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Reza Marsooli, Ph.D.

Lab Director

Dr. Reza Marsooli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also the former President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)-Central Jersey Branch and a Board member of ASCE in New Jersey.

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Maria Venolia

Ph.D. Candidate

Maria joined the lab in Fall 2020. She studies wind-generated wave climate change and variability. Her research advances the understanding of wave climate from a wave spectra perspective.

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Ph.D. Student

Alauddin joined the lab in Fall 2021. Alauddin's dissertation focuses on quantifying and understanding the contribution of surface waves on long-term coastal mean sea level change and variability, using hydrodynamic and wave modeling.

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Erfan Amini

Ph.D. Candidate

In Fall 2021, Erfan joined us as a Ph.D. student in Ocean Engineering. His research focuses on the benefits of natural and nature-based solutions for mitigating the impacts of storm surges and waves on coastal communities and infrastructure.

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Xiaotong Feng

Ph.D. Student

Xiaotong joins the lab in Fall 2024. 

Former Graduate Students

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Mohammad Jamous

Ph.D. (2019-2023) 

Now Coastal Engineer at Mott MacDonald, New York

Mohammad's dissertation investigated the impacts of climate change on extreme wave hazards to coastal erosion in particular sandy beaches and dunes.

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Yifan Wang

Ph.D. (2019-2022) 

Now Postdoc at Rutgers University, New Jersey

Yifan's dissertation focused on flood hazards in coastal urban. She studied the effects of sea-level rise on flood hazards in New York City's built environment.

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Daniel Rosenberger

Master of Engineering (2020-2022) 

Now Civil Water Engineer at Arup, New York

Daniel's thesis investigated the benefits of vegetation for mitigating wave impact loads on seawalls by using a phase-resolving wave model.

Undergraduate Research

Summer 2020: Julia Selleck (junior in Civil Engineering)
Summer 2021: Angelina Dresser (junior in Civil Engineering)
Summer 2022 and 2023: Cleo Shannon (freshman in Ocean Engineering)
Summer 2023: Benjamin Korbak (junior in Civil Engineering)

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