COMEM student Charles Feys reports on Dr Eli Lazarus’ coastal seminar

The coastal seminar series in the winter semester of 2017 was kicked off by the enthusiastic Dr. Eli Lazarus, who gave his presentation the intriguing name “Weird Dynamical Signatures from Developed Coastlines”. As a recent addition to the University of Southampton staff, he brought an interesting perspective on the sediment problems on the East Coast… Read More COMEM student Charles Feys reports on Dr Eli Lazarus’ coastal seminar

Ben Flett reports on SOES 6011 Modelling Coastal Processes Boatwork Campaign

By ECE student Ben Flett (2016-2017) The ECE students as well as a cohort of Oceanography MSc students have recently begun the intensive short course in Modelling Coastal Processes. Within this course the use of extremely powerful modelling software has been utilised to propose a dredging channel in the Southampton Solent through an area known… Read More Ben Flett reports on SOES 6011 Modelling Coastal Processes Boatwork Campaign

ECE student Addina Inayatillah reports on the soes6060 boat work

By ECE 16/17 Student Addina Inayatillah (Naya): Time is flying fast and it is by now Week 6 of our MSc Engineering in the Coastal Environment program, which means it is already Boat Week! On Friday, November 11th, 2016, ECE Students got to take the RV Callista, one of university’s research vessels, up and down and up… Read More ECE student Addina Inayatillah reports on the soes6060 boat work

ECE student George Cottell reports on the Hengistbury Head/Christchurch Harbour fieldtrip

By ECE 2015-16 student George Cottell reports on the fieldtrip to Hengistbury Head and Christchurch Harbour: This field trip saw groups from both Coastal Sediment Dynamics and Coastal Morphodynamics modules come together for the day to visit Hengistbury Head; part of a beautiful section of coastline on the South of England. The aim of the day… Read More ECE student George Cottell reports on the Hengistbury Head/Christchurch Harbour fieldtrip

Boat Work for SOES 6011 – Modelling Coastal Processes

Written with ECE 2015/16 student Adriana Gallardo:   During our second semester on the ECE program, we carried out a two-day boat campaign for our Modelling Coastal Processes class. During the boatwork, we carried out similar activities to our trip in the first semester, collecting data that will be used for validating/calibrating a numnerical model we developed as part of the… Read More Boat Work for SOES 6011 – Modelling Coastal Processes