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2021

Huang Z (PI), Robertson I (co-PI), Francis O (co-PI), Cho C (co-PI) and Moon D (co-PI)
Title: Evaluation of sandsavers for reduction of erosion rate and shoreline stabilization in Hawaii.
Funded by: Hawaii Department of Transportation
Period: July 1, 2021 – June 31, 2024.

Gedikli ED (PI), Francis O (co-PI)
Title: NNA Research: Development of a Nonlinear Reduced Order Modeling Framework for Marine Structures Operating in The Arctic and Sub-Arctic Regions
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2022-2025

Howe B (PI), Stopa J (co-PI) [UTexas lead]
Title: AccelNet-Implementation: Implementing a Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (iDOOS)
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2021-2025

Huang Z (PI), Francis O (co-PI), Ooi P (co-PI), Cheung KF (co-PI)
Title: Computation of Lateral Erosion Rates for Coastal Road Program
Funded by: Hawaii Department of Transportation
Period: April 2021-March 2024

Briggs E (PI), Bahr K (PI, Texas A&M), Sabine C (co-PI), Rodgers K (co-PI)
Title: Collaborative Research: Reevaluating calcification response to changes in seawater chemistry by testing the Proton Flux Hypothesis and the Coral Metabolism Model
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2/1/2021-1/31/2024

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Sea Engineering Inc., Waimanalo, Hawaii
Period: 2021-2022

2020

Chris Sabine (PI), Todd Martz (co-PI), Ellen Briggs (co-PI)
Title: Collaborative Research: Evaluating Calcification on a Hawaiian Coral Reef Using a Novel, Solid-State Total Alkalinity and pH Sensor
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2/1/2020-1/31/2023

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for the Maritime Community in Guam: Pago Bay
Funded by: Guam Department of Homeland Security
Period: 2020-2021

Cheung (PI) Yamazaki, Y. (co-PI)
Title: Modeling and Mapping of Destructive Tsunamis at Hawaii’s Harbors: Honolulu and Kalaeloa
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2020-2021

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Sea Engineering Inc., Waimanalo, Hawaii
Period: 2021-2022

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Oceanit Laboratories, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2021-2022

Cheung (PI), Li, N. (co-PI)
Title: Technical Support of Wave Model Hindcast for Hawaii. Supplement 1 for American Samoa, Guam, and CNMI
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2020-2021

Oceana Francis (PI), Zhenhua Huang (Co-PI), Kwok Fai Cheung (Co-PI), Ian Robertson (Co-PI)
Title: Coastal Modeling and Hardening Testing
Funded by: Hawaii Department of Transportation
Period: 01/01/2020-12/31/2021

Nosal (PI)
Title: 9th Workshop on Detection, Classification, Localization
Funded by: ONR
Period: 2020-2021

Foster, R. (PI), Vandemark, D. (co-PI), Stopa. J. (co-PI)
Title: Using ocean surface imagery to estimate atmospheric boundary layer stability
Funded by: NASA
Period: 2020-2022

Cross, P. (PI), Howe, B. (co-PI), Stopa, J. (co-PI)
Title: Wave Energy Test Site Infrastructure Upgrade
Funded by: Department of Energy
Period: 2020-2021

2019

Howe, B. (PI), Potemra, J. (co-PI)
ALOHA Cabled Observatory Continuing Operations and Maintenance
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2019 – 2022

Cheung (PI), Yamazaki, Y. (co-PI)
Title: Tsunami Hazard Maps for the Maritime Community in Hawaii – Kaunakakai Harbor on Molokai and Kaumalapau Harbor on Lanai
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2019-2020

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Sea Engineering, Inc., Waimanalo, Hawaii
Period: 2019-2020

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for the Maritime Community in Guam: Agat Bay
Funded by: Guam Department of Homeland Security
Period: 2019-2020

Cheung (PI) Li, N. (co-PI)
Title: Technical Support of Wave Model Hindcast for Hawaii
Funded by: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Department of Energy
Period: 2019-2020

Yamazaki (PI)
Title: Impacts of Local Tsunamis in Hawaii – Development of probable maximum scenarios
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2019-2021

2018

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for the Maritime Community in Guam: Pearl Harbor
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2018-2019

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for the Maritime Community in Guam: Tumon Bay and Agana Bay
Funded by: Guam Department of Homeland Security
Period: 2018-2019

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Navatek, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2018-2019

Yamazaki (PI)
Title: Tsunami Mapping of the southern portion of the Island of Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2018-2020

2017

Huang (PI)
Title: Controlling Cross-shore Sediment Transport by Integrating Pile Breakwaters with Wave Energy Converters for Sustainable Coastal Management
Funded by: NSF
Period: 2017-2020

Howe, B. (PI), Potemra, J. (co-PI)
ALOHA Cabled Observatory Continuing Operations and Maintenance
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2017 – 2019

Glenn Carter (PI), Howe (co-PI)
The Hadal Water Column Profiler
Funded by: Keck Foundation
Period: 2017 – 2020

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for Nawiliwili Harbor and Port Allen, Kauai
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2017-2018

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for Apra Harbor, Guam
Funded by: Guam Department of Homeland Security
Period: 2017-2018

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa
Funded by: American Samoa Department of Homeland Security
Period: 2017-2018

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Navatek, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2017-2018

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Sea Engineering Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2017-2018

2016

Nosal (PI)
Title: Single sensor and compact array localization methods
Funded by: ONR
Period: 2016-2019

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for Hilo, Kawaihae, and Kahului Harbor
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2016-2017

Y. Tony Song (PI), Bruce M. Howe (co-PI )
Using SMART Submarine Cables for Satellite-Measurement Validation
Funded by: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Period: 2016 – 2022

Bruce M. Howe (PI)
Workshop: Ocean-observing Infrastructure and Sensing – Technical Lessons Learned and Best Practices
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2016 – 2017

2015

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Safety Products for the Maritime Community on Oahu
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2015-2016

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Navatek, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2015-2016

Howe (PI)
ALOHA Cabled Observatory Continuing Operations and Maintenance
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2015 – 2017

Howe (PI)
Acoustics at Station ALOHA: RAP tomography
Funded by: Ocean Acoustics/ONR
Period: 2015 – 2019

2014

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Maps for Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2014-2015

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Navatek, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2014-2015

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Sea Engineering Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2014-2015

Howe (PI)
From Space to the Deep Seafloor: Using “Green” Submarine Cable Systems in the Ocean Observing System
Funded by: National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Period: 2014 – 2015

2013

Howe (PI), Nosal (Co-PI), Carter (Co-PI), Van Uffelen (Co-PI)
Title:  Acoustic Seaglider: PhilSea10 Data Analysis
Funded by: ONR
Period: 2013-2015

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Maps for Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
Period: 2013-2014

2012

Howe (PI), Lukas (Co-PI),
Title:  ALOHA Cabled Observatory: Operation and Maintenance
Funded by: NSF
Period: 2012-2015

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Mapping for American Samoa. Department of Homeland Security
Funded by: Government of American Samoa
Period: 2012-2014

Cheung (PI)
Title: Coupling of Coastal Wave Transformation and Computational Fluid Dynamics Models for Seakeeping Analysis
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period: 2012-2015

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Navatek, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2012-2013

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Maps for Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2012-2013

Ertekin (PI)
Title: Modeling and Simulation of a Drague-type Sea Anchor Ocean WEC Device for Sensor Applications
Funded by: ONR via Trex Enterprise Corp.
Period: 2012-2013

Nosal, E-M. (PI)
Title: Improvements to passive acoustic tracking methods for marine mammal monitoring
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period: 2012-2015

2011

Cheung (PI)
Title: Coastal Storms Program SLR Study � Honolulu.
Funded by: NOAA Coastal Storms Program, via University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program
Period: 02/01/11-01/31/13

Ian Robertson (PI), Cheung (Co-PI)
Title: Collaborative Research: RAPID: Post-Disaster Structural Data Collection Following the Tohoku Tsunami
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2014-2015

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Maps for Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii Department of Defense, Civil Defense Division, Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2011-2012

Ertekin (PI)
Title: Modeling and Simulation of a Drague-type Sea Anchor Ocean WEC Device for Sensor Applications
Funded by: ONR via Trex Enterprise Corp.
Period: 2011-2012

Ertekin, R.C. (PI)
Title: Link Foundation Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Fellowship for PhD student M. Hayatdavoodi
Funded by: Link Foundation
Period: 2011-2012

2010

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Navatek, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2010-2011

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2010-2011

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Oceanit Laboratories, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2010-2011

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Healy Tibbits Builder, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2010-2011

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Sea Engineering Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2010-2011

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Maps for Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii Department of Defense, Division of Civil Defense, Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2010-2011

Howe (PI), Duennebier (Co-PI), Karl (Co-PI), Lukas (Co-PI)
Title: ALOHA Cabled Observatory: Installation and Operation
Funded by: NSF
Period: 2010 – 2013

Ertekin, R.C. (PI), Riggs, H.R. (Co-PI)
Title: Coupled Dynamics of Floating OTEC plant iwth a Cold Water Pipe
Funded by: National Marine Renewable Energy Center, DOE
Period: 2010-2013

Howe (PI), NOAA: Polovina, Oleson
Title:  Advancing remote marine mammal stock assessment with passive acoustic gliders
Funded by: NOAA
Period: 2010 – 2013

Cross (PI), Heaney (Co-PI), Powell(Co-PI) Howe (Co-PI)
Title:   Simultaneously Improving Glider Position Estimates and Ocean State Forecasts
Funded by: CEROS
Period: 2010 – 2012

Howe (PI), NOAA: Polovina, Oleson
Title:  Advancing remote marine mammal stock assessment with passive acoustic gliders: 1
Funded by: NOAA
Period: 2010

Bingham (PI), Howe (Co-PI), various others
Title:   Autonomous Gateway Wave Glider Supporting Acoustic Tracking and Communication for a Portable Underwater Tracking Range
Funded by: CEROS
Period: 2010 – 2011

Howe (PI), Carter (Co-PI), Nosal (Co-PI)
Title:  Acoustic Seaglider: Philippine Sea Experiment
Funded by: ONR
Period: 2010-2012

Nosal E-M (PI), Host-Madsen (co-PI)
Title: Signal Processing Methods for Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2010-2013

Nosal E-M (PI)
Title: Passive Acoustic Tracking of Minke Whales
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period: 2010

2009

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Maps for Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii Department of Defense, Division of Civil Defense, Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2009-2010

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2009-2010

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Oceanit Laboratories, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2009-2010

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Healy Tibbits Builder, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2009-2010

Ertekin (PI), Riggs, H.R. (Co-PI), Robertson, I.(Co-PI)
Title: Coastal Bridge and Port Vulnerability to Tsunami and Storm Surge
Funded by: State of Hawaii Dept. of Transportation
Period: 2009-2014

Ertekin (PI)
Title: Modeling and Simulation of a Wave Energy Extraction Device for Sensor Applications Phase II
Funded by: ONR via Trex Enterprise Corp.
Period: 2009-2011

Nihous (Participant)
Title:  Hawaii National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Funded by: U.S. Department of Energy via HNEI
Period: 2009 – 2013

Howe (PI)
Title:  Acoustic Seagliders: Mobile Tomography Receivers for the ONR Philippine Sea Experiment
Funded by: ONR DURIP
Period: 2009 – 2011

Cheung (PI)
Title: Shoreline Evolution and Coastal Resiliency at Two Military Installations: Modeling of Hurricane Surge, Waves, and Overwash.
Funded by: Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, via Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts
Period: 08/24/2009-07/31/2013

Cheung (PI)
Title: Modeling of Hurricane Surge and Waves in North Pacific.
Funded by: US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center
Period: 07/29/09-07/28/11

Cheung (PI)
Title: Integration of Seakeeping Capability in the Coastal and Ocean Modeling System through Google Map API.
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period: 07/01/2009 � 06/30/2011

2008

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Maps for Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii Department of Defense, Division of Civil Defense, Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2008-2009

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2008-2009

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Oceanit Laboratories, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2008-2009

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Healy Tibbits Builder, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2008-2009

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Navatek, Ltd., Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 2008-2009

Ertekin (PI)
Title: Modeling and Simulation of Ocean Wave Energy Extraction Device for Sensor Applications Phase I
Funded by: ONR via Trex Enterprise Corp.
Period: 2008-2009

Howe (PI), Carter (Co-PI), Nosal (Co-PI)
Title:  Acoustic Seaglider: Planning for the Philippine Sea Experiment 2010-2011
Funded by: ONR
Period: 2008 – 2010

Alford(PI), Howe (Co-PI), McGinnis (Co-PI)
Title:  The HOT Profiler: Supporting Activities at the University of Hawaii
Funded by: NSF
Period: 2008 – 2010

Cheung (PI)
Title: Advanced Wave Forecasting.
Funded by: Department of Energy, via National Marine Renewable Energy Center
Period: 09/15/08  – 09/14/11

Cheung (PI)
Title: Pacific and Hawaii Catastrophic Hurricane Readiness Response Planning.
Funded by: Federal Emergency Management Agency via Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Hawaii
Period:09/02/08 – 07/15/09

Nosal (PI)
Title: Passive acoustic methods for tracking marine mammals using widely-spaced bottom-mounted hydrophones
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period:2008-2011

Nosal (PI)
Title: Harbor Acoustics Monitoring System
Funded by: Department of Homeland Security, via Center for Island, Maritime, and Extreme Environment Security
Period:2008-2013

2007

J. Becker (PI), Pawlak, G. (co-PI), M. Merrifield, C. Fletcher(co-PIs)
Title:  Coastal Inundation at Island Shorelines caused by Wave Run-up
Funded by: University of Hawaii Seagrant College Program
Period: 2007 – 2009

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship.
Funded by: Oceanit Inc., Hawaii
Period:08/01/07 – 07/31/11

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship.
Funded by: Makai Ocean Engineering Inc., Hawaii
Period:08/01/07 – 07/31/11

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Inundation Map for Hawaii
Funded by: Hawaii State Civil Defense and National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program
Period: 07/01/07 – 07/31/11

Cheung (PI)
Title: Marine Vehicles Advancing in a Seaway and in the Surf Zone
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period: 04/25/07 – 11/30/11

Cheung (PI)
Title: Three-dimensional Model of Tsunami Generation and Near-field Characteristics
Funded by: University of Hawaii Sea Grant Traineeship in Support of Research Projects
Period: 02/01/07 – 01/31/12

2006

Pawlak (PI), Merrifield (co-PI)
Title:  Effects of Offshore Forcing in the Nearshore Environment
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period: 2006 – 2008

Baptista, OSHU (PI), Howe (Co-PI), many at OSU and UW participating
Title:  Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction
Funded by: OHSU/NSF
Period: 2006 – 2010

Arabshahi(PI), Howe (Co-PI), Fox (Co-PI), Roy (Co-PI), Chao (Co-PI)
Title:  A Smart Sensor Web for Ocean Observation: System Design, Modeling, and Optimization
Funded by: NASA
Period: 2006 – 2009

Howe (PI), Lukas (Co-PI), Karl(Co-PI)
Title:   ALOHA Cabled Supplement
Funded by: NSF
Period: 2006 – 2009

Cheung (PI)
Title: Vulnerability of Honolulu’s Infrastructure to Tsunamis.
Funded by: NOAA Sea Grant
Period: 10/01/06 – 03/31/07

Cheung (PI)
Title: Validation of Coastal Wave Models for Tropical Island Conditions.
Funded by: Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center
Period: 05/25/06 – 12/31/06

2005

R. Riggs, I. Robertson,  Cheung (PIs), Pawlak (Co-investigator)
Title:  NEESR-SG: Development of Performance-based Tsunami Engineering, PBTE
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 2005 – 2008

Pawlak (PI), E. DeCarlo (co-PIs)
Title:  Real-time Observations of Oahu’s Coastal Environment
Funded by: University of Hawaii Seagrant College Program
Period: 2005 – 2007

Riggs, H.R. (PI), Cheung (Co-PI), Robertson, I.N. (Co-PI), Yim, S.C.S. (Co-PI), and Young, Y.L. (Co-PI)
Title: Development of Performance Based Tsunami Engineering.
Funded by: National Science Foundation
Period: 10/01/05 – 09/30/10

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship.
Funded by: Healy Tibbitts Builders Inc., Hawaii
Period:08/01/05 – 07/31/11

2004

Cheung (PI)
Title: Tsunami Forecast and Inundation Map for Hawaii.
Funded by: National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program via Hawaii State Civil Defense
Period: 01/01/04 – 06/30/08

2003

Howe (PI), Lukas (Co-PI), Boss (Co-PI), McGinnis (Co-PI)
Title:  SENSORS: ALOHA Mooring Sensor Network and Adaptive Sampling
Funded by: NSF
Period: 2003 – 2009

Cheung (PI)
Title: Ocean Engineering Internship
Funded by: Sea Engineering Inc., Hawaii
Period:09/01/03 – 07/31/11

Gonzalez, F.I. (PI) and Cheung (Co-PI)
Title: FY03 Warning Guidance Proposal
Funded by: National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program task order to NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Period: 07/01/03 – 06/30/04

Cheung (PI)
Title: Hindcast of Hurricane Winds, Waves, Surge, and Overwash at Landfall.
Funded by: Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc., Bermuda
Period: 06/01/03 – 05/31/04

Cheung (PI)
Title: Inverse Algorithm for Tsunami Forecast
Funded by: University of Hawaii Sea Grant Traineeship in Support of Research Projects.
Period: 02/01/03 – 01/31/07

Cheung (PI), Ertekin (Co-PI), Pawlak (Co-PI), Riggs, H.R.(Co-PI), Yu, J. (UH) SAIC, and Pasific Marine
Title: Environment for Design of Advanced Marine Vehicles and Operations research (ENDEAVOR)
Funded by: ONR (N000140-21-0903)
Period: 2003-2004

2002

Cheung (PI)
Title: Environment for Design of Advanced Marine Vehicles and Operations Research.
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period: 07/01/02 – 06/30/11

Cheung (PI),Ertekin (Co-PI), Pawlak (Co-PI), Riggs, H.R.(Co-PI), Yu, J. (UH) SAIC, and Pasific Marine
Title: Environment for Design of Advanced Marine Vehicles and Operations Research.
Funded by: Office of Naval Research
Period: 2002-2003

2001

Cheung (PI)
Title: Evaluation of Hawaii Tsunami Evacuation Map and Tsunami Forecast for Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
Funded by: National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program via Hawaii State Civil Defense
Period: 07/01/01 – 06/30/03

2000

Cheung (P.I.)
Title: Ocean Engineering Student Internship.
Funded by: Pacific Marine and Supply Company, Honolulu, Hawaii
Period: 09/06/00-07/31/01

Hon, Y.C. (P.I.) and Cheung (Co-P.I.)
Title: Numerical Computation for Wave Runup and Inundation.
Funded by: City University of Hong Kong, Strategic Research Grant
Period: 01/01/00-08/31/02

1999

Cheung and Teng, M.H. (Co-P.I.)
Title: A Real-Time Simulation Package for Storm Surge and Wave Runup.
Funded by: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Earth Science in collaboration with the Pacific Disaster Center
Period: 09/01/99-08/31/01

Cheung (P.I.) and Teng, M.H. (Co-P.I.).
Title: Modeling of Distant Generated Tsunamis for Civil Defense.
Funded by: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via contract through Hawaii State Civil Defense
Period: 09/01/99-10/31/00

Cheung (P.I.)
Motion Initialization and Transport of Tropical Island Beach Sand
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Sea Grant
03/01/1999 -02/28/2001

Ertekin (P.I.) and Kim, J.W. (Co-PI)
The 3rd International Workshop on Very Large Floating Structures (VLFS’99).
Office of Naval Research
07/02/99-3/31/00

Ertekin (P.I.)
The study of the Spatial Coherence of Surface Waves by the Nonlinear Green-Naghdi Model in Deep Water
Office of Naval Research
10/01/99-12/31/00

Teng, M.H. (P.I.) and Cheung (Co-P.I.)
An Improved Prediction Model for Tsunami Runup and Coastal Inundation in Hawaii-Phase I: Model Development and Verification
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Sea Grant
03/01/1999-02/28/2001

1998

Ertekin (P.I.)
The Study of the Spatial Coherence of Surface Waves by the Nonlinear Green-Naghdi Model in Deep Water
Office of Naval Research
09/01/98-12/31/2000

1997

Cheung (P.I.) and Seidl (Co-P.I.)
Pneumatically Stabilized Platform—Phase II Development Study
Office of Naval Research via contract through Float Inc., San Diego, California
09/15/97-08/06-98

Cheung, K.F. (P.I.), Seidl, L.H. (Co-P.I.) and Krock, H.J. (Co-P.I.)
Laboratory Model Test of the Pneumatically Stabilized Platform.
Office of Naval Research via contract through Float Inc., San Diego, California
12/01/97-05/31/98

Cheung, K.F. (P.I.)
Numerical Modeling of Wave Runup.
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant College Program
01/01/97 to 12/31/97

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.) and Riggs, H.R. (Co-PI)
Evaluation of Pneumatically-Stabilized Platforms
ONR through Float, Inc.
08/1/97-12/31/98

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.) and Merrifield, M.A. (Co-PI)
Molokai Fishponds: Circulation Studies. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant College Program
03/01/97-12/31/99

Riggs, H.R. (P.I.) and Ertekin, R.C. (Co-PI)
Analytical Investigation of the Wave-Induced Response of Very Large Floating Structures
National Science Foundation
01/01/97-06/30/2000

1996

Becker, J.M. (P.I.)
The effects of inertia on the general circulation in an ocean with bottom topography
National Science Foundation
9/96-8/99

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.)
Molokai Fishponds:A Circulation Study
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant College Program
10/07/96-12/13/96

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.)
An Oil Spill Spreading Model and Boom Design
Sea Grant, NOAA
07/01/1996-08/31/1996

Krock, H. J. (P.I.), Cheung, K. F. (Co-P.I.)
Analytical Process for GPS Directional Buoy
Department of the Army, Army research Office via Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc.
12/15/96-08/15/97

Merrifield, M.A. (P.I.), Becker J.M. (Co-P.I.), Cheung, K.F. (Co-P.I.), Ertekin, R.C. (Co-P.I.) and Okihiro, M.S. (Co-P.I.)
Wave Modeling for Pacific Island Regions
Department of Civil Defense, State of Hawaii.
03/06/96-02/28/98

Merrifield, M.A. (P.I.), Fletcher, C. (Co-PI) and Bevis, M. (Co-PI)
Sediment Transport on a Steep, High Energy Beach
Office of Naval Research
3/1/96-2/28/97

Merrifield, M.A. (P.I.)
Support for the UH Sea Level Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
4/1/96-3/31/97

1995

Cheung, K.F. (P.I.)
A Generalized Refraction-Diffraction Model for Steep Bathymetry
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant College Program
08/01/95-02/28/98

Cheung, K.F. (P.I.)
Mechanics of Coastal Sediment Transport for the Pacific Insular Environment
University of Hawaii Research Council
01/03/95-12/31/95

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.) and Becker, J.M. (Co-PI)
Refraction-Diffraction of Directionally Spread, Nonlinear, Random Waves in the Nearshore Environment
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant College Program
08/01/96-02/28/98

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.) and Merrifield, M.A. (Co-PI)
Drag Force Tests on Prebuckled Cylindrical Pressure Hulls. National Defense Center of Excellence for Research in Ocean Sciences (CEROS), via Oceanit Laboratories, Inc., Honolulu.
2/2/95-8/31/95

Hon, Y.C. (P.I.) and Cheung, K.F. (Co-P.I.)
Finite Element Modeling of Tides and Storm Waves in Hong Kong Waters
City University of Hong Kong
02/01/95-09/30/97

Merrifield, M.A. (P.I.) and Okihiro, M. (Co-PI)
Correlations between Kahului Harbor and Deep Ocean Wave Measurements
Army Corps of Engineers, via Scripps Institution of Oceanography
6/1/95-12/31/95

Merrifield, M.A. (P.I.)
Large Amplitude Solitary Waves Observed During TOGA COARE
National Science Foundation
1/1/95-6/30/96

Merrifield, M.A. (P.I.) and Okihiro, M. (Co-PI)
Wave Model Verification for Island Regions
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant College Program
8/1/95-7/31/96

Mitchum, G. (P.I.) and Merrifield, M.A. (Co-PI)
Support for the UH Sea Level Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
4/1/95-3/31/96

Pinkel, R. (P.I.) and Merrifield M.A. (Co-PI)
Vertical and Lateral Mixing in the Upper Arctic Ocean: Studies at the SHEBA Ice Camp
National Science Foundation
1/1/95-9/30/96

1994

Becker, J.M. (P.I.)
Modeling the effects of topography on the general circulation
University of Hawaii Research Council Grant
7/94-6/95

Cheung, K.F. (P.I.)
Hydrodynamics of Fluid-Filled Membrane in Gravity Waves
National Science Foundation
08/15/94-07/31/97

Pinkel, R. (P.I.) and Merrifield, M.A. (Co-PI)
Ocean Dynamics
Office of Naval Research
10/1/94-9/30/95

Pinkel, R. (P.I.), Merrifield, M.A. (Co-PI) and Smith, J. (Co-PI)
Observations of Coherent Structures in the Oceanic Boundary Layer
Office of Naval Research
10/1/94-9/30/95

1993

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.) and Riggs, H.R. (Co-PI)
Fluid-Structure Analysis of Very Large Floating Structures
National Science Foundation
03/15/93-08/31/96

1992

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.)
A Detailed Study of the Global Positioning of Floating OTEC Plants
Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR), Honolulu.
10/1/92-09/30/93

1991

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.)
NSF-PYI Industrial Matching Support
Edward K. Noda & Associates, Inc., Honolulu.
07/01/91-06/30/92

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.)
Dynamic Positioning of a Floating OTEC Plant by Surface Intake Water
Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR), Honolulu.
07/01/91-05/31/92

1989

Ertekin, R.C. (P.I.)
Presidential Young Investigator Award in Computational Hydrodynamics
National Science Foundation
07/01/89-06/30/95