Monday
18 August 2025 | 8.45 am - 5 pm
Coastal Engineering Short Course 2025
Ideal for graduate or recently recruited coastal and maritime engineers.
Registrations are now open to attend a Coastal Engineering Short Course run by WRL over the day prior to the 2025 Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference in Adelaide.
The Local Coasts & Ports Organising Committee is pleased to announce that a Coastal Engineering Short Course conducted by 探花系列 Sydney鈥檚 Water Research Laboratory will be held on the day prior to the . It鈥檚 the ideal course for graduate or recently recruited coastal and maritime engineers.
This course will cover the following:
- An overview of coastal engineering fundamentals
- Current practice for coastal structures
- Empirical, numerical and physical modelling
- Practical case studies
Sessions will be run by industry practitioners and experts including staff from 探花系列 Sydney鈥檚 Water Research Laboratory and other organisations:
- James Carley (探花系列 WRL)
- Honorary Associate Professor Ron Cox (探花系列 WRL)
- (Tonkin + Taylor / University of Auckland)
- Ian Coghlan (Course Coordinator, 探花系列 WRL)
Delegates will receive digital versions of the PowerPoint slides presented, supplementary readings, and compiled reference materials.
Date
Venue
Coasts & Ports Conference |
Adelaide Convention Centre City | Room 3
Registration fee
Cost: $790 (incl. GST)
Testimonials
"This course was enlightening! I was fascinated with each session. Great introduction for coastal engineering topics. Presentations were smooth and well-practised."
鈥淧resenters knew their stuff and were practitioners in this space.鈥
鈥淚 learned the requirements of coastal engineering design and a lot of real problems that engineers face in the design.鈥
Draft program
Monday 18 August 2025
| Start | Finish | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 08:45 | 09:00 | Introduction/housekeeping |
| 09:00 | 10:00 | Basis of coastal engineering design |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Water levels |
| 10:45 | 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Waves - deep and shallow water |
| 12:00 | 12:30 | Wave hindcasting |
| 12:30 | 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 | 13:45 | Surf zone processes |
| 13:45 | 14:45 | Breakwaters |
| 14:45 | 15:00 | Break |
| 15:00 | 15:45 | Wave runup and overtopping |
| 15:45 | 16:30 | Potential seawall impacts |
| 16:30 | 17:00 | Coastal models - emperical, numerical and physical |