James T. Kirby, Jr., Ph.D.

Presentations

Seminars

  1. ``Evaluating the low frequency predictions of a Boussinesq wave model: Field cases'', College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, June 2, 2003.

  2. ``Acceleration effects in a time-resolved cross-shore sediment transport model'', College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, June 3, 2003.

  3. ``A progress report on various applications of the Boussinesq equations'', Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, November 11, 2003.

  4. ``From surf to tsunami: modeling weakly dispersive shallow water waves'', Inaugural lecture, E. C. Davis Professorship, College of Engineering, University of Delaware, October 5, 2004.

  5. ``Lectures on Boussinesq wave modeling'', College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, August 2005.

  6. ``Modeling the 2004 Sumatra tsunami'', Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 13, 2006.

  7. ``The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: Source determination and runup in Thailand'', Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, April 2007.

  8. ``The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: Source determination and runup in Thailand'', Department of Civil and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, April 2007.

  9. ``Applications of Boussinesq models to surf zone flows: shear waves, rip currents and mixing'', Grupo de Din\'{a}mica de Flujos Ambientales, CEAMA, Univ. de Granada, May 2010.

  10. ``The 2011 Tohoku tsunami: missing pieces of the puzzle?'', Grupo de Din\'{a}mica de Flujos Ambientales, CEAMA, Univ. de Granada, May 2012.

  11. ``Multiple source mechanisms for the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami'', Physical Ocean Sciences and Engineering, College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of Delaware, November 2012.

  12. "Modeling ocean waves at a variety of scales", Department of Civil Engineering, Notre Dame University, March 25.
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Presentations at Meetings and Workshops

  1. Kirby, J. T., 2000, "An overview of the NOPP nearshore community model project", presented at the Community Sediment Transport Modeling Workshop, USGS, Woods Hole, June 22-23.

  2. Watts, P., S. T. Grilli, J. T. Kirby, 2002, "Landslide tsunami case studies with GEOWAVE", presented at Local Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Workshop", Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia, September 10 - 15.
  3. Watts, P., S. T. Grilli, J. T. Kirby, G. J. Fryer, D. Tappin, 2002, "Validation of TOPICS and case studies with GEOWAVE", presented at the Second Tsunami Symposium, the Tsunami Society, Honolulu, May 28-30, 2002.

  4. Kirby, J. T., Chen, Q., Noyes, J., Elgar, S. and Guza, R. T., 2003, "Modeling unsteady nearshore currents", presented at Coastal Engineering Today, Gainesville, October 8-10.

  5. Shi, F., Kirby, J. T., Dalrymple, R. A. and Svendsen, I. A., 2003, "Curvilinear modeling of coastal waves and currents", presented at Coastal Engineering Today, Gainesville, October 8-10.

  6. Shi F., Hanes D. M. and Kirby J. T., 2007, "Modeling of an erosional hot spot at Ocean Beach, California", presented at ROMS Workshop, Los Angles, October.

  7. Brady, D., Di Toro, D., Kirby, J., Xu, L. and Targett, T., 2007, "Water quality modeling of diel-cycling hypoxia in Delaware's coastal bays", presented at ERF '07, Estuarine Research Foundation, Providence, Nov 4-8.

  8. Kirby, J. T., Ma, G., Derakhti, M. and Shi, F., 2012, "Turbulent coherent structures, mixing and bubble entrainment under surf zone breaking waves", Workshop on Environmental and Extreme Multiphase Flows, Gainesville, March 14-16.
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  9. Kirby, J. T., 2013, "Understanding of processes of surface water dynamics causing storm surge flooding", presented at Workshop on sea level rise and contaminated sites, DENIN, University of Delaware, Nov. 22. (invited)
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  10. Kirby, J. T., 2014, "Modeling hazards from seismic and SMF sources", PREDICT Workshop, Ocean Networks Canada, Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, March 24-25. (invited)
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  11. Kirby, J. T., 2014, "Modern tools - models", presented at The Past and Future of Nearshore Processes Research: Reflections on the Sallenger Years and a New Vision for the Future, Kitty Hawk, April 30-May 2. (invited)
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Other public presentations

  1. "Modeling tsunamis: Science issues and social impacts", Marine Associates Meeting, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, March 22, 2005.

  2. "Hydrodynamics of tsunami waves", Delaware Academy of Sciences, May 18, 2005.

  3. "From surf to tsunami: modeling water waves from nearshore to oceanic scale", Ocean Currents Series Lecture, College of Marine Studies, Lewes, June 16, 2005.

  4. "From surf to tsunami: modeling water waves from nearshore to oceanic scale", Academy of Life Long Learning, Wilmington, Sept. 28, 2005.


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May 13, 2014