2017 National Coastal Conference Program

1:00 p.m          Welcome by Conference Co-chairs

1:10 p.m          Tony Pratt, ASPBA President welcome and introduction

1:15 p.m.         “Coastal Research and Science” – Jonathan Pennock, Director, National Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

1:40 p.m.         “The Visitor Perspective on Beach Management” – Kim Butler, Vice President of Marketing, Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau

2:05 p.m.         “A Sense of Place:  Broward County Beaches” – Nicole Sharp, Beach Manager, Broward County, and Chris Creed, Vice President, Olsen Associates

2:30-3:00 p.m. — Networking Break ●  Grand East Prefunction

3:00 p.m.                     “Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact” – Samantha Danchuk, Assistant Director, Environmental Planning & Community Resilience Division, Broward County

3:25 p.m.                     “Nuisance Flooding and How Often It Will be Occurring” – David Kriebel, Professor of Ocean Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy

3:50 p.m.                     “2017 Hurricane Season”  – Dylan Davis, Navigation Program Manager, South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Moderator – Scott Douglass

Session 1A Abstracts & Bios

• “Identifying Potential Natural and Human Influences on Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nesting and Hatching Success” — Rachel Bladow, Florida Atlantic University
• “Physical Characteristics of Beach Restoration Projects for Critical Sea Turtle Nesting Habitat, One Year Post Construction” – Julie Cisneros, Florida Atlantic University
• “Sea Turtle Relocation Trawling: Satellite Tags Providing New Data for the Gulf of Mexico” – Jessica Mallindine, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
• “Reducing Sea Turtle Incidental Takes by Hopper Dredges: Partnering with Stakeholders in the Development of a Decision Support Tool” – Doug Piatkowski, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

1B — Coastal Hazard & Beach Modeling ● Grand Ballroom B

Moderator – Tayebeh Bakhsh

Session 1B Abstracts & Bios

• “Modeling the Erosion on Hatteras Island During Hurricane Isabel: Toward XBeach Coupling with ADCIRC” – Alireza Gharagozlou, North Carolina State University
• “Inundation Modeling of Extreme Storms and Sea Level Rise at Gateway National Recreation Area” — Tayebeh Bakhsh, RPS
• “Hurricane Matthew Observations and Numerical Modeling at Sebastian Inlet” — Irene Watts, Florida Institute of Technology
• “Coastal Storm Modeling System as Applied to Coastal Texas” — Chris Massey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory

 1C — Beach Management, Planning, and Policy ● Grand Ballroom C

Moderator – Michael Starek

Session 1C Abstracts & Bios

• “Southeast Florida Coastal Management Strategies” — Michael Jenkins, Applied Technology and Management Inc.
• “Establishing the Ordinary High Water Mark and Updating the Shoreline Area of Particular Concern through Beach Profile Monitoring in the Northern Mariana Islands” — Emily Cava Northrop, CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality
• “Waikiki Beach Management Planning” — Dolan Eversole, Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Association
• “Herring Point Groin Rehabilitation 10-Year Anniversary” – Jesse Hayden, Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control

1D — Wetland Restoration & Restoration Technique / Session I ● Grand Ballroom D

Moderator – Cameron Perry

Session 1D Abstracts & Bios

• “Increasing Salt Marsh Resiliency: When a Little More is Just Too Much” — Lee Weishar, Woods Hole Group
• “Evolution of Marsh Restoration Techniques along Texas Coast” — Cameron Perry, HDR
• “Critical Shear Stress and Net Entrainment of Bed of Fine Grained Sediment Used in Coastal Restoration Projects” — Laith Alshamaileh, University of New Orleans
• “Great Lakes Beneficial Use of Navigation Channel Dredged Material for Port Habitat Creation/Restoration” – Gene Clark, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute

 1E — Modeling & Managing Risk ● Grand Ballroom E

Moderator – Lawrence Malizzi

Session 1E Abstracts & Bios

• “Development of a Storm Erosion Climatology for the Mid-Atlantic Coast” — Laura Lemke, Stevens Institute of Technology
• “Probabilistic Modeling and Evaluation of Surf Zone Injury Occurrence along the Delaware Coast” — Matthew Doelp, University of Delaware, Center for Applied Coastal Research
• “The Sustainability of the Texas Barrier Islands under the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Mega Study: A Geomorphologic and Evolution Perspective” — Juan Moya, Freese and Nichols Inc.
• “Coastal Storm Damage Risk Management Reduction: Coastal Texas Project – An Update” — Eduardo Irigoyen, US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District

1F — Identifying Sand Sources & Shore Restoration ● Grand Ballroom F

Moderator – Peter Seidle

Session 1F Abstracts & Bios

• “Results from the Desktop Texas-Wide Coastal Sediment Sources Study” — Kelsey Calvez, Freese and Nichols Inc.
• “Developing a Blueprint to Address an Increasing Demand for Sand from the Outer Continental Shelf” — Jeffrey Reidenauer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
• “Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Nearshore Sediments Characteristics Using Portable Free Fall Penetrometers” — Ali Albatal, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• “Evaluation of Coastal Shoreline Restoration and Coastal Protection” —  Chandy John, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology Inc.

Moderator – Jessie Ritter

Session 2A Abstracts & Bios

• “Shoreline Exposure and Site Suitability Modeling for Living Shorelines in South Florida’s Estuarine Environments” — Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University
• “New Approaches for Living Shorelines Outreach and Collaboration: The Living Shorelines Academy” — Suzanne Simon, Restore America’s Estuaries
• “Design of Living Shorelines for Indian River Lagoon in Brevard County, Florida — Robert Weaver, Florida Intitule of Technology
• “Bayou Caddy Ecosystem Restoration, Hancock County, Mississippi: Various Methods used to Restore the Shoreline and Protect the Wetlands” — Richard Allen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District

 2B — Managing Beaches to Increase Resiliency ● Grand Ballroom B

Moderator – Tiffany Roberts Briggs

Session 2B Abstracts & Bios

• “The Texas Coastal Resiliency Master Plan: A Path Towards a Resilient Texas Coast” — Chris Levitz, AECOM
• “Dealing with Erosion: The Spectrum of Coastal Erosion Control Methods” — Greg Berman, WHSG & CCCE
• “Dredged Material Management in New Jersey Using the New Jersey DOT Waterway Linear Referencing System” – Daniel Barone, Michael Baker International
• “Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, TX Coastal Storm Risk Management and Ecosystem Restoration Study: A Final Update” – Sharon Tirpak, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District

2C — Potential Sources of Coastal Funding & Communications ● Grand Ballroom C

Moderator – Nicole Sharp

Session 2C Abstracts & Bios

• “Federal Funding for Coastal Projects and Coastal Infrastructure” — Derek Brockbank, American Shore & Beach Preservation Association
• “Show Me the Money: New Opportunities for Financing Natural Coastal Infrastructure” — Shannon Cunniff, Environmental Defense Fund
• “Charlotte County Integrated Beach Funding Plan: Looking forward to a Resilient Future” – Tyler Buckingham, PARC
• “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? Coordination Successes and Challenges in New Jersey’s Living Shoreline Program” — Mariel Hathaway, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

2D — Wetlands Restoration & Restoration Techniques / Session II ● Grand Ballroom D

Moderator – Kimberly Huguenard

Session 2D Abstracts & Bios

• “Characterization of Recycled Crushed Glass Cullet as an Aggregate for Coastal Marsh Creation Projects” — John Wildman, ARCADIS / University of New Orleans
• “From Mud to Marsh: Restoring Lost Marsh Habitat in the Soft Soils of Dickinson Bayou” — Philip Blackmar, HDR
• “Fusion of Terrestrial Laser Scanning and UAS Imaging for Marsh Observation” — Michael Starek, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
• “Interactive Effects of Wood Traits and Intertidal Exposure on Shipworm Infestation in Southeastern U.S. Estuaries” — Ada Bersoza, University of Florida

 2E— Potential Flood Risk Management (Dedicated Session) ● Grand Ballroom E

Moderator – Julie Rosati

Session 2E Abstracts & Bios

• “Storm Waves and Setup” — Bradley Johnson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Research and Development Center
• “Valuation of Physical and Economic Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project Benefits after Hurricane Matthew” — Lauren Knapp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• “Systematic Evaluation of Dune Erosion with and without Simulated Vegetation” — Duncan Bryant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory
• “Coastal Resilience Metrics from Beach-fx – Marty Durkin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

 2F Sediment Tracers: A Diagnostic Tool to Inform Sediment Pathways in the Coastal Zone (Dedicated Session) / Session I ● Grand Ballroom F

Moderator – Tanya Beck

Session 2F Abstracts & Bios

• “Nearshore Placement Behavior Elucidated Through a Sediment Tracer Field Study and Numerical Modeling Validation at Coos Bay, Oregon” – Tanya Beck, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory,
• “Utilizing Lagrangian Particle Tracking with Sediment Tracer Studies in Complex Hydrodynamic Environments to Determine Constituent Fate” — Tahirih Lackey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center
• “Scoping and Implementing an Effective Sediment Tracer Study” — Trap Puckette, RPS
• “Dispersal of Sand Substrate at the Mouth of the Columbia River: A Tale of Three Sediment Tracers” — Trap Puckette, RPS

Moderator – Jon Miller

Session 3A Abstracts & Bios

• “Living Shorelines: Moving Virginia Toward Shoreline Resilience” — Pamela Mason, Center for Coastal Resources Management, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• “New Design Concepts for Containment, Reinforcement and Vegetation Establishment in Tidal Living Shorelines” — Rod Tyler, Green Horizons Environmental LLC
• “Influence of Boat Wake Waves Along the Back-Barrier Shoreline in a High Speed Boating Zone” — Corey Aitken, Florida Atlantic University

 3B — The Role of Dunes in Increasing Coastal Resiliency ● Grand Ballroom B

Moderator – Duncan Bryant

Session 3B Abstracts & Bios

• “Dune Variability in Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC: Implications for Vulnerability to Erosion and Flooding” — Paige Hovenga, Oregon State University
• “Engineered Dunes: Are We Designing In Poor Performance?” — Robert Barron, Coastal Management and Consulting
• “Singer Island Dune Restoration: Fighting Storms and Seawalls on Florida’s Easternmost Shoreline” — Andy Studt, Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management
• “Long-term Modelling of Beach and Dune Evolution Under Rising Sea Levels” – Caroline Fredriksson, Lund University

 3C — Coastal Policies, Regulations, & Agency Interaction ● Grand Ballroom C

Moderator – Derek Brockbank

Session 3C Abstracts & Bios

• “Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation Required for Dredging and Dredge Spoil Placement Projects in the Coastal Environment: SDI-5 Inlet Maintenance Dredging Permit Performance” — Lawrence Malizzi, OBG
• “ASBPA Government Affairs: National Marine Fishery Service Consultation Update” — Peter Seidle, Applied Technology & Management
• “Policy-Driven Erosion Management” — Jose Aguilar, City of South Padre Island, Texas
• “Droughts and The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Watermaster Program” — Katherine Bricken, Texas A&M University, Geological Marine Science Undergraduate

 3D — Regional Sediment Management / Session I ● Grand Ballroom D

Moderator – Katie Brutsche

Session 3D Abstracts & Bios

• “Tools and Technologies for Regional Sediment Management” – Linda Lillycrop, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• “Nearshore Placement Techniques in Southern Lake Michigan” — Katie Brutsche, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory
• “Morphological Response of a Stable Tidal Inlet to Dredging ” — Liliana Velásquez Montoya , North Carolina State University
• “California’s Coastal Sediment Master Plan: Improving the Health of California’s Beaches and Bays through Regional Sediment Management and Federal-State-Local Partnerships” — Chris Potter, California Natural Resources Agency

3E — Flooding Hazard Assessment & Mapping ● Grand Ballroom E

Moderator – Lauren Dunkin

Session 3E Abstracts & Bios

• “FEMA Flood Maps: Appeals and Letters of Map Change (LOMC) Process & Examples” — Marc Gold, ATM
• “South Florida FEMA Flood Insurance Study Update” — Elena Drei-Horgan, AECOM
• “Long Wharf Flood Protection” — Hande McCaw, GZA

 3F— Sediment Tracers: A Diagnostic Tool to Inform Sediment Pathways in the Coastal Zone (Dedicated Session) / Session II ● Grand Ballroom F

Moderator – Tanya Beck

Session 3F Abstracts & Bios

• “Where Does the Sand Go? Applications of Sediment Tracing in Beach Nourishment Projects in Florida” — Erin Hodel, CSA Ocean Sciences Inc.
• “Sediment Tracing to Enhance Decision Making: A Project Manager’s Perspective” — Laurel Reichold, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• “Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program Sediment Tracing to Validate Tools for Nearshore Placement and Inform Adaptive Management Decisions” — Elizabeth Godsey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
• Panel discussion

“Beach Management Politics”

Luncheon Speaker – Allen Ten Broek

Luncheon Sponsored by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company 

Allen G. Ten Broek is President & CEO of The Mariner Group, Inc., an asset management, business development, and resort real estate development company founded in 1971 and headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida.

In addition to his role with Mariner, Mr. Ten Broek has been involved in a variety of civic and business activities, many of them beach related.  He is Chairman Emeritus of the Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association, the first chairman of the American Coastal Coalition, served as chairman of two statewide beach management task forces appointed by Florida’s Governor, and received the Morrough P. O’Brien Award, ASBPA’s highest award in 1991.

Moderator – Lee Weishar

Session 4A Abstracts & Bios

• “Evolution of Living Shorelines in New York State” — Ben Spratford, First Coastal
• “Evaluating the Capacity of Natural and Nature-Based Features to Reduce Coastal Storm Hazards” — Bret Webb, University of South Alabama
• “Natural and Nature Based Features for Use in Coastal Protection: A UK Perspective” — Jonathan Simm, HR Wallingford
• “Merritt Island Runway Safety and Living Shoreline Project” — Mark Osler, Michael Baker International

4B — Dune Management Challenges on a Developed Coast (Dedicated Session) / Session I ● Grand Ballroom B

Moderator – Nicole Elko

Session 4B Abstracts & Bios

• “Dune Management Challenges on Developed Coasts” — Nicole Elko, Elko Coastal Consulting
• “Estimating Coastal Dune Vulnerability to Storm Sequences” — Ian J. Walker, Arizona State University
• “Observations of Dune Morphological Evolution in Duck, NC, Over Monthly and Decadal Time-Scales” — Katherine Brodie, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory
• “Simulating Dune Evolution on Managed Coastlines with the Coastal Recovery from Storms Tool” — Nicholas Cohn, Oregon State University

  4C — Coastal Systems & Public Policy (Dedicated Session) ● Grand Ballroom C

Moderator – Michael Walther

Session 4C Abstracts & Bios

• “What Happens in the Everglades Doesn’t Stay in the Everglades, or The Greater Everglades Ecosystem Connection to South Florida Beaches” — Rae Ann Wessel, Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation
• “Locals Vote to Lead Indian River Lagoon Improvement Projects” — Virginia Barker, Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department
• “Climate-related Interannual Variability Revealed through Continuous, High-frequency, Automated Observations in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon System” — Dennis Hanisak, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University
• “Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program: Adaptive Response to a Changing Lagoon” — Duane De Freese, Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program

 4D — Regional Sediment Management (Dedicated Session) / Session II ● Grand Ballroom D

Moderator – Linda Lillycrop

Session 4D Abstracts & Bios

• “Regional Sediment Management and Beneficial Use of Dredged Material along the Northern Gulf Coast” — Elizabeth Godsey, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Mobile District
• “Implementation of RSM Principles for Ecosystem Restoration in Tampa Bay, FL” — Aubree Hershorin, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District
• “Separation of Fines During the Dredging Process and Resource Management Implications” — Clay McCoy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, RSM Regional Center of Expertise
• “Coastal Partnerships and Outreach in the Upper Great Lakes” — Jim Selegean, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District

 4E — Preparing for Sea Level Rise / Session I ● Grand Ballroom E

Moderator – Beth Sciaudone

Session 4E Abstracts & Bios

• “Planning for Sea Level Rise in Connecticut” — James O’Donnell, CIRCA-UConn
• “Managing the Effects of Climate change and Sea Level Rise on Archaeological Sites at Fort Eustis, Newport News, Virginia” — Emily Dhingra, SLR, Archaeology
• “Fortifying the Future of the Nation’s Oldest City” — Frances Bui, CDM Smith
• “Simulating Water Depths due to Sea-Level Rise in the coastal Everglades using real-time stage monitoring, LiDAR data and GIS” — Hannah Cooper, Florida Atlantic University

 4F — Remote Sensing & Data Collection / Session I ● Grand Ballroom F

Moderator – Tyler Hesser

Session 4F Abstracts & Bios

• “Testing UAS for Coastal Surveys” — Todd King, McKim & Creed
• “Monitoring Beach Restoration in Boca Raton via Coupled Unmanned Aerial System and Topographic Surveys” — James Gammack-Clark, Florida Atlantic University
• “Long-term Wave Monitoring in Support of the Coastal Design and Planning Efforts in Norfolk, VA” — Trap Puckette, RPS
• “3D Nation Study: Incorporating Bathymetric Elevation Needs into NEEA” — Amar Nayegandhi, Dewberry

Moderator – Gary Zarillo

Session 5A Abstracts & Bios

• “Coupled Hydrodynamic, Water Quality, and Watershed Models for Management and Forecasting within Florida’s Indian River Lagoon” — Gary Zarillo, Florida Institute of Technology
• “Biological Monitoring in Response to Muck Removal in a Tributary Creek of the Indian River Lagoon” — Daniel Hope, Florida Institute of Technology
• “The Challenges of Environmental Dredging in a Coastal Lagoon” — Austin Fox, Florida Institute of Technology
• “Ten Years of Seagrass Coverage Data at Sebastian Inlet Flood Tidal Shoal” — Donald Deis, Atkins

5B — Dune Management Challenges on a Developed Coast (Dedicated Session) / Session II ● Grand Ballroom B

Moderator – Nicole Elko

Session 5B Abstracts & Bios

• “High-Resolution LiDAR Observations of Developed and Natural Beach-Dune Systems on the Outer Banks, NC” — Ian Conery, East Carolina University
• “Development of Dune Design Criteria for Overtopping Considering Constructed Beach Berm” — Elizabeth Sciaudone, North Carolina State University
• “Wind Tunnel Tests of How Plants Feedback on Dune Shape and Erodability” — Bianca Charbonneau, University of Pennsylvania
• “Using Structure-From-Motion Data to Calibrate a Coastal Dune Model on Managed Coastlines” — Evan Goldstein, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

5C — Letting Stakeholders In: The Case for Using Marine Spatial Plans to Improve Stakeholder Engagement in Decision Making (Dedicated Session) ● Grand Ballroom C

Moderator – Sarah Whelan

Session 5C Abstracts & Bios

• “Letting Stakeholders In: The Case for Using Implementation of Marine Spatial Plans to Improve Stakeholder Engagement in Decision-Making” — Jenna Valente, Healthy Oceans Coalition “Stakeholder Engagement – Empowering Voices in Regional Ocean Planning” — Helen Henderson, American Littoral Society
• “Stakeholder Engagement Through the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal” — Karl Vilacoba, Monmouth University, Urban Coast Institute
• “Stakeholder Engagement/Ocean Plans: The Municipal Perspective: Why Should We Care?” — John Weber, Councilman, Bradley Beach Council, NJ

 5D— Tidal Inlet Modeling & Management ● Grand Ballroom D

Moderator – Chris Massey

Session 5D Abstracts & Bios

• “DELFT3D Numerical Modeling for the Blind Pass Inlet Management Study” – Joao Dobrochinski, APTIM
• “Inlet Management Study of Blind Pass and Area of Influence” – Michelle Pfeiffer, APTIM
• “Inlet Management Study at Pass-A-Grille and Bunces Pass near the Mouth of Tampa Bay, West-Central Florida” – Ping Wang, University of South Florida
• “Delaware DNREC Mispillion Inlet Complex Environmental Restoration Project” – Peter Kotulak, Moffatt & Nichol

  5E — Preparing for Sea Level Rise / Session II ● Grand Ballroom E

Moderator – Doug Piatkowski

Session 5E Abstracts & Bios

• “Elevating the Discussion of Rising Waters” – Ana Puszkin-Chevlin, Sustainability Officer, City of Delray Beach, Florida
• “The Ecological Economics of Coastal Adaptation in Southern Monterey Bay” – Robert Battalio, Chief Engineer, ESA
• “Rising Seas: How California is Planning for the New Future” – Russell Boudreau, Moffatt & Nichol
• “Coastal Hazard Mapping with Future Conditions for Climate Change and Sea Level Rise” – Robert Battalio, Chief Engineer, ESA

 5F — Remote Sensing & Data Collection / Session II ● Grand Ballroom F

Moderators – Michael McGarry

Session 5F Abstracts & Bios

• “Depth of Closure over Large Regions Using Airborne Bathymetric Lidar” – Michael Hartman, S. Army Corps of Engineers, Research Civil Engineer
• “Parameters and Metrics from Remote Sensing Data to Support Coastal Analysis” – Lauren Dunkin, S. Army Corps of Engineers
• “Integrating Coastal Monitoring Innovations into Adaptation Research and Training along the North Shore of Oahu, Hawai‘I” – Roberto Porro, National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Moderator – Irene Watts

Session 6A Abstracts & Bios

• “The Development of Beach Sustainability Indices to Assess and Monitor the Value of Sandy Beach Ecosystems in the Santa Barbara, California, Littoral Cell” — Kiki Patsch, California State University Channel Islands/ Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Resource Management
• “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility at 40” – Jeffrey Waters, Chief, Coastal Observations & Analysis Branch Field Research Facility, Coastal & Hydraulics Lab, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• “Virginia Eastern Shore Coastal Resilience Tool” – Cristina Carollo, The Nature Conservancy
• “Methods to Assess Coastal Infrastructure Resilience” – Julie Rosati, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory

6B — Beach Nourishment, Design, & Performance / Session I ● Grand Ballroom B

Moderator – Mary Cialone

Session 6B Abstracts & Bios

• “Sandscaping The Coast: Two Approaches to Large-Scale Beach Nourishment in the UK” – James Sutherland, HR Wallingford
• “In the Right Place at the Right Time: How Inter-Local Coordination Allowed for Quick Response to Erosion Issues” – Ken Willson, APTIM
• “Nags Head Beach Renourishment Plan and the Effect of Hurricane Matthew on the Design” – Haiqing Kaczkowski, Coastal Science & Engineering Inc.
• “Completion of Texas’ Largest-Ever Beach Nourishment” – Christian LaPann-Johannessen, HDR

6C — Regional Comprehensive Coastal Studies & Shared Challenges & Innovative Strategies ● Grand Ballroom C

Moderator – Roselle Henn Stern

Session 6C Abstracts & Bios

• Assessing the Great Lakes, One Lake at a Time – Kelly J. Barnes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• A Comparison of Urban and Estuarine Regional Comprehensive Coastal Studies in the North Atlantic Coast Focus Area Program, the City of Norfolk VA and New Jersey Back Bays – Roselle Stern, Coastal Storm Risk Management Planning Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Regional Comprehensive Coastal Studies: Shared Challenges and Innovative Strategies – Susan Durden, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources
• Innovations in Addressing Coastal Risk: South Atlantic Division – Jackie Keiser, S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District

 6D — Coastal Structures / Session I ● Grand Ballroom D

Moderator – Dan Barone

Session 6D Abstracts & Bios

• “Beach Development and Protection of Resort Coastline Using Geotextile Tubes” – Tom Stephens, TenCate Geotubes
• “Coastal Protection at Four Seasons Anguilla, BWI – Timothy Mason, Applied Technology & Management Inc.

 6E — Beach Erosion, Morphodynamics, & Ecosystem Modeling ● Grand Ballroom E

Moderator – Ping Wang

Session 6E Abstracts & Bios

• “AQUATOX, a Mechanistic Model to Maximize Ecosystem Service Benefits for Restoration Projects – Eldon Blancher, Moffatt & Nichol
• “Modeling Barrier Island Morphodynamic Response to Extreme Storms” – Claire Rydman, Harte Research Institute
• “Understanding and Predicting the Beach Erosion Using Various Methodologies; Case Study in the South Coast of Rhode Island” — M. Reza Hashemi, University of Rhode Island

 6F — Nearshore Process Collaborative Research ● Grand Ballroom F

Moderator – Jeff Lillycrop

Session 6F Abstracts & Bios

• “High temporal Resolution Observations and Modeling Of Dune Erosion in the Collision Regime” – Margaret Palmsten, S. Naval Research Laboratory
• “Coastal Model Test Bed: An exploration into nearshore numerical modeling at the Field Research Facility” – Spicer Bak, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research Development Center, Coastal Hydraulics Lab
• “Maintaining Coastal Processes to Conserve National Parks” – Cliff McCreedy, National Park Service
• “The  Power of Interagency Collaboration: From Wave Run-up Studies to National Model for Coastal Change” – Hilary Stockdon, U.S. Geological Survey

Moderator – Dan Adams

Session 7A Abstracts & Bios

• “Living Breakwaters: Designing for Shoreline Resiliency” – Paul Tschirky, Arcadis
• “Working with Nature to Reduce Risk and Adapt to Climate Change in Southeast Florida” – Caitlin Lustic, The Nature Conservancy
• “Great Lakes National Shoreline Management Study: Our Lakes, Our Future. Learn how the Corps of Engineers is using Existing Research and Collaboration to Improve Coastal Management” – Susan Durden, IWR, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• “Enhancing Community Resilience by Linking Conservation and Restoration with Coastal Hazards Risk Reduction via the FEMA Community Rating System” – Christine Shepard, The Nature Conservancy

7B — Beach Nourishment, Design, & Performance / Session II ● Grand Ballroom B

Moderator – Russell Boudreau

Session 7B Abstracts & Bios

• “Large-scale Nourishments on the U.S. East Coast, Gulf Coast and The Netherlands: A Comparison of the Historical Evolution of the Nourishment Programs, Current Best Practices, Future Trends and Challenges” – Lindino Benedet, APTIM
• “Long-term Evolution and Future Approach of the Captiva and Sanibel Islands’ Beach Renourishment Program” – Thomas Pierro, APTIM
• “Long-term evolution of beach fill under oblique incident waves” – Gordon Thomson, Baird & Associates
• • “Optimizing Nags Head Beach Renourishment Design Using Delft3D” – Ruben Visser, Coastal Science & Engineering Inc.

 7C — Mock Interview Demonstration & How to Network & Job Interview ● Grand Ballroom c

Moderator – Mark Osler

Session 7C Abstract & Bio

• “Mock Interview Demonstration, Networking How-To, and Job Searching” – Mark Osler, Michael Baker International

 7D — Coastal Structures / Session II ● Grand Ballroom D

Moderator – Steven Traynum

Session 7D Abstracts & Bios

• “Rethinking Nearshore Breakwaters: Undulating Crests to Work with Physics and Nature” – Chris Levitz, AECOM
• “Edisto Beach Restoration Project – Nourishment and Groin Lengthening Following Recent Hurricanes” – Steven Traynum, Coastal Science & Engineering Inc.
• “Upgrading Existing Coastal Levees Against Strong Earthquakes and Tsunami Based on the Lessons Learned” – Takefumi Takuma, Giken America Corp.
• “Sediment Transport Study Around a Groin Notch in New Jersey” – Omar L. Lopez-Feliciano, Stevens Institute of Technology

 7E — Northeast Florida Post-Mathew Impacts & Recovery ● Grand Ballroom E

Moderator – Ken Craig

Session 7E Abstracts & Bios

• “Hurricane Matthew Recovery Efforts in St. Johns County, Florida” – Jay Brawley, St. Johns County
• “Flagler County, Florida, Post-Matthew Recovery” – Ken Craig, Taylor Engineering Inc.
• “Volusia County and Hurricane Matthew” – Jessica Winterwerp, Volusia County
• “Coastal Resilience Metrics from Beach fx” – Kevin Hodgens, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 7F— Science & Safety of Rip Currents ● Grand Ballroom F

“Moderator – Amy Williams

Session 7F Abstracts & Bios

• Rip Current Awareness: Collaboration and Education” – Amy Williams, Stevens Institute of Technology
• “Conditions Conducive for Rip Current Occurrence and Rescues at Three Palm Beach County Parks in Florida” – Kathleen Fallon, Florida International University
• “Rip Currents and Water Safety Device” –  Stephen P. Leatherman, Florida International University
• “Rip Current Measurements in South Florida”  –  Stephen B. Leatherman, Florida International University

 8B — Beach Morphology & Response ● Grand Ballroom B

Moderator – Katherine Brodie

Session 8B Abstracts & Bios

• “Status of Beach Changes at Puerto Rico, 1977 to 2016” – Maritza Barreto, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• “New Jersey Beach Profile Network: Analysis of 30 Years of Volume and Shoreline Changes” – Kim McKenna, Stockton University Coastal Research Center
• “Short-Term Evolution of a Small Beach Nourishment Project in Southeast Florida” – Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Florida Atlantic University
• “Unpacking Storm Damages on a Developed Shoreline” – Patrick Barrineau, Coastal Science & Engineering Inc.

 8C — Insight Into Beach Operations along Three Different Coasts ● Grand Ballroom C

Moderator – Reuben Trevino

Session 8C Abstracts & Bios

• “Beach Park Operations: Not Always a Fun Day at The Beach” – Chris Saddler, Park Superintendent, Park Board of Trustees of the City of Galveston, Galveston Island Convention and Visitors Bureau
• “Casting a Wide Net: How to Bring Unlikely Visitors to Your Beach” – Bryan Kunz
• “Operational Challenges in Maintaining a Public Beach in a Tourist-Filled Environment” – John Ripple, City of Miami Beach, Florida
• “Managing Beach Infrastructure Maintenance and Funding Challenges in an Urbanized Los Angeles County Coastline” – Ismael Lopez, Department of Beaches and Harbors, Los Angeles County

8D — Understanding and Assessing Storm Impacts ● Grand Ballroom D

Moderator – Gordon Thomson

Session 8D Abstracts & Bios

• “Beach Morphological Changes and Recoveries from Hurricane Hermine in 2016 along West-Central Florida Coast” – Ping Wang, University of South Florida
• “Post-Hurricane Matthew Coastal Mapping and Change Analysis” – Eve Eisemann, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center
• “Impact Assessment of Extreme Storm Events Using a Bayesian Network” — Ayse Karanci, NCSU

 8E — Hurricane Mathew: A Forensic Study ● Grand Ballroom E

Moderator – Nikole Ward

Session 8E Abstracts & Bios

• “Hindcast of Storm Surge Produced by Hurricane Matthew and Simulation of Potential Tracks for UNF Forensics Study” – Amanda Tritinger, University of North Florida
• “Hindcast of Hurricane Matthew Waves and Simulation of Potential Tracks for UNF Forensic Study” – Dorukhan Ardağ, Taylor Engineering Research Institute, University of North Florida
• “Wave Forcing on Residential Dock Structures During Hurricane Matthew” – Jacob Fuller, Taylor Engineering Research Institute, University of North Florida
• “Coastal Resiliency Lessons Learned from Hurricane Matthew” – Patrick Cooper, Taylor Engineering Research Institute, University of North Florida

8F — Wave Modeling & Coastal Observations ● Grand Ballroom F

Moderator – Spicer Bak

Session 8F Abstracts & Bios

• “Coastal Observations of Near-Surface Mixing” – Kimberly Huguenard, University of Maine
• “The Longshore Transport Enigma and Analysis of a 10-Year Record of Wind-Driven Nearshore Currents” – William Dally, University of North Florida
• “The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wave Measurement Program” – Tyler Hesser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research & Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory
• “USACE Wave Information Study Recent Updates” – Tyler Hesser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center