - 4/30/06

  27. Title: Sea Grant Development Funds in Support of Storm Surge Modeling
    PI: Kirby, Shi
    Sponsor: Delaware Sea Grant
    Amount: $10,000
    Duration: 12/05-1/06

  28. Title: Directional, Dissipative, and Random Effects in Wave Forcing of Nearshore Circulation
    PIs: James Kaihatu, Jayaram Veeramony, and James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $246,200
    Duration: 10/1/02 - 3/31/05

  29. Title: Parameterization of a Two-Phase Sheet Flow Model and Applications to Nearshore Morphology
    PIs: James T. Kirby (with Steve Elgar, Tom Hsu, Dan Hanes)
    Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
    Amount: $71,378
    Duration: 10/01/03- 9/30/05

  30. Title: Enhancement of the NearCoM Model for Nearshore Hydrodynamics
    PI: James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: ONR Coastal Geosciences
    Amount: $49,075
    Duration: 5/1/05 - 9/30/05

  31. Title: Video-based bathymetric determination for rip current studies
    PIs: James T. Kirby, Chandra Kambhamettu, Jamie MacMahan
    Sponsor: Sea Grant
    Amount: $140,000
    Duration: 02/01/07-01/31/09

  32. Title: ESMF coupling of meteorology, ocean and nearshore models for use in predicting coastal inundation.
    PIs: Fengyan Shi, James T. Kirby
    Sponsor: Sea Grant
    Amount: $125,600
    Duration: 02/01/07-01/31/09

  33. Title: Understanding rip current outbreaks and tracking victims in a rip current
    PIs: Jamie MacMahan, Fengyan Shi and James T Kirby
    Sponsor: Sea Grant
    Amount: $139,900
    Duration: 02/01/07-01/31/09
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