A $7.5 million, five-year project funded by the Office of Naval Research is breaking new ground in tidal mudflats research.
Led by Nina Stark, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, this ambitious initiative brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers from five universities across the country. The project focuses on understanding the geomechanical properties of tidal mudflats, which span vast coastal areas worldwide, pose navigation hazards and remain poorly understood.