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Dr. Bret M. Webb, P.E., BC.CE

Dr. Bret M. Webb, P.E., BC.CE

Professor
Civil Engineering

Education

  • Ph.D. Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
  • M.S. Coastal Engineering, University of Florida
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Florida

Research

Coastal engineering is a specialty area of civil engineering that accounts for the unique wave, tide, and sand transport processes in the planning, design, and operation of civil engineering infrastructure within the coastal environment. As a coastal engineer my research interests include nature-based shoreline protection, resilience, vulnerability, and general coastal processes like waves, tides, storm surge, and sediment transport.

My general research area is coastal resilience. Within the broader topic of coastal resilience, I focus on resilience of the built environment (infrastructure) to extreme events and sea level rise; and also the resilience benefits provided to the built environment by natural and nature-based features.  

Publications

  • Virden, M.F., Temple, N.A., Webb, B.M., Sparks, E.L. 2023. Improvement of a Low-cost DIY Wave Gauge. The Journal of Extension, 61(1), Article 17.  
  • Beebe, D.A., Scott, M.B., Webb, B.M., Jackson Jr., W.T. 2022 Atmospheric groundwater forcing of a subterranean estuary. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL096154. 10 pp.
  • Darestani, Y.M., Webb, B.M., Padgett, J.E., Pennison, G.P., Fereshtehnejad, E. 2021. Fragility analysis of coastal roadways and performance assessment of coastal transportation systems subjected to flood hazards. J. Performance Constructed Facilities 35(6).
  • Dawson, K., Webb, B.M. 2022. Field measurements of boat wake attenuation in salt marshes of coastal Alabama. Shore & Beach 90(3): 68-79.
  • Elko, N., Briggs, T.R., Benedet, L., Robertson, W., Thomson, G., Webb, B., and Garvey, K. 2021. A Century of Beach Nourishment. J. Ocean and Coastal Management 199, 1-11.
  • Morris, R.L., La Peyre, M.K., Webb, B.M., Marshall, D.A., Bilkovic, D.M., Cebrian, J., McClenachan, G., Kibler, K.M., Walters, L.J., Bushek, D., Sparks, E.L., Temple, N.A., Moody, J., Angstadt, K., Goff, J., Boswell, M., Sacks, P., and Swearer, S.E. 2021. Large‐scale variation in wave attenuation of oyster reef living shorelines and the influence of inundation duration. Ecological Applications, 31(6).
  • Temple, N.A., Sparks, E.L., Webb, B.M., Cebrian, J., Virden, M.F., Lucore, A.E., Moss, H.B. 2021. Responses of two fringing salt marsh plant species along a wave climate gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series 675, 53-66. 
  • Coogan, J., Dzwonkowski, B., Park, K., and Webb, B. 2020. Observations of restratification after a wind mixing event in a shallow highly stratified estuary. Estuaries & Coasts 43, 272-285.
  • Scyphers, S., Beck, M., Haner, J., Keeler, A., Landry, C., Webb, B. M., Grabowski, J. 2020. Designing effective incentives for living shorelines as a habitat conservation strategy along residential coasts. Conservation Letters 13(5), e12744. 10 pp.
  • Temple, N., Webb, B., Sparks, E., Linhoss, A. 2020. Low-Cost Pressure Gauges for Measuring Water Waves. Journal of Coastal Research 36(3), 661-667.
  • Webb, B.M., Douglass, S.L., Cleary, J. 2020. Contribution of relative sea-level rise to bridge failure during Hurricane Ivan. Journal of Forensic Engineering 0(0), 1-12. 
  • Coogan, J., Webb, B., Smallegan, S., and Puleo, J. 2019. Geomorphic changes measured on Dauphin Island, AL, during Hurricane Nate. Shore & Beach 87(4). 8 pp.
  • Kilgore, R., Thomas Jr., W.O., Douglass, S., Webb, B., Hayhoe, K., Stoner, A., Jacobs, J.M., Thompson, D.B., Herrmann, G.R., Douglas, E., and Anderson, C. 2019. Applying Climate Change Information to Hydrologic and Coastal Design of Transportation Infrastructure: Final Report. National Cooperative Highway Research Program 15-61, Transportation Research Board, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 384 pp.
  • Masoomi, H., van de Lindt, J.W., Do, T.Q., Webb, B.M. 2019. Combined wind-wave-surge hurricane-induced damage prediction for buildings. Journal of Structural Engineering 145(1).
  • Morris, R.L., Bilkovic, D.M., Boswell, M.K., Webb, B.M., et al. 2019. The application of oyster reefs in shoreline protection: Are we over‐engineering for an ecosystem engineer? Journal of Applied Ecology 56, 1703-1711.
  • Scyphers, S., Beck, M., Furman, K., Haner, J., Josephs, L., Lynskey, R., Keeler, A., Landry, C., Powers, S., Webb, B., and Grabowski, J. 2019. A Waterfront View of Coastal Hazards: Residential-Scale Influences on Hazard Concerns. Sustainability 11(23), 6687.
  • Webb, B.M., Cleary, J.C. 2019. Drag-induced displacement of a simply supported bridge span during Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 33(4), 13 pp.
  • Webb, B., Dix, B., Douglass, S., Asam, S., Cherry, C., and Buhring, B. 2019. Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience: an Implementation Guide. USDOT Federal Highway Administration, Report FHWA-HEP-19-042. Washington, DC.. 229 pp.

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Courses

  • EG 231 Introduction to Ethics and Economics
  • EG 360 Fluid Mechanics
  • CE 360 Water Resources Engineering I
  • CE 367 Hydraulics Laboratory (W)
  • CE 432 Civil Engineering Design II
  • CE 460 Water Resources Engineering II
  • CE 466/566 Coastal and Harbor Engineering
  • CE 501 Introduction to Coastal Design Environment
  • CE 502 Introduction to Design in the Coastal Environment
  • CE 503 Introduction to Coastal Engineering
  • CE 560 Coastal Hydrodynamics
  • CE 563 Hydrodynamic Modeling
  • CE 590 Natural and Nature-Based Features for Coastal Resilience

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