Short-term lectures by overseas experts from the School of Marine Science and Engineering: Coastal Dynamics (Professor Ian Turner, University of New South Wales, Australia)

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 Course Title: Coastal Dynamics

 
Instructor: Professor Ian Turner, University of New South Wales, Australia
 
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2019-10-18

40 Years of coastline monitoring at Narrabeen-Collaroy

科研楼412

8:20-9:552学时

40 Years of coastline monitoring at Narrabeen-Collaroy

科研楼412

9:55-11:302学时

2019-10-19

Innovative coastline observing techniques – CoastSat, drones and CoastSnap

科研楼412

8:20-9:552学时

Innovative coastline observing techniques – CoastSat, drones and CoastSnap

科研楼412

9:55-11:302学时

2019-10-20

The development of a new national-scale coastal erosion Early Warning System for Australia

科研楼412

8:20-9:552学时

The development of a new national-scale coastal erosion Early Warning System for Australia

科研楼412

9:55-11:302学时

2019-10-21

The usage of coastal equipment

Outdoors

8:20-9:552学时

The usage of coastal equipment

Outdoors

9:55-11:302学时

 

Introduction to the speaker:

Qualifications

BSc Hons 1 & Uni. Medal, University of Sydney, 1989

MEngSc (Environmental Engineering Science), UNSW, 1995

PhD (Marine Science), University of Sydney, 1994

Affiliations

MIEAust (Member of the Institution of Engineers Australia)

Member American Geophysical Union

 

Professional History

1994-1995: Contractor (Coastal Scientist) - NSW Dept Public Works

1995-1997: Research Faculty - Coastal Lab, Uni of Maryland, USA

1997-2000: Senior Project Engineer - WRL, UNSW

: Senior Lecturer – UNSW

1998-2001: Manager - UNSW Groundwater Centre

2000-2006: Senior Engineer & Research Fellow - WRL, UNSW

2007-2009: Senior Lecturer – UNSW

2007- : Deputy Director (Research) - WRL, UNSW

2010-2014: Associate Professor - UNSW

2014- : Professor – UNSW

2015- : Director – WRL, UNSW

Specialist Fields of Expertise

Coastal processes

Coastal engineering design

Coastal imaging (remote sensing)

Physical modelling

Numerical coastal modelling

Field data collection

Coastal groundwater dynamics

Coastline forecasting

Project management

Research and publication

Selected Recent Journal Publications

Ÿ = Denotes supervised student of postdoc

Turner, I.L. and Masselink, G. (2012) “Coastal Gravel Barrier Hydrology – Observations from a Prototype-Scale Laboratory Experiment (BARDEX)” Coastal Engineering, 63, 13-22

Ÿ Tarbotton, C.J., Dominey-Howes, D., Goff, J. and Turner, I.L. (2012) “GIS-Based Techniques for Assessing the Vulnerability of Buildings to Tsunami – Current Approaches and Future Steps” In: Terry, J.P. and Goff, J. (eds), Natural Hazards in the Asia-Pacific Region: Recent Advances and Emerging Concepts, Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 361, 115-125, DOI: 10.1144/SP361.10

Blenkinsopp, C.E., Turner, I.L., Allis, M.J., Peirson, W.L. and Gerden, L.E. (2012) “Application of LiDAR Technology for Measurement of Time-Varying Free-Surface Profiles in a Laboratory Wave Flume” Coastal Engineering, 68, 1-5

Masselink, G. and Turner, I.L. (2012) “Large-Scale Laboratory Investigation into the Effect of Varying Back-Barrier Lagoon Water Levels on Gravel Beach Morphology and Swash Zone Sediment Transport” Coastal Engineering, 69, 23-38

Williams, J.J., Buscombe, D., Masselink, G., Turner, I.L, and Swinkels, C. (2012) “Barrier Dynamics Experiment (BARDEX): Aims, Design and Procedures” Coastal Engineering, 63, 3-12

Turner, J.S. and Turner, I.L. (2012) “Foam Patches Behind Spilling Breakers” Journal of Marine Research, 69, 843-869

Matias, A., Masselink, G., Turner, I.L., Williams, J.J. and Ferreira, O. (2011) “Detailed Analysis of Overwash on Gravel Barriers” SI64 Journal of Coastal Research (International Coastal Symposium), 10-14, ISSN 07490208

Ÿ Harley, M.D., Turner, I.L., Short, A.D. and Ranasinghe, R. (2011) “A Re-Evaluation of Coastal Embayment Rotation: The Dominance of Cross-Shore Versus Alongshore Processes, Collaroy-Narrabeen Beach, Southeast Australia” Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 116, F4, doi:10.1029/2011JF001989

Ÿ Sénéchal, N., Abadie, S., Gallagher, E., MacMahan, J.H.M., Masselink, G., Michallet, H., Reniers, Ad J.H.M., Ruessink, B.G., Russell, P.E., Sous, D., Turner, I.L., Ardhuin, F., Bonneton, P., Bujan, S., Capo, S., Certain, R., Pedreros, R. and Garlan, T. (2011) “The ECORS- Truc Vert’08 Nearshore Field Experiment: Presentation of a Three-Dimensional Morphologic System in a Macro-Tidal Environment during Consecutive Extreme Storm Conditions” Ocean Dynamics, 61, 2073-2098, DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0472-x

Davidson, M.A., Turner, I.L. and Guza, R.T. (2011) “The Effect of Temporal Wave Averaging on the Performance of an Empirical Shoreline Evolution Model” Coastal Engineering, 58, 802-805

Austin. A., Masselink, G., Russell, P.E., Turner, I.L. and Blenkinsopp, C.E. (2011) “Alongshore Current Motions in the Swash Zone of a Sandy and Gravel Beach” Coastal Engineering, 58, 690-705

Blenkinsopp, C.E., Masselink, G., Turner, I.L. and Russell, P.E. (2011) “Can Swash-by-Swash Velocity Moments be used to Predict Net Cross-Shore Sediment at the Beach Face?” Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, 9(1), 19-34

Ÿ Harley, M.D., Turner, I.L., Short, A.D. and Ranasinghe, R. (2011) “Assessment and Integration of Conventional, RTK-GPS and Image-Derived Beach Survey Methods for Daily to Decadal Coastal Monitoring” Coastal Engineering, 58(2), 194-205

Blenkinsopp, C.E., Turner, I.L., Masselink, G. and Russell, P.E. (2011) “Swash Zone Sediment Fluxes - Field Observations” Coastal Engineering, 58, 28-44