Our research focuses on improving coastal resilience while restoring natural coastal habitats. Our work has involved a number of sub-topics including:

• Construction of artificial oyster reef breakwaters using recycled oyster shell
• Development of predictive tools to help assess anthropogenic effects associated with marine pile driving
• Shoreline erosion mitigation using geomicrobial soil improvement
• Predicting bed forcing due to water flow and associated structural scour
• Wave loading on coastal superstructures such as bridges 
• Computationally modeling worst-case flow events using computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

We are part of the University of North Florida School of Engineering in Jacksonville, FL, although we have played a role projects all over the world including the Port of Singapore expansion, the Mario Cuomo Bridge, and the Chacao Channel Bridge in Chacao, Chile. We are always looking for new ways to use our expertise to help coastal communities. Please feel free to browse our website and contact Dr. Raphael Crowley with any questions or requests for additional information.