Billy L. Edge
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Professor of Civil EngineeringCoastal Engineering Office: 417 Mann Hall |
Research Interests
Sustainable engineering practices in the coastal environment, coastal engineering, dredging technology, coastal zone management, hydraulic engineering, modeling of coastal processes
Education
- B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Civil Engineering, 1964
- M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Civil Engineering, 1966
- Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering, 1969
Selected Journal Articles
Mousavi, M.E., J.L. Irish, A.E. Frey, F. Olivera, and B.L. Edge, “Global warming and hurricanes: The potential impact of hurricane intensification and sea level rise on coastal flooding,” Climate Change ( in review).
Dean, Robert G., Julie Dean Rosati, Todd L. Walton and Billy Edge, “Erosional Equivalences of Levees: Steady and Intermittent Wave Overtopping,” to appear in Special Katrina Issue of International Journal of Ocean Engineering (to appear 2009).
Yeh, Po-Hung, Kuang-An Chang, John Henriksen, Billy Edge, Peter Chang, Andrew Silver, Abel Vargas, “Large Scale Laboratory Experiment on Erosion of Sand Beds by Moving Circular Vertical Jets,” International Journal of Ocean Engineering (to appear 2009).
Park, Young H. and Billy L. Edge, “An Empirical Model to Estimate the Impact of Overwash,” Journal of Coastal Research (in review).
Pandoe, Wahyu and Billy L. Edge, “Cohesive Sediment Transport Model for Matagorda Bay, Texas, with Coupled ADCIRC 2D-Transport and SWAN Wave Models,” Journal of Hydraulics, ASCE, 134, pp 303-314, March 2008.
Davis, Jack E. and Billy L. Edge, “Investigation of Unrestrained Cylinders Rolling in Steady Uniform Flows,” International Journal of Ocean Engineering, Vol. 34, pp 1431-1448, July, 2007.
Pandoe, W. W. and Edge, B. L., Cohesive Sediment Transport in the 3D-Hydrodynamic-Baroclinic Circulation Model; Study Case for Idealized Tidal Inlet. International Journal of Ocean Engineering, 31, pp 2227-2252. 2004.
Pandoe, Wahyu and Billy L. Edge, “Solving Vertical Velocity from ADCIRC 3DSS Model, Rectangular Basin and Quarter Annual Cases,” International Journal of Ocean Engineering, vol. 30, No.9, pp 1117 – 1135, 2003.
Albar, A., Randall, R. E., B. Dwibarto and Edge, B. L. "A Bucketwheel Dredge System for Offshore Tin Mining Beyond the 50 Meter Water Depth," International Journal of Ocean Engineering, Journal of Ocean Engineering, vol. 29, No. 14, 2002.
Wamsley, Ty and Billy L. Edge, “Shoreline Monitoring Program on the Texas Coast by Real-Time Kinematic Differential Global Positioning System,” Journal of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Volume 69, No. 4, 2001.
Ramirez, Said R. and Billy L. Edge, “Wake II Model for Hydrodynamic Forces on Marine Pipelines Including Waves and Currents,” International Journal of Ocean Engineering, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 1295-1320, 2000.
Books and Monographs
Edge, B. L. and Jose C. Santas, Editors, Proceedings Fifth International Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis Symposium, IAHR, Madrid, 2005.
Edge, Billy L., Lesley Ewing, Karyn M. Erickson and Orville T. Magoon, Application of Coastal Engineering in Coastal Zone Management, ASCE, 2003.
Edge, B. L. and J. M. Hemsley, Editors, Proceedings of Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis, two volumes, ASCE, San Francisco, CA, 2002.
Edge, B. L., Lesley C. Ewing and Orville T. Magoon, “Soft Solutions to Coastal Erosion, ” in Coastal Structure Design, edited by Ram Mohan, ASCE Press, (2003 expected publication).
Edge, B. L., Editor, Proceedings, 28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Sydney, Australia, ASCE, 2000.
Stone, K. E., O. T. Magoon, B. L. Edge and L. C. Ewing, "Sand Rights", in The Encyclopedia of Coastal Science, edited by Maurice Schwartz, 2000 by Kluwer Publishers Inc., N.Y.
Kos’yan, R. D., N. V. Pykhov and B. L. Edge 2000. Coastal Processes in the Tideless Seas, ASCE Press.
Professional Memberships
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
American Society of Civil Engineers Association of Coastal Engineers
Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association
International Association for Hydraulic Research
Marine Technology Society
Permanent International Association for Navigation Congresses (PIANC)
Western Dredging Association (WEDA)
Professional Registrations
Professional Engineer: South Carolina, Florida, Virginia
Diplomate, Academy of Coastal, Port, Ocean and Navigation Engineers
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