COASTAL HAZARDS @ VIRGINIA TECH

About Us

We are an interdisciplinary collaboration led by professors Jen Irish (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Robert Weiss (Geosciences), and Tina Dura (Geosciences) who are experts in coastal storms (e.g., tropical cyclones), tsunamis, and sea level rise. Our research emphasizes the physics of inundation and sediment transport, as well as quantitative hazard assessment and hazard mitigation by natural features such as wetlands, coastal forest, and dunes. We have awarded more than 20 graduate degrees and mentored more than 30 undergraduate students in research. 

Faculty

Postdoctoral & Visiting Scholars

None currently ​

Current Students

Graduate Students
  • Jessica DePaolis
  • Anmol Haque​
  • Catherine Jeffries
  • Jun-Whan Lee
  • Kristine Mosuela
  • Laura Szczyrba
  • Codi Wiersma
  • Steven Hoagland
  • Emma Helfrich

Undergraduate Scholars
  • Megan Beever ​​
  • Ben Roston

Alumni

Recent Graduates
  • Yi Liu
  • ​Roberto Marivela
  • Hui Tang
  • Amir Zainali

All Alumni
​Credits: Background photo courtesy of Sadatsugu Tomizawa (Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). Field suveys shown above above supported by National Science Foundation.

© 2019 Jennifer L. Irish, Robert Weiss, and Tina Dura. All Rights Reserved.