Paul Work

Paul Work

Associate Professor & Associate Chair
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Expertise:
coastal engineering, fluid mechanics, sediment transport, water waves, field measurements of waves, currents, and sediments, contaminated sediments, hydrographic surveying, scientific diving

Issues of Interest:
Beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal water quality, coastal and ocean observing systems, contaminated sediments and estuarine transport mechanisms

Current Projects:

• Sediments and water quality assessment at US Marine Corps firing/bombing ranges
• Loggerhead sea turtle mortality
• Georgia Tech / Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Joint Program in Coastal Science and Engineering
• Coastal water quality and influence of septic systems

Project Links:

Location:
coastal ocean; beaches
estuaries
rivers
reservoirs, lakes

Link:
www.gtsav.gatech.edu