Monday
18 August 2025 | 8.45 am - 5 pm
Coastal Engineering Short Course 2025
Ideal for graduate or recently recruited coastal and maritime engineers.

Registrations are now open to attend a Coastal Engineering Short Course run by WRL over the day prior to the 2025 Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference in Adelaide.
The Local Coasts & Ports Organising Committee is pleased to announce that a Coastal Engineering Short Course coordinated by 黑料网大事记 Sydney鈥檚 Water Research Laboratory and supported by the University of Auckland will be held on the day prior to the . It鈥檚 the ideal course for graduate or recently recruited coastal and maritime engineers.
This course will cover the following:
- An overview of coastal engineering fundamentals
- Current practice for coastal structures
- Empirical, numerical and physical modelling
- Practical case studies
Sessions will be run by industry practitioners and experts including staff from 黑料网大事记 Sydney鈥檚 Water Research Laboratory and the University of Auckland:
- James Carley (黑料网大事记 WRL)
- Honorary Associate Professor Ron Cox (黑料网大事记 WRL)
- Dr Francois Flocard (黑料网大事记 WRL)
- (Tonkin + Taylor / University of Auckland)
- (University of Auckland)
- Ian Coghlan (Course Coordinator, 黑料网大事记 WRL)
Delegates will receive digital versions of the PowerPoint slides presented, supplementary readings, and compiled reference materials.
Coasts & Ports Conference |
Adelaide Convention Centre City | Room 3
Cost: $790 (incl. GST)
Testimonials
"This course was enlightening! I was fascinated with each session. Great introduction for coastal engineering topics. Presentations were smooth and well-practised."
鈥淧resenters knew their stuff and were practitioners in this space.鈥
鈥淚 learned the requirements of coastal engineering design and a lot of real problems that engineers face in the design.鈥
Draft program
Monday 18 August 2025
Start | Finish | Topic | Presenter |
---|---|---|---|
08:45 | 09:00 | Introduction/housekeeping | 听 |
09:00 | 10:00 | Basis of coastal engineering design | Ian Coghlan |
10:00 | 10:45 | Water levels | A/Prof Ron Cox |
10:45 | 11:00 | Break | 听 |
11:00 | 12:00 | Waves - deep and shallow water | Dr Colin Whittaker |
12:00 | 12:30 | Wave hindcasting | James Carley |
12:30 | 13:15 | Lunch | 听 |
13:15 | 13:45 | Surf zone processes | Dr Francois Flocard |
13:45 | 14:45 | Breakwaters | Dr Tom Shand |
14:45 | 15:00 | Break | 听 |
15:00 | 15:45 | Wave runup and overtopping | Ian Coghlan |
15:45 | 16:30 | Potential seawall impacts | James Carley |
16:30 | 17:00 | Coastal models - emperical, numerical and physical | Dr Tom Shand |