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Henry Bokuniewicz
Professor
My research is concerned primarily with the behavior of coastal sedimentary systems and especially the fate of fine-grained sediment particles. My students and I are doing field work to study the transportation of fine-grained sediments in rivers and estuaries, shore changes and the partitioning of sediment particles at the shoreline, and the deposition of sediments and sedimentary evolution in coastal environments. Research into elements of coastal hydrology and the character of changes in relative sea level are included in these studies. For example, we are studying the evolution of Long Island Sound, the coastal processes at the south shore of Long Island, and the processes of resuspension and deposition of fine-grained sediments.
Much of this research is directly applicable to problems of coastal zone management. I am interested in applying my research to the problems of shore erosion, the dispersion of contaminants, siltation, dredging and disposal of the dredged sediments, and marine mining.
Frank Buonaiuto
My current research is focused around numerical modeling of waves, tides and sediment transport at inlets and estuaries. In particular I have been studying Moriches and Shinnecock Inlets, NY, and Ocean City Inlet, MD. The modeling effort at each of the inlets has primarily been concerned with explaining the mechanisms of natural sediment bypassing and morphology development arising from the interactions between wave and tidal forcing. At present I am a post-doctoral associate at the Marine Sciences Research Center and have been working on a project that focuses on modeling of storm surges and flooding in Lower Manhattan.