Research

Focused Research and Education Serving the National Marine Transportation System

The CPORT research agenda is recommended by the industry-university-federal Technical Advisory Board, whose broad geographic representation provides the national perspective to port system issues. CPORT research focuses on national priorities with a mission of making research results and guidelines readily available to industry through the CPORT website, research reports, and short courses. Education and outreach to the Nation's port industry and federal agencies is a key component of the CPORT mission.

A representative sampling of current and recent research topics related to the broad areas of marine and surface transportation systems, and to coastal and ocean engineering includes:

  • "A Fundamental Upgrade of the Texas Coast Water Level Forecasting System," P. Michaud, P. Tissot, D.Cox , Texas General Land Office.
  • "Career Award: Experimental and Numerical Modeling of Coastal Boundary Layer Processes Induced by Shoaling and Breaking Surface Gravity Waves," D. Cox , National Science Foundation.
  • "Field Observations of the Three-Dimensional Flow Structure and Sediment Movement in the Surf Zone," D. Cox , Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
  • Proposal to Investigate Shoreline Erosion in Jefferson County, Texas B.L. Edge, D. Cox Jefferson County, TX. "REU-Site: Interdisciplinary Approach to Coastal Processes and Hazard Mitigation" D. Cox , M. Haller , Cherri Pancake (OSU), National Science Foundation.
  • "Seismic Performance of Anchored Sheetpile Bulkheads," S. Dickenson, NOAA Sea Grant.
  • "Career Award: Physical and Numerical Modeling of the Seismic Performance of Pile Supported Wharves," S. Dickenson, National Science Foundation.
  • "Assessment and Mitigation of Liquefaction Hazards to Bridge Approach Embankments," S. Dickenson, Oregon Department of Transportation.
  • "Multi-Hazard Seismic-Hydrologic Evaluation of the Performance of the Columbia River Levees adjacent to Portland International Airport, Oregon" S. Dickenson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • "Synoptic Wave and Current Estimation via Real-Time Assimilation of In-Situ Observations," M. Haller , D.T. Walker, Office of Naval Research.
  • "Progressive Edge Waves," H. Yeh , Office of Naval Research.
  • "Gravity Currents and Internal Bores," H. Yeh , Washington Sea Grant.
  • "Three-dimensional Tsunami Run-up," H. Yeh , National Science Foundation.
  • "Salt-Water Intrusion," H. Yeh , Washington Sea Grant.
  • "The Infrared Signature of Free-Surface Wakes," H. Yeh , A. Jessup, Office of Naval Research.
  • "International Workshop on Long-wave Runup Models," H. Yeh , P. Liu and C. Synolakis National Science Foundation.
  • "Tsunami Survey for the February 21, 1996 Peruvian Earthquake," H. Yeh , National Science Foundation.
  • "Three Dimensional Effects of Tsunami Runup onto a Coastline," H. Yeh , National Science Foundation.
  • "Cooperative Research: Coastal Effects of Tsunamis," H. Yeh , C. Petroff, National Science Foundation.
  • "Workshop on Research with NEES Tsunami Facility," H. Yeh , National Science Foundation.