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MS Plan B Defense: Infrastructure for a Dataset to Improve Tagging and Mapping of Low-Flying Aircraft via Acoustic and Radio Broadcast Data

Wyatt Burkley Master’s Student Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering University of Hawai’i at Mānoa **This defense will be held remotely over Google Meet** Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/wor-pdyq-eos Since construction of the Tinian Harbor in 1945, there have only been minor repairs to the original facilities, resulting in many becoming damaged and degraded. Looking to the future, the U.S. Department of Defense, specifically the Department of the Navy, has plans to upgrade logistics capacity on Tinian for offload operations, and thus is most interested in projects that will improve the port facilities. This study focuses on a potential upgrade of

MS Plan B Defense: Feasibility of Retrofitting Tinian Breakwater in CNMI

POST 723 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu

Zachary Niezgodski Master’s Student Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering University of Hawai’i at Mānoa **This defense will be held both in person (POST 723) and over Zoom** Meeting ID: 917 8926 7508 Passcode: ZachMS https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/91789267508 Since construction of the Tinian Harbor in 1945, there have only been minor repairs to the original facilities, resulting in many becoming damaged and degraded. Looking to the future, the U.S. Department of Defense, specifically the Department of the Navy, has plans to upgrade logistics capacity on Tinian for offload operations, and thus is most interested in projects that will improve the port facilities.

Seminar: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District Coastal Engineering Program Overview

Justin Goo, P.E. Chief, Civil Works Technical Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District Civil Works Program delivers water resource development solutions including navigation safety, hurricane and storm risk management, ecosystem restoration, hydropower, and recreation.  The Honolulu District area of responsibility includes State of Hawaii and the U.S. Territories of Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. This guest lecture intends to provide an informational briefing on the Honolulu District's coastal engineering mission which involves planning analysis, engineering and design, engineering support during construction, and operations and