In Episode 33, Joe Long, an Associate Professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, joins the #shaping shores podcast to discuss his trajectory to coastal, the challenges of different coastlines, how academics can get involved with ASBPA, and how the coastal engineering program at UNCW is shaping the next generation.
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Episode 33. ASBPA’s Shaping Shores with Joe Long
Welcome to Shaping Shores, the Centennial podcast of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. For nearly a hundred years, ASBPA has united people across science, policy, and practice to preserve U.S. shores and beaches.
Guests
Dr. Joe Long is an Associate Professor of Coastal Engineering and Director of the UNCW undergraduate Coastal Engineering program. His research focuses on the on the role that winds, waves, and currents have on transforming beaches and barrier islands on time scales ranging from extreme events (e.g., hurricanes) to decades. This work combines both observations and numerical models to better understand physical coastal processes, inform coastal management decisions, and determine the vulnerability of communities and ecosystems. Prior to UNCW he was a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow and then Research Civil Engineer/Oceanographer with the U.S. Geological Survey in St. Petersburg, FL from 2009 to 2018.
Nicole Elko is Executive Director of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association and host of the Shaping Shores podcast.