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Coastal Engineering Short Course 2025

Ideal for graduate or recently recruited coastal and maritime engineers.

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This course has now closed.

If you are interested in attending a WRL Coastal Engineering Short Course, keep an eye on updates closer to the 2027 Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference.

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:

Delegates will receive digital versions of the PowerPoint slides presented, supplementary readings, and compiled reference materials.

Date

Monday
18 August 2025 | 8.45 am - 5 pm

Venue

Coasts & Ports Conference |
Adelaide Convention Centre City | Room 3

Registration fee

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
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
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
13:15 14:00 Surf zone processes Dr Francois Flocard
14:00 15:00 Breakwaters Dr Tom Shand
15:00 15:15 Break
15:15 16:00 Wave runup and overtopping Ian Coghlan
16:00 16:45 Potential seawall impacts James Carley
16:45 17:30 Coastal models - emperical, numerical and physical Dr Tom Shand