This year’s REU program offers three projects, each with a hands-on research component in the NEES Tsunami Wave Basin. The three projects will be conducted in parallel utilizing different parts of the basin. The individual projects are conducted in teams with one or more faculty mentor, graduate students and the REU student. The REU students will assist each other in various aspects of their research

Jennifer Krebs
Project:A benchmark physical model study of tsunami inundation and interaction with structures
Mentor: Dan Cox and Harry Yeh
Graduate Student:
University: Edgewood College
Documents (pdf):

Jason Miles
Project: Wave loading on residential structures with earthquake and hurricane applications
Mentor: John van de Lindt and Rakesh Gupta
Graduate Student: Jeb Wilson and Rachael Garcia
University: Louisiana State University
Documents (pdf): Task Sheet

Adedotun Moronkji
Project: Performance Based Tsunami Engineering- Physical Modeling of Tsunami Induced Sediment Transport and Scour
Mentor: Julie Young
Graduate Student: Heng Xiao and Ting Tan
University: University of Missouri -- Rolla
Documents (pdf): Task Sheet

REU Activites and Events:

June 13th

Markham Marine Science Symposium and HMCS Tour
Marham Symposium Agenda      Coast Trip Agenda

June 18th - 23rd

NEES Annual Meeting
REU Schedule    NEES Annual Meeting Web Site

August 1st & 2nd

Tsunami Mini-Symposium and Coast Trip with Notre Dame REU

August 6th

REU Project Presentations and Finale Dinner

August 8th-12th

Young Researchers Symposium, Seattle Washington