Monday
18 August 2025 | 8.45 am - 5 pm
Coastal Engineering Short Course 2025
Ideal for graduate or recently recruited coastal and maritime engineers.
This course has now closed.
If you are interested in attending a WRL Coastal Engineering Short Course, keep an eye on updates closer to the 2027 Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference.
The Local Coasts & Ports Organising Committee is pleased to announce that a Coastal Engineering Short Course coordinated by UNSW Sydney’s Water Research Laboratory and supported by the University of Auckland will be held on the day prior to the 2025 Coasts & Ports Conference. It’s 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 UNSW Sydney’s Water Research Laboratory and the University of Auckland:
- James Carley (UNSW WRL)
- Honorary Associate Professor Ron Cox (UNSW WRL)
- Dr Francois Flocard (UNSW WRL)
- Dr Tom Shand (Tonkin + Taylor / University of Auckland)
- Dr Colin Whittaker (University of Auckland)
- Ian Coghlan (Course Coordinator, UNSW 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."
“Presenters knew their stuff and were practitioners in this space.”
“I learned the requirements of coastal engineering design and a lot of real problems that engineers face in the design.”
Draft program
Monday 18 August 2025
| Start | Finish | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:45 | 09:00 | Introduction/housekeeping | |
| 09:00 | 10:00 | Basis of coastal engineering design | Ian Coghlan |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Water levels | A/Prof Ron Cox |
| 10:45 | 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00 | 12:00 | Waves - deep and shallow water | Dr Colin Whittaker |
| 12:00 | 12:30 | Wave hindcasting | James Carley |
| 12:30 | 13:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:15 | 14:00 | Surf zone processes | Dr Francois Flocard |
| 14:00 | 15:00 | Breakwaters | Dr Tom Shand |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | Break | |
| 15:15 | 16:00 | Wave runup and overtopping | Ian Coghlan |
| 16:00 | 16:45 | Potential seawall impacts | James Carley |
| 16:45 | 17:30 | Coastal models - emperical, numerical and physical | Dr Tom Shand |