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

Present Students

1. Joseph Geiman

   Ph.D. Candidate

2. Rob Hampson

   MCE Candidate

4. Dave Thompson

   MCE Candidate.

5. Allison Bridges

   MCE Candidate.

6. Yunfeng Chen

   MCE Candidate

Former Students, University of Florida

1. Padmaraj Vengayil
2. Renji Philip
3. Haruhiko Kaku
4. Jeff Anton
5. Tom McSherry

1. Christina A. Rasmussen

   Master of Civil Engineering, Spring 1992. Thesis: Transient numerical modeling of the mild-slope equation.

2. H. Tuba Özkan-Haller

   Master of Civil Engineering, Fall 1993. Thesis: Evolution of breaking directional spectral waves in the nearshore zone.

   H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller
   Assistant Professor, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Civil, Constr. and Env. Engineering
   Oregon State University
   104 Ocean Admin. Bldg.
   Corvallis, OR 97331-5503
   Ph: (541) 737-9170
   Fax: (541) 737-2064
   ozkan@oce.orst.edu

3. Glenn D. Bowen
   

   Master of Civil Engineering, Summer 1994. Thesis: Shoaling and breaking random waves on a 1:35 laboratory beach.

4. Changhoon Lee

   Ph. D. Civil Engineering, Summer 1994. Thesis: A study of time-dependent mild-slope equations.

   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Sejong University
   98 Kunja-dong, Kwangjin-ku
   Seoul 143-747, South Korea

5. James M. Kaihatu

   Ph. D. Civil Engineering, Summer 1994. Thesis: Frequency domain models for nonlinear finite depth water wave propagation.

   Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Branch, Oceanography Division
   (Code 7322)
   Naval Research Laboratory
   Stennis Space Center, MS 39529

6. Arun Chawla

   Master of Civil Engineering, Fall 1995. Thesis: Wave transformation over a submerged shoal.

   NOAA/PMEL Time Center
   Seattle, WA
   email : arun.chawla@noaa.gov
   ph : (206)-526-4885
   

7. John Bakunin
   

   Master of Civil Engineering, Fall 1995. Thesis: Experimental study of hydraulic jumps in low Froude number range.

   918 California Avenue
   Venice, CA 90291
   j.bakunin@worldnet.att.net
   

8. Ge Wei

   Ph. D. Civil Engineering, Spring 1997. Thesis: Simulation of water waves by Boussinesq models

   Ge Wei
   CheckFree Corporation
   6000 Perimeter Drive
   Dublin, OH 43017
   office phone: (614)564-3681
   email: gwei@checkfree.com
   

9. H. Tuba Özkan-Haller

   Ph. D. Civil Engineering, Fall 1997. Thesis: Nonlinear evolution of shear instabilities of the longshore current.

   H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller
   Assistant Professor, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Civil, Constr. and Env. Engineering
   Oregon State University
   104 Ocean Admin. Bldg.
   Corvallis, OR 97331-5503
   Ph: (541) 737-9170
   Fax: (541) 737-2064
   ozkan@oce.orst.edu

10. Mauricio F. Gobbi

    Ph. D. Civil Engineering, Spring 1998. Thesis: A new Boussinesq-type model for surface water wave propagation.

    Maur�io Felga Gobbi, Ph.D. Tel: [55][41] 3320-2021
    Lemma - Centro Polit�nico FAX: [55][41] 3366-2122
    Cx Postal 19100 - Curitiba PR email: gobbi@ufpr.br
    CEP 81531-990 - Brasil http://www.lemma.ufpr.br/gobbi

11. Arun Chawla

    Ph. D. Civil Engineering, Fall 1999. Thesis: An experimental study on the dynamics of wave blocking and breaking on opposing currents.

    NOAA/PMEL Time Center
    Seattle, WA
    email : arun.chawla@noaa.gov
    ph : (206)-526-4885
    

12. Shubhra Misra

    Master of Civil Engineering, Fall 1999. Thesis: Determining water depths from surface images using Boussinesq equations.
    

    HPA, LLC
    22 Cortlandt Street
    New York, NY 10007
    

13. Lisa Hommel

    Master of Civil Engineering, Fall 2000. Thesis: Vortex formation resulting from solitary wave interaction with a breakwater.

    Dorlisa Hommel
    Raytheon ITSS
    4400 Forbes Blvd.
    Lanham, MD 20706
    phone: (301)794-5351 [(800)877-7072 (out of area)]
    fax: (301)794-5247
    

14. Ozgur Gungordu

    Master of Civil Engineering, Fall 2001. Thesis: Evolution of coupled hydrodynamic and bed instabilities.
    

    Ozgur Gungordu
    Fuji Engineering Ltd.
    Bayar Cad. Rifkibey Sk.
    No: 11/6 Kozyatagi
    34742 Kadikoy
    Istanbul-Turkey
    

15. Furong Zhen

    Master of Civil Engineering, Summer 2004. Thesis: On the numerical properties of staggered vs. non-staggered grid schemes for a Boussinesq equation model.
    

16. Shubhra K. Misra

    Ph.D. Civil Engineering, August 2005. Thesis: The turbulent dynamics of quasi-steady spilling breakers - Theory and experiment.
    

    Shubhra Misra
    HPA, LLC
    22 Cortlandt Street
    New York, NY 10007
    

17. Wenting Qin

    Master of Civil Engineering, Fall 2005. Thesis: Application of the spectral wave model SWAN in Delaware Bay.
    (Joint with Mohsen Badiey)

18. Wen Long

    Ph. D. Civil Engineering, Spring 2006. Thesis: Boussinesq modeling of waves, currents and sediment transport.
    

19. Long Xu

    Master of Civil Engineering, Summer 2006. Thesis: Numerical study in Delaware inalnd bays.
    (Joint with Dom DiToro)
    

    Long Xu
    Coastal Engineer
    Hazard Engineering Resources Department
    Dewberry
    8401 Arlington Boulevard
    Fairfax, VA 22031-4666
    

20. Todd DeMunda

    Master of Civil Engineering, Fall 2006. Thesis: A system for video observation of nearshore processes.
    

21. Pablo Teran Cobo

    Master of Civil Engineering, Spring 2007. Thesis: