Research Grants

1. How do climate change and sea level rise affect extreme wave heights in the Chesapeake Bay?

PI: Gangfeng Ma

Sponsor: PADI Foundation

Duration: 06/01/2016-05/31/2017

2. Modeling the protection services of flood mitigation measures in the City of Franklin, Virginia

PI(s): Navid Tahvildari and Gangfeng Ma

Sponsor: Private sector

Duration: 09/01/2016-12/31/2017

3. Collaborative Research: Development, experimental validation and case studies for the next generation of landslide tsunami models for coastal hazard mitigation

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Duration: 09/01/2015-08/31/2018

4. Collaborative Research: The interactions of waves, tidal currents and river outflows and their effects on the delivery and resuspension of sediments in the near field

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Duration: 09/01/2013-08/31/2016

5. Development of a multidisciplinary approach for assessing climate change and sea level rise impact on tidal wetlands in Lynnhaven Bay, VA

Sponsor: Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Multidisciplinary Seed Project)

Duration: 01/01/2014-12/31/2014

6. Intermittent sediment suspension induced by wave breaking in the surf zone

Sponsor: Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Summer Research Fellowship Program, SRFP)

Duration: 01/01/2013-12/31/2013