Safeguarding Vulnerable Coastlines & Harnessing Clean Ocean Energy
Theme 4 focuses on the protection and sustainable engineering of coastlines facing severe sea-level rise, shoreline erosion, intensifying storm surges, and anthropomorphic pressures. By uniting coastal hydrodynamics with cutting-edge civil, ocean, and environmental engineering, this track highlights both engineered hard structures and nature-based living shorelines (mangroves, artificial reefs, seagrass meadows).
Simultaneously, this session highlights advancements in offshore renewable energy—focusing on wave energy converters (WECs), tidal stream turbines, ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), and hybrid multi-use offshore platforms co-located with aquaculture installations.
Key Topic Areas for Abstract Submission
Wave-Current Interactions & Field Measurements
Non-linear wave transformation, tidal inlet hydrodynamics, acoustic Doppler current profiling (ADCP), LiDAR coastal mapping, and in-situ field measurement campaigns.
Sediment Transport & Scour Dynamics
Morphodynamic modelling, coastal erosion mechanisms, scour prediction around monopiles, gravity-based foundations, breakwaters, and seawalls.
Nature-Based Coastal Defense & Living Shorelines
Eco-engineering, mangrove restoration wave attenuation, submerged bio-reefs, dune vegetation stabilization, and hybrid gray-green infrastructure.
Ocean Renewable Energy Harvesting
Design and hydrodynamic optimization of oscillating water columns (OWCs), point absorbers, tidal stream turbines, floating solar arrays, and offshore grid integration.
Climate-Resilient Port & Harbor Infrastructure
Breakwater stability under extreme sea-state conditions, seismic and wave-induced soil liquefaction, quay wall dynamics, and decarbonized smart port engineering.
Marine Pollution & Contaminant Transport
Numerical dispersion modelling of microplastics, chemical effluents, thermal discharges, oil spills, and ocean plastic interception technologies.