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Education:
PhD, Ocean Engineering, 2022, Stevens ME, Ocean Engineering, 2016, Stevens BS, Ocean Engineering, 2011, University of Rhode Island My Story: In my early childhood, I had a single experience with the coast. My most vivid recollections of that trip are not of the waves and sunsets - but of hours spent stuck in traffic, confined to the backseat, caked in sand, roasting in a car that was never equipped with a/c. I am ashamed to admit I was not very fond of the ocean. Luckily, a summer spent racing sailboats in middle school convinced me to reconsider. Suffice to say, I have been hooked ever since. A fortuitous visit to URI introduced me to Ocean Engineering. I left the campus without any doubt as to the direction I wanted to take my career. I am grateful to the faculty at URI who fostered numerous opportunities, and a healthy skepticism of data I retain to this day. Over the next fifteen years, I split time between industry and academia developing an appreciation for practical and fundamental research questions, witnessing firsthand the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon and Hurricane Sandy. It is safe to say, I took the scenic route to graduate school, taking night courses before working in Jon’s Coastal Engineering Research Group. Years later, I’m humbled to have the opportunity to support the next generation of students in their pursuit of knowledge. At Stevens, my research is predominantly related to littoral processes, with a concerted effort to blend theory and practice for pragmatic solutions.
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