The Wave Research Laboratory hosted 10 students from 8 different universities in the final year of it's three-year program. From late June to late August 2005, these students conducted research projects which focused on coastal processes and hazard mitigation with OSU faculty and graduate students. The table below gives details of each student, their mentor, and summer research project.There was more to the summer than research though!



   
     
 
 
 

Jenna Brown
Project: Sea-Bed Response to Non-breaking Waves
Mentor: Diane Foster
Graduate Student: Kimberly Hatton
University: The Ohio State University
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]

 
 
 
 

Andrew Collier
Project: A Paleo-Superstorm in Lake Athabasca, Canada?
Mentors: Tuba Özkan-Haller
University: University of Notre Dame
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]

 
 
 
 

Matthew Crews
Project: Coastal Engineering Education
Mentor: Skip Rochefort and Alicia Lyman-Holt
University: Oregon State University
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]

 
 
 
  Sarah E. Criswell
Project: Sediment Suspension and Cross-shore Transport Observed in a Large-Wave Flume
Mentor: Dan Cox
Graduate Student: Christopher Scott
University: University of Delaware
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]
 
 
 
 

Meghan Irving
Project: Wave Breaking Over a Moveable Bed in a Large-Scale Laboratory Experiment
Mentor: Dan Cox
Graduate Student: Christopher Scott
University: Smith College
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]

 
 
 
 

James Lynch
Project:3D Physical Model of Tsunami Inundation Over a Complex Bathymetry
Mentor: Dan Cox
Graduate Student:Charlie Bisgard and Shingo Ichikawa
University: University of Wisconsin at Platteville
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]

 
 
 
 

Marco D. Masciola
Project:Optical vs. Acoustic Measurements of Suspended Sediments
Mentor: Timothy P. Stanton
University: Florida Atlantic University
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]

 
 
 
 

Jennifer Miller
Project: Experiment Design for An Experimental Study of Onshore Bar Movement
Mentor: Merrick Haller
Graduate Students: Jason Magalen
University: University of Idaho
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]

 
 
 
 

Steven Orenchuk
Project: Pressure-Gradient Induced Incipient Motion
Mentors: Dr. Diane Foster, Gabe Smith
University: The Ohio State University
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]

 
 
 
 

Elizabeth Spencer
Project: Coastal Engineering Education Curriculum Module Development:
Mentor: Skip Rochefort and Alicia Lyman-Holt
University: Oregon State University
Documents (pdf): [Final report] [Poster]