News
🎓 MS Thesis Defense: Felipe Espinoza
July 30, 2025
Felipe successfully defended his MS thesis in Ocean Engineering and is set to graduate this August! Congrats! [See more]
🏆 Dr. Chang Receives CEJ Citation Award 2024
July 10, 2025
Dr. Chang’s review paper was selected for the Coastal Engineering Journal (CEJ) Citation Award 2024! This award recognizes the paper’s strong impact and high citations over the past five years. [See more]
đź“š New Paper: Field Study on Wave-Induced Mangrove Failure
June 15, 2025
Check out our new paper on field experiments assessing critical wave conditions that lead to failure of Rhizophora stylosa mangroves! This work helps bridge field observations and nature-based coastal resilience design. Congrats to the team! [See more]
🗣️ E-Week 2025: Undergraduate Research Showcase
April 21, 2025
Undergraduate researchers Alex, Chris, Eleni, Heather, and Kitara from our Lab presented their work during URI’s 2025 E-Week Research Showcase! Great job to everyone! [See more]
🎤 Ocean Engineering Seminar: Prof. Kuang-An Chang
April 10, 2025
We were pleased to host Prof. Kuang-An Chang from Texas A&M University as our invited speaker for the Ocean Engineering Seminar Series! [See more]
đź‘‹ New Lab Members: Eleni, Kitara, and Heather
January 24, 2025
We’re excited to welcome undergraduate researchers Eleni Mouyos, Kitara Pottebaum, and Heather Palardy to the group! They’re joining us through the URISE program and will be working on laboratory investigation related to wave–vegetation interactions.
đź“š New Paper: SPH Simulations of Mangrove Effects on Breaking Wave Forces
January 15, 2025
Check out our new paper on SPH modeling of breaking wave interactions with mangroves and the reduced impacts on coastal structures. [See more]
🏅 Dr. Chang Appointed CI Senior Fellow
January 14, 2025
Dr. Chang has been appointed as a Senior Fellow of the Coastal Institute (CI) at the University of Rhode Island. [See more]
🎤 Ocean Engineering Seminar: Prof. Nimish Pujara
October 17, 2024
We were happy to have Prof. Nimish Pujara from the University of Wisconsin–Madison visit URI and give a great talk to the Ocean Engineering Department. It was also really nice to catch up and talk about old times at Cornell! [See more]
🎤 Ocean Engineering Seminar: Prof. Reza Marsooli
October 10, 2024
Prof. Reza Marsooli from Stevens Institute of Technology gave a great talk on wind waves and nature-based solutions. It was also a great chance to reconnect and chat about future research collaboration! [See more]
🌊 ICCE 2024 – International Conference on Coastal Engineering
September 17, 2024
Dr. Chang presented the latest research on wave attenuation by mangroves through physical and numerical modeling at the 38th International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE 2024) in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹. [See more]
đź‘‹ New Lab Members: Ramin and Felipe (Graduate Students)
September 01, 2024
Ramin Safari and Felipe Espinoza joined the group as grad students this Fall. Excited to have them in the group — welcome!
đź‘‹ New Lab Members: Alex and Chris (Undergraduate Researchers)
September 01, 2024
Alex Hilbert and Chris Hankins joined the group to help with laboratory preparation for our upcoming research on how vegetation affects coastal waves. Welcome to the team!
🌊 2024 Natural Hazards Research Summit
May 16, 2024
Dr. Chang participated in the Natural Hazards Research Summit 2024 at the University of Maryland, College Park. He also served as a panelist in the session “Advances and Future Needs for NHERI Research on Engineering With Nature.” [See more]