Projects

Peeling, plunging breaker

Peeling breaker with reef location

Artificial Reef CFD Demo Summer 26

Artificial reef overlayed on a uniform 1:20 beach slope. Froude scaled ~8 second period waves. Reef peel angle ~30 degrees. waves2foam toolbox used for wave generation.

Wave Flume CFD Turbulence Benchmarking Spring/Summer 26

Simulation of Solitary Waves Breaking over a Shallow Slope in a Wave Tank. CFD data ground-truthed against Ting and Kirby (1994) experimental data, for RANS closure turbulence modeling bechmarking purposes. Technical report manual available on request, findings presented at YCSECA-A 2026: EVALUATION OF RECENTLY DEVELOPED TURBULENCE CLOSURE MODELS UNDER BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE

Wave Solver Winter 25/56

A handy Matlab solver for wave transformation from offshore towards the beach. Solves the dispersion equation and shoaling//refraction equations. Currently set up for a constant slope, but will run with any user-defined slope, and couples well with bathymetry transects from whatever source you want. Handels inputs of wave height, period, and direction, and can easily be modified to fit buoy data. Simple Battjes Jansen breaking parameter implemented.

https://github.com/tayloj37-sandsolutions/Wave-Solver/blob/main/matlab_dispersion_Taylor.m

Remote Sensing Coastal Change

Undergraduate Research Thesis, focusing on Applications of structure from motion photogrammetry for remote sensing coastal change. Please reach out for the full text, happy to provide. Findings presented at the Northern California Geomorphology Symposium, October 25

Small-Scale Wave Flume Profile Evolution Experiments Fall 25

Testing was conducted to determine whether walnuts were a suitable replacement for sand in small-scale wave flume experiments to accelerate sediment transport processes. Walnuts were found to be an incompatible substitute on account of uneven grain and specific gravity distributions.

Additional testing (with sand) took place to determine if random wave conditions affect sandbar profile evolution in a way that is not captured during the Monochromatic wave conditions that are often used during experiments. Overall equilibrium profiles did not change; however spatial distribution of sandbars varied significantly. In addition, time-lapse videos of bar evolution were filmed to provide teaching content and are available at The Following Link