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2019 National Coastal Conference Program

Program

 2019 PDF Program Table (PDF ~ 400 kb)

 

—Tuesday, Oct. 22 —

Full-day Short Courses: “Coastal Engineering” and “Communications.” Room 101

8 a.m.-noon    Communications – The basics of communicating coastal issues with the public and media.

1 p.m.-5 p.m.   Coastal Engineering – How to alter or maintain the shape of the shoreline.

PDH available. Part of the CCP certification program. (Separate fee, not included in conference registration).

Short courses sponsored by Crowder Gulf.

 

— Wednesday, Oct. 23 —

8 a.m.-noon     ASBPA Board of Directors meeting

10 a.m.            Registration opens (Pre-function area)

1:00-5:00 p.m. — Plenary Session ● Ballroom DE

Plenary Speaker Bios

1:00 p.m.        Logistics (Kate Gooderham and Derek Brockbank) & Welcome by Conference Co-chairs (Tim Kana, Ken Willson, and Dawn York)

1:15 p.m.        Welcome – Mayor Brenda Bethune, City of Myrtle Beach

1:25 p.m.        Welcome – Jeffrey Payne, Director, Office of Coastal Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

1:35 p.m.        Keynote: “Innovation in Coastal Engineering” – Jane Smith, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory

2:05 p.m.        Keynote: “Five Consecutive Flooding Disasters: Lessons Learned and What Does the Future Hold?”” – Maria Cox Lamm, South Carolina State Coordinator for the Flood Mitigation Program

2:35-3:05 p.m. — Networking Break sponsored by Manson Construction

3:05 p.m.        Plenary Panel: “Coastal Issues Facing North and South Carolina”

  • Braxton Davis, Director, NC Division of Coastal Management, Department of Environmental Quality
  • Nicole Elko, Science Director, ASBPA, and Executive Director, SC Beach Advocates
  • Elizabeth von Kolnitz, Chief, Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, S.C. Dept. of Health & Environmental Control
  • Rob Young, Director, Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Western Carolina University

4:00 p.m.        ASBPA Awards

4:15 p.m.         ASBPA Annual Membership meeting – Elections and resources for members

5:00 p.m.        2020 Coastal Summit Planning meeting

5-7 p.m.           Opening reception and 2019 Poster Session (PDF ~ 466 kb); Poster Session Abstracts  Pre-function area

Opening reception sponsored by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock and Poster Session sponsored by USGS.

7 p.m.                 Informal Student/Young Professional Mixer, McNair Hospitality Suite, 3rd Floor of the hotel.

 

— Thursday, Oct. 24 —

7:30-8:00 a.m. ● Continental breakfast ● Exhibit Area

Tracks:
A – Flooding sponsored by Coastal Carolina University – Room 101
B – Wetlands, Wildlife, & Ecology – Room 102-03
C – Storms & Resilience – Room 104-05
D – RSM, Economics, & Policy – Room 106
E – Beaches & Structures – Room 107
F – Modeling & Tools – Room 108

8:00 – 9:20 a.m. — Concurrent Sessions #1
9:20 - 9:40 Networking Break sponsored by South Coast Engineers
9:40-11:00 a.m. — Concurrent Sessions #2
11:10 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. — Concurrent Sessions #3
12:30-2:30 p.m. — Awards Luncheon
2:30-3:50 p.m. — Concurrent Sessions #4
3:50-4:10 pm Networking Break
4:10-5:30 p.m. — Concurrent sessions #5
8:00 – 9:20 a.m. — Concurrent Sessions #1
1A — Flooding & Vulnerability
Moderator: Amanda Tritinger

1A Abstracts & Bios

  • King Tides: How this event has risen into our vocabulary — Brian Caufield, CDM Smith
  • Assessing Coastal Flooding Vulnerability Case Study: City of Delray Beach Intracoastal Waterway — Douglas Mann, Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure LLC
  • Taking That First Step: Flooding & Vulnerability Study for Carolina Beach, NC — Adam Priest, APTIM
  • Money Matters: Funding for Texas Coastal Restoration Projects — Jane Sarosdy, Sarosdy Consulting

1B — Wetlands, Wildlife, & Ecology
Moderator: Aram Terchunian

1B Abstracts & Bios

  • Wetland restoration along the Southern California coast – meeting the challenges of future? — Cindy Kinkade, AECOM
  • Sea Turtle Conservation: A Changing Landscape — Kelly Thorvalson, South Carolina Aquarium
  • Habitat Mapping and Modeling for the Management of Wildlife, Land, and Infrastructure on a Barrier Island — Liliana Velasquez-Montoya, U.S. Naval Academy
  • Riverbank Stabilization Design to Protect Critical Infrastructure along a Tidal River in Northeast Massachusetts —  Brandon T Raymond, Geosyntec Consultants

1C — Coastal Response to Storms
Moderator: Tiffany Briggs

1C Abstracts & Bios

  • Post-Storm Beach-Dune Recovery on a Meso-Tidal Barrier Island — Jean Ellis, University of South Carolina
  • Geomorphic Response of the Beach-Dune System to the 2017 and 2018 Hurricane Seasons at the Isle of Palms, SC —  Brianna Ferguson, University of South Carolina
  • Application of Storm Erosion Index (SEI) to Hurricane Michael — Matthew Janssen, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Coastal Plants in NC and their Response to Hurricane Florence — Steve Mercer, Coastal Transplants, Inc.

1D — Tools & Lessons on Sediment Management
Moderator: Brandon Boyd

1D Abstracts & Bios

  • Regional sediment transport study in Poole and Christchurch Bays, UK — Jonathan Simm, HR Wallingford
  • The Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Dredge Material Placement Areas Conditions Assessment and Asset Management Tool — Nina Reins, Freese and Nichols, Inc.
  • Using Regional Sediment Management (RSM) to Improve Galveston Island’s Beaches — Reuben Trevino, Galveston Park Board
  • Large Scale Coastal Restoration Concepts for the Texas Upper Coast Barrier Islands and the Present Availability of Sediment Sources: How Much Sediment is Needed? — Juan Moya, Freese and Nichols, Inc.

1E — Offshore Sand Resource Management (Dedicated)
Moderator: Deena Hansen

1E Abstracts & Bios

  • Modeling fish distributions to inform offshore sand dredging impacts to Essential Fish Habitat — Bradley Pickens, CSS and Affiliate of NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory
  • Sorting of Offshore Sediment Sources by Hopper Dredging and Placement Operations — Jarrell Smith, U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center
  • Marine Minerals Information System – A data management pillar of the National Sand Inventory — Lora Turner, BOEM
  • Coordination with Undersea Cable Owners — Robert Wargo, North American Submarine Cable Association

1F — Shoreline Management
Moderator: Nina Stark

1F Abstracts & Bios

  • Shoveling Sand Against the Tide?  — Anders Bjarngard, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
  • A shoreline morphology model using representative waves method for shoreline stabilization  — Michael Kabiling, Taylor Engineering, Inc.
  • Refined Coastal Modeling and Engineering Analysis for the Carolina Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project  — Zhanxian Wang, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Coastal Processes Study and Structure Design for Bay Breeze Park  — Long Xu, McLaren Engineering Group
9:20 - 9:40 Networking Break sponsored by South Coast Engineers
9:40-11:00 a.m. — Concurrent Sessions #2
2A — Floodplain Management
Moderator: Mike Starek

2A Abstracts & Bios

  • Land use above sea level rise: The importance of floodplain management — Paxton Ramsdell, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Planning for sea level rise in estuaries – experiences from the UK — Nigel Pontee, Jacobs
  • Next Steps for Urban Flooding- A Report of the ASFPM Foundation Forum — Douglas Plasencia, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Attracting Impact Investing Capital to Floodplain Management Through Environmental Impact Bonds (EIBs) — Todd Appel, Quantified Ventures

2B —Ecological Restoration 1
Moderator: Aubree Hershorin

2B Abstracts & Bios

  • Bonner Bridge Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mitigation — Phillip Todd, Atlantic Reefmaker
  • Geotechnical Considerations for Wetland Restoration Projects — John Laplante, Anchor QEA, LLC
  • History of Environmental Restoration efforts at Mordecai Island, NJ — Christina Pico, Mott MacDonald
  • Beneficial Use of Dredge Materials for Salt Marsh Restoration in Rhode Island — Andrew Timmis, J.F. Brennan Company, Inc.

2C — Preparing for Storms
Moderator: Margaret Owensby

2C Abstracts & Bios

  • Findings from a Rapid Instrument Deployment Under Storm Conditions, Atlantic City, New Jersey — Kimberly McKenna, Stockton University Coastal Research Center
  • A Geotechnical Perspective on Coastal Erosion Processes during Hurricanes: Lessons learned from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 — Nina Stark, Virginia Tech
  • Proactive Beach Managment Planning and Storm Responses at Holden Beach, NC — Francis Way, ATM
  • Development of Storm Impact Forecasting System for NC 12 Highway along Pea Island, North Carolina — Russell Nasrallah, N.C. State University

2D —Interagency Collaboration (Dedicated)
Moderator: Eric Poncelet

2D Abstracts & Bios
Playing well in the sandbox: Interagency Collaboration and Coastal Resiliency Projects

An interagency panel discussion on the difficulties facing effective interagency collaboration on coastal resiliency projects. Representatives from local, state, and federal agencies will share case studies and discuss common challenges, best practices, and keys to success.

Panel Members:

  • Adam Emrick, City of Conway “The Little Guy, how not to get stepped on and trampled over during a disaster”;
  • Justin McDonald, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, “The Power of Partnerships in Coastal Restoration”;
  • Tancred Miller, NC DCM, “Made to Order: North Carolina’s Climate Risk Assessment & Resiliency Plan”; Doug Piatkowski, BOEM, “BOEM’s Sand Management Working Groups”; and
  • Susan Lovelace “Science to Serve Coastal Communities in SC”

2E —Beach Nourishment Projects 1
Moderator: Reuben Trevino

2E Abstracts & Bios

  • The Fate of Beach Nourishment Sand on the Florida East Coast — James Houston, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Corps of Engineers
  • Regional Federal and Non-federal Beach Restoration Projects in Vilano Beach, South Ponte Vedra Beach, and Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County, Florida — Wendy Laurent, Taylor Engineering
  • Promoting Science-based Dune and Beach Management at the Local Government Level — Frank Hopf
  • A Commitment to Coastal Protection, The City of Virginia Beach, Virginia — James White, City of Virginia Beach

2F —Tools & Mapping for Resilience
Moderator: Ken Craig

2F Abstracts & Bios

  • Beach Recovery & Improvement Project – Luxury Resort, Mexico, An engineered solution for geotextile tube marine structures — Tom Stephens, TenCate Water & Environment
  • Mapping Future Coastal Erosion Due to Sea Level Rise – Expanding a Study in New England — Jeremy Mull, AECOM
  • A Stakeholder-Driven Prioritization of Coastal Mapping For The State of Florida — Cheryl Hapke, Coastal Science Solutions
  • Implementation of the ADCIRC tidal database and UTide tidal prediction in the CHS-StormSim framework — Marissa Torres, USACE ERDC CRREL
11:10 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. — Concurrent Sessions #3
3A — Flood Modeling 1
Moderator: Kari Servold

3A Abstracts & Bios

  • Developing High-Resolution Data and Neighborhood-Scale Flood Modeling in Charleston County, SC — Landon Knapp, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium/College of Charleston
  • Hydrodynamic modeling of alternative design scenario for Ocean Drive, NJ — Yi-Cheng Teng Michael Baker International
  • The Influence of the Vertical Current Structure on the Scaling of Wind and Wave Driven Surge Modeling — Amanda Tritinger, University of North Florida
  • Advances in the Physics of Wave, Surge and Sediment Transport Models — Donald T. Resio, University of North Florida

3B — Ecological Restoration 2
Moderator: Doug Bellomo

3B Abstracts & Bios

  • Get the MUCK outta here! Turkey Creek Muck Removal Project (Brevard County, FL)  — Robert Baron, Tetra Tech
  • Effects of physical beach characteristics on sea turtle nesting and hatching success — Tiffany Briggs, FAU
  • Island Design for Nesting Waterbirds  — David Buzan, Freese and Nichols, Inc.
  • Living Docks – Restoring Benthic Communities  — Robert Weaver, Florida Institute of Technology

3C — Texas Coast Study (Dedicated)
Moderator: Tony Williams

3C Abstracts & Bios

  • Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study – An Update — Tony Williams, Texas General Land Office
  • Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study – Ecosystem Restoration  — Tony Williams, Texas General Land Office
  • Wave Impacts from a Proposed Coastal Storm Risk Management Measure for the Galveston Bay Area  — Margaret Owensby, USACE-ERDC-CHL

3D — Coastal Barrier Resource Act (Dedicated)
Moderator: Derek Brockbank

3D Abstracts & Bios

  • Coastal Barrier Resource Act Issues and Innovation in Florida  — Aubree Hershorin, Jacksonville District, USACE
  • CBRA – Excluded  — Patricia French-Pacitti, Workplace Management Inc
  • CBRA Zone Dredging for the Folly Beach Federal Nourishment Project  — Spencer Wetmore, City of Folly Beach
  • Why the Feds can’t get sand from CBRS, but you can; and how this policy can change  — Derek Brockbank, ASBPA

3E — Beach Nourishment Projects 2
Moderator: Jarrell Smith

3E Abstracts & Bios

  • Sand Retaining Structure to Increase Longevity of Beach Nourishment – A Case Study in South Carolina — Haiqing Kaczkowski, Coastal Science & Engineering, Inc.
  • Myrtle Beach: A history of shore protection and beach restoration  — Timothy Kana, Coastal Science & Engineering, Inc.
  • A Tale of Two Nourishments: Initial Behavior of Subaerial Beaches Inside and Outside the Galveston, TX Seawall  — Ben Ritt, Texas A&M University Galveston
  • Optimization of Shore Protection Structures for Sargent Beach, TX  — Michael Salisbury, Atkins North America, Inc.

3F — Inlets & Revetments 
Moderator: Julie Rosati

3F Abstracts & Bios

  • The Science (and Art) of Revetment Design — Chris Mack, AECOM
  • The Sebastian Inlet District: Managing the Connection Between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian River Lagoon  — Michael Jenkins, Applied Technology & Management
  • Subaerial Habitat and Bathymetric Changes Following Dredging of Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey  — Kim McKenna, Stockton University Coastal Research Center
  • Inlet Mangement Strategies with Case Studies from Florida — Thomas Pierro, Coastal Protection Engineering
12:30-2:30 p.m. — Awards Luncheon
“Thinking of Land — A Lyrical Tour of South Carolina and Thoughts on Ways Culture Matters in Conservation” by
J. Drew Lanham

J. Drew Lanham is an Alumni Distinguished Professor and Master Teacher at Clemson University. He is an author and the Poet Laureate of Edgefield, SC. His writing reflects the convergences between nature and nurture, conservation and culture. His award winning memoir ” The Home Place – Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature (Milkweed Editions 2016) won the 2018 SELC Reed Environmental Writing Award and was a Nature Book of Note recognized by the Burroughs Society. Drew Lives in Seneca, SC with his wife Janice.

Awards presentation sponsored by J.F. Brennan Co, Inc.

Student scholarship sponsored by Marinex.

2:30-3:50 p.m. — Concurrent Sessions #4
4A — Coastal Infrastructure
Moderator: Ping Wang

4A Abstracts & Bios

  • Improved Design of Roads along Beaches — Scott Douglass, South Coast Engineers
  • Building Back Better – FEMA’s Public Assistance 406 Hazard Mitigation Funding — Janan Evans-Wilent, FEMA
  • An Introduction to the Undersea Cable Industry — Robert Wargo, North American Submarine Cable Association
  • Coastal highway vulnerability along a barrier island — Elizabeth Sciaudone, N.C. State University

4B — Living Shorelines
Moderator: Maura Boswell

4B Abstracts & Bios

  • Resilience in action: Connecting engineers, nature, and communities — Danielle Boudreau, GHD
  • CZF Abstract – Shoreline Stabilization to Liven up the Banks of New York — Erin Hague, Tera Tech, Inc.
  • Coastal Design and Construction of New Jersey Multipart Living Shoreline — Travis Merritts, Anchor QEA LLC
  • Alabama Swift Tract Living Shoreline Monitoring: Results and Lessons Learned — Sina Amini, HDR

4C — Adaptation
Moderator: Kim McKenna

4C Abstracts & Bios

  • Edgartown Vulnerability Preparedness and Climate Change Assessment — Tara Marden, Woods Hole Group
  • Living on the Edge: Developing a Property Owner’s Guide to Promote Holistic Management of Coastal Bluffs — Lydia Salus, University of Wisconsin – Madison Sea Grant Institute
  • A New Way of Looking at Sea Level Rise Vulnerability of Transportation Infrastructure — Christopher Webb, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Adaptation Planning for a More Resilient Coastline — Angela Schedel, Taylor Engineering

4D — Regional Sediment Management
Moderator: Katie Brutsche

4D Abstracts & Bios

  • USACE National Regional Sediment Management Program: A Look Back and into the Future — Katherine Brutsche, USACE ERDC
  • Simulation of Long-Term Shoreline Changes near Indian River Inlet on the Delaware coast — Yan Ding, USACE ERDC
  • USACE Navigation Sediment Placement: An RSM Program Database (1998 – present) — Nicole Elko, Elko Coastal Consulting, Inc.
  • RSM Regional Center of Expertise: Coastal Resiliency Initiatives in the South Atlantic — Clay McCoy, USACE

4E — Beach Nourishment Projects 3
Moderator: Lora Turner

4E Abstracts & Bios

  • Beach Nourishment Magnitudes and Trends in the U.S.: An Update — Lindino Benedet, Coastal Protection Engineering
  • Upham Beach T-Groins 6 Months Post Construction — John Bishop, Pinellas County
  • Plant Materials and Fencing for Coastal Dune Stabilization — Tommy Socha, USACE

4F — Coastal Hazard Mapping
Moderator: Russ Boudreau

4F Abstracts & Bios

  • Updates to USACE’s automated feature detection of dunes and bluffs and ground-truth opportunities with the DUNEX project — Eve Eisemann, USACE ERDC
  • Mapping Inlet Hazard Areas — Spencer Rogers, N.C. Sea Grant
  • Using UAS photogrammetry and airborne lidar to evaluate surface change detection of an undeveloped beach following Hurricane Michael — Kelsi Schwind, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
  • Evaluating UAS Surveying for Monitoring of Oiling Events on Sandy Beaches — Michael Starek, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
3:50-4:10 pm Networking Break
4:10-5:30 p.m. — Concurrent sessions #5
5A — Where Rivers Meet the Coast
Moderator: Stephanie Smallegan

5A Abstracts & Bios

  • Coastal River Flooding Caused by Extreme Rainfalls in South Carolina — Hongyuan Zhang, Coastal Carolina University
  • Creating Urban Flood Resilience in Norfolk’s Ohio Creek Watershed — Brian Joyner, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Where Rivers Meet the Coast: A Story About Accelerating Headwater Land Protection in the Mobile Bay Watershed — Kari Servold, Moffatt & Nichol
  • An Analysis of Vessel Generated Wakes in the Hudson River — Taylor Zimmerman, Stevens Institute of Technology

5B — Coastal Education
Moderator: Jean Ellis

5B Abstracts & Bios

  • Can the Trash! Clean Beach Poster Contest  — Susana Espinosa, County of Los Angeles Department of Beaches & Harbors
  • Certified Coastal Practitioner (CCP) Program  — Gordon Thomson, Coastal Zone Foundation Board
  • Deaggregation of multi-hazard damages, losses, risks, and connectivity: An application to the joint seismic-tsunami hazard at Seaside, OR  — Dylan Sanderson, Oregon State University
  • Southern Currents: Equity & Inclusion in Water Management Projects  — Jessica Hardesty Norris

5C — Planning for Sea Level Rise
Moderator: Tara Marden

5C Abstracts & Bios

  • The Fight of Our Lives: Hazard Mitigation Strategies for Rising Seas — Doug Bellomo, AECOM Water
  • Adaptive Planning for Sea Level Rise and Recurring Storm Effects Specifically for Local Governments — Douglas Mann, APTIM
  • Coastal Resiliency Planning: Bridging the Gap between Natural and Human Environments — Taylor Nordstrom, AECOM
  • Fair Weather Flooding and Sea Level Rise in the Florida Keys: A Case Study at the Marathon OCB Radio Broadcasting Site — Patrick Snyder, AECOM

5D — Economics of Restoration & Retreat
Moderator: Beth Sciaudone

5D Abstracts & Bios

  • Going Under: Severe Repetitive Loss Properties and Buyout Assistance in Coastal Areas — Anna Weber, Natural Resources Defense Council
  • A Decision Maker’s Guide to Valuating Coastal Resiliency — Mariah McBride, Coastal Systems International
  • The Economics of Managed Retreat — Philip King, San Francisco State University

5E — Dunes & Beaches
Moderator: John Bishop

5E Abstracts & Bios

  • Innovative Beach Stabilization Method  — Amine Dahmani, University of Connecticut
  • Monitoring Results of Beach Fill Project at Cape Shores, Delaware  — Joseph Faries, DNREC
  • Vegetating Kill Devil Hills: Challenges of Planting Through Inclement Weather  — Steve Mercer, Coastal Transplants Inc.
  • Dune Remediation – The Story of Tybee Island, Georgia — Alan Robertson, AWR Strategic Consulting

5F — Modeling & AI
Moderator: Eve Eisemann

5F Abstracts & Bios

  • Developing Dynamic Boundary Conditions (surge+tide+sea level rise) for Stormwater Modeling — Chris Mack, AECOM
  • Innovative Combined Coastal/Inland Flooding Models and Solutions for use in Coastal/Estuarine Areas — Johnny Martin, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Coastal Environment — Phillippe Tissot, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

5:30-7:00 p.m. — APTIM Mini-Golf Classic, Captain Hook’s Adventure Golf

Holes sponsored by Huesker, Inc., Applied Technology & Management, and Dune Science Group

 

— Friday, Oct. 25 —

7:30-8:00 a.m. ● Coffee and Pastries ● Exhibit Area

 

8:00-9:20 a.m. — Concurrent Sessions #6
9:20-9:40 am Networking Break sponsored by Norfolk Dredging
9:40-11:00 a.m. — Concurrent Sessions #7
11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions #8
8:00-9:20 a.m. — Concurrent Sessions #6
6A — The South Carolina Floodwater Commission (Dedicated)
Moderator: Paul Gayes

6A Abstracts & Bios

  • The South Carolina Floodwater Commission: A call to action in a changing world — Will Ambrose, Coastal Carolina University
  • The South Carolina Floodwater Commission – The Living Shorelines Task Force: A call to action in a changing world — Paul Gayes, Coastal Carolina University
  • South Carolina (SC) Governor H. J. McMaster’s Smart River Task Force and the Charge to the Sub-Committee on Smart Rivers — Len Pietrafesa, Coastal Carolina University
  • Living Shorelines for Reducing Tidal Flood Risk and Protecting Live Oaks — Rod Tyler, Green Horizons Environmental LLC

6B — Restoring Coastal Louisiana
Moderator: Gordon Thomson

6B Abstracts & Bios

  • Developing a List of Approved Equivalent Living Shoreline Products in Coastal Louisiana — Casey Connor, Mott MacDonald
  • Recommendations for a Sediment Diversion and Reconnecting a River to its Delta — Rachel Rhode, Environmental Defense Fund
  • Atchafalaya River Freshwater Diversion – Restoring the Connection Between Coastal Plain and River — Kevin Hanegan, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Coastal Forests at the Crossroads – Case Study: Louisiana’s Maurepas Swamp — Honora Buras, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

6C — Coastal Resilience Planning
Moderator: Adam Clinch

6C Abstracts & Bios

  • Coastal Resiliency Planning: Defining & Moving Towards Resilience on the Coast — Chris Levitz, AECOM
  • Climate Change: Facts, Fables, and Fanaticism — Chris Mack, AECOM
  • Implementing Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience — Bret Webb, University of South Alabama
  • Coastal Resiliency Planning: Managing Resiliency from a State Agency Perspective — Josh Oyer, Texas General Land Office

6D — Beneficial Use of Dredged Material
Moderator: Lindino Benedet

6D Abstracts & Bios

  • Tracing Study into Beneficial Use of Dredge Material on a Nearshore Berm, South Padre Island, Texas  — Kristina Boburka, City of South Padre Island
  • A numerical model analysis of potential shoaling rate changes due to the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project — Gary Brown, US Army Corps Of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center
  • Helping River Sand Move to the Coast: The Santa Ana River Sand Management Project — Kim Garvey, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Methods to Reduce Water Column Turbidity from Hydraulic Dredge Placement; A Literature Review — Brandon Hill, AECOM

6E — Bogue Banks Beach Nourishment (Dedicated)
Moderator: Dawn York

6E Abstracts & Bios

  • Design and Lessons Learned – Phase I of the Post Florence Renourishment Project, Bogue Banks, N.C. — Greg Rudolph, Carteret County Shore Protection Office
  • Environmental coordination among Federal, state, local, and private entities for Bogue Banks beach nourishment — Deena Hansen, BOEM
  • Engineering Design of 50-Year Bogue Banks Master Beach Nourishment Plan and Post-Florence Phase I Project — Nicole VanderBeke Moffatt & Nichol
  • Dredging Challenges Now and Future — Samuel Morrison, Moffatt & Nichol

6F — Storm Modeling
Moderator: Johnny Martin

6F Abstracts & Bios

  • Novel Numerical Modeling of Storm Surge using a Reduced Dimension DSW Approach — David Kelly, Florida International University
  • An Overview of ERDC’s Coastal Storm Modeling System as Applied to the South Atlantic Coast Study — Margaret Owensby, USACE-ERDC-CHL
  • Surface Response Method with Optimal Storm Sampling for Surge Prediction — William Chilton, University of North Florida
  • Restoration of Shallow Water Habitat in Hudson River Estuary – Rattlesnake Island Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Study — Ahintha Kandamby, Ramboll
9:20-9:40 am Networking Break sponsored by Norfolk Dredging
9:40-11:00 a.m. — Concurrent Sessions #7
7A — Flood Modeling 2
Moderator: Brian Caufield

7A Abstracts & Bios

  • Emerging Techniques to Address Compound Flooding: What We Know, What we Don’t, and What We Need Moving Forward — Raymond Caldwell, USACE Galveston District
  • Using Multivariate Statistical Modelling to Assess Compound Flooding Effects in Sabine Lake, Texas — Victor Malagon Santos, University of Central Florida
  • Compound Flood Modeling of the Upper Coast of Texas — Amin Kiaghadi, University of Texas at Austin & University of Houston
  • A New Lagrangian Shallow Water Approach for Storm Surge Modelling — Abhijeet Chodankar, Florida International University

7B — Ecology & Water Quality
Moderator: Liliana Velasquez-Montoya

7B Abstracts & Bios

  • Long Term Water Quality Monitoring Trends within New Hanover County North Carolina’s Tidal Creeks — Brad Rosov, APTIM
  • Locals Lead Indian River Lagoon Restoration — Matt Shelton, Tetra Tech, Inc.
  • CZF Abstract: Monitoring Ecological Conditions of Estuarine and Near-Coastal Waters of the Mississippi Gulf Region — James Stribling, Tera Tech, Inc.
  • Habitat, Water Quality, and Coastal Resilience Improvements in Mission Bay, San Diego, CA — Astrid Vargas Solis, Moffatt & Nichol

7C — Resilience Through Partnerships
Moderator: Bret Webb

7C Abstracts & Bios

  • Improving Coastal Resiliency after Superstorm Sandy: Spring Creek Hazard Mitigation Project — Philip Blackmar, HDR Engineering, Inc.
  • Piloting innovation: Advancing nature-based resilience strategies through strategic partnerships — Brian Leslie, GHD
  • Transforming Existing Planning Processes to Meet Your Needs: Space for Community Discussions on Coastal Management Solutions — Kate Skaggs, Michael Baker International
  • Buzzard Point Coastal Protection Plan — Trine Munk, Ramboll

7D — Regulations & Policy
Moderator: Patrick Barrineau

7D Abstracts & Bios

  • West Coast Ocean Alliance: Shifting Policy & Real Partnerships — John Hansen, West Coast Alliance
  • Eroding Regulations? Moving Away from the 540-rule and Primary Frontal Dune at FEMA — Christina Lindemer, FEMA Headquarters
  • The effects of subsidy removal on shoreline armoring — Jordan Branham, UNC Chapel Hill

7E — Dare County Beach Nourishment (Dedicated)
Moderator: Sandy Cross

7E Abstracts & Bios

  • A Small Community’s Approach to Big Issues — Christopher Layton, Town of Duck
  • Equal Protection vs. Equal Sand: Designing for Equitable Storm Damage Reduction within a Community — Kenneth Willson, APTIM
  • Sharing Information During Beach Nourishment: Relationship Building and Communication Methods — Betsy Trimble, Town of Duck
  • Preservation of Coastal Areas Through Community Participation — Sandy Cross, Town of Duck

7F — Coastal Studies & Frameworks
Moderator: Steve Traynum

7F Abstracts & Bios

  • A New Framework for Near-Bottom Nearshore Currents Based on Measurements at the USACE Field Research Facility — Nikole Ward, Taylor Engineering Research Institute (University of North Florida)
  • Seasonal and interannual variability of swash-zone sand-habitat biogeochemistry: Time-series monitoring in Long Bay, South and North Carolina — Angelos Hannides, Coastal Carolina University
  • Does the Equilibrium Beach Profile Theory Still Fit New Jersey Beaches? — Jon Miller, Stevens Institute of Technology
11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Concurrent Sessions #8
8A — Financing Coastal Flood Resilience
Moderator: Peter Ravella

8A Abstracts & Bios

Panel Discussion: Lessons from Structuring Outcomes-based Transactions for Flood Infrastructure

Panelists:

  • Shannon E. Cunniff
  • Todd Appel
  • Brian Joyner

8B — Natural Infrastructure
Moderator: Ken Willson

8B Abstracts & Bios

  • Design and Construction of the Little Beaver Island Shoreline and Coastal Wetland Habitat Improvement Project at Beaver Island State Park — Matthew Henderson, Anchor QEA
  • Shoreline Engineering with Cobble Material — Conor Ofsthun, Moffatt & Nichol
  • Bringing Concrete to Life – Enhancing Natural Processes on Concrete Based Coastal and Marine Infrastructure (CMI) — Andrew Rella, ECOncrete Inc.
  • Shoreline Protection of Historic and Coastal Resources at Brunswick Town/ Fort Anderson — Randy Boyd, Atlantic Reefmaker

8C — Strategies for Resilience
Moderator: Mariah McBride

8C Abstracts & Bios

  • Resiliency through Restoration: Implementation and Monitoring of Community-Driven Restoration Projects to Inform Nature-Based Adaptation — Nicole Carlozo, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  • Increasing use of natural and nature-based features to build resilience to storm-driven flooding — Pamela Mason, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  • The US Army Corps of Engineers New Jersey Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management Study: An Overview of Current Efforts and Products — J B Smith, USACE
  • The use of Geosynthetic Mattresses for Coastal Protection — Robert Creel, Huesker, Inc.

8D — Funding Coastal Projects
Moderator: John Winkelman

8D Abstracts & Bios

  • Local Funding for Coastal Projects: Policy, Consideration, nd Practices — Annie Mercer, ASBPA
  • Financing Coastal Resilience — Dan Ginolfi, Coastal Strategies, LLC
  • Weighing the benefits of a federal versus locally sponsored beach management program; a lesson in funding, schedules, and uncertainty from Pawleys Island, SC. — Steven Traynum, Coastal Science & Engineering

8E — Planning for Sustainable Beaches
Moderator: Jon Miller

8E Abstracts & Bios

  • Human Impacts in Coastal Ecosystems in Puerto Rico (HICE-PR): A remote sensing, hydrologic, ecologic and socio-economic assessment with management implications — Maritza Barreto, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Graduate School of Planning
  • Mother Nature Erodes Best Laid Plans: Phased Retreat and Lessons Learned at Nauset Public Beach — Adam Finkle, Woods Hole Group
  • A New Generation Master Planning Effort Underway at Waikiki Beach — Dolan Eversole, University of Hawaii Sea Grant/ Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District

8F — US Coastal Research Program
Moderator: Nicole Elko

8F Abstracts & Bios

  • Improving Efficiency of Coupled Hydrodynamic Predictions by implementing a Fetch-Based Parametric Wave Model — Samuel Boyd, Florida Institute of Technology
  • Multiscale simulation of erosion and breaching of barrier islands: Coupling XBeach and ADCIRC — Alireza Gharagozlou, N.C. State University
  • Impact of Storms on a Barrier Island Aquifer — Rachel Housego, MIT-WHOI
  • Parcel-Scale Mangrove Wave Attenuation: Physical Modelling and Field Measurements — Tori Tomiczek, United States Naval Academy

12:30 p.m. ● Adjourn

1-5 p.m. ● Post-conference field trip (separate fee, not included in conference registration)

*Field Trip: Friday, includes a box lunch. The field trip will explore the Grand Strand.

Vans will load at 12:45 pm in the front of the Convention Center.

The ASBPA field trip will take place on Friday following the conference’s completion. We’ll visit two sites, Little River Neck and Arcadian Shores, to explore dichotomies in coastal development and management strategies. Along ‘the Neck’, as it is known locally, history and geography interact to create a unique environment that has been spared from development common along the Grand Strand. The site also offers unparalleled views of Hog Inlet, Little River, and Waties Island from a bluff atop the marsh. At Arcadian Shores, we’ll see the opposite end-member of coastal management and development; high-rise condominiums and dense upland development around a small marsh. Arcadian Shores also offers an up-close look at a recently completed renourishment and stream relocation. Between both sites, attendees will be able to catch a glimpse into the Grand Strand’s past as well as its future, and see many of the environments that make this corner of South Carolina far more unique than many visitors would ever realize.

Thank you to our other sponsors not listed above:

Notepads ~ Texas Chapter ASBPA

Bags ~ Moffatt & Nichol

Lanyards ~ HDR

WiFi ~ Applied Technology Management

Charging stations ~ Environmental Defense Fund

AV ~ Galveston Island Park Board of Trustees

Podcast ~ CDM Smith

Handbook Ads ~ Coastal Strategies, SWCA, Coastal Protection Engineering

Exhibitors ~ Earth Balance, TenCate, Athena Technologies, Creative Pultrusions, Eastman Aggregates, Wagner CFT, EA Engineering, Science & Technology, Inc., Atlantic Reefmaker, Dial Cordy & Associates, Guardian Retention Systems, LLC, Huesker, Inc., Taylor Engineering, Moffatt & Nichol, Coastal News Today, Coastal Transplants, American Vibracore Services, BOEM, Access Rec, Areté Structures, LLC, Deschamps Mats Systems Inc, Dune Science Group, SOX Erosion Solutions, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

General Sponsors ~ Freese & Nichols, City of North Myrtle Beach, North Carolina Beach, Inlet and Waterway Assn., West Galveston Island Property Owners Assn., Permeable Grid Solutions, National Wildlife Federation, City of South Padre Island, Weeks Marine, Tetra Tech, Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau, The Nature Conservancy, The Dutra Group, The City of Virginia Beach, Waterway Surveys & Engineering, Ltd., City of North Myrtle Beach

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