People
Current Participants
Kehui (Kevin) Xu
Director, Coastal Studies Institute
Professor, Dept. of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor
ECE (Energy, Coast and Environment Building) 2165
Phone: 225-578-0389
Past Participants
Kelli Moran
Ph.D. Student
Research: Sediment Transport and Geomorphological Evolution in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Robert Bales
(now at USGS)
M.S. Student
Research: Sediment dynamics; Water quality; Dredge pit studies
Fangjian Xu
Visiting Professor from China University Of Petroleum
Yanping Wang
Visiting Student from Ocean University of China
Yong Shi
Visiting Student from Nanjing University
Guandong Li
(Now at Tulane Univeristy)
M.S. Student
Research: Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics in a Receiving Basin for Sediment Diversion: a Case Study in Barataria Bay, Louisiana, USA
Haoran Liu
Ph.D. Student
Research: Sediment Transport and Geomorphological Evolution in the
Transgressive Ship Shoal, Louisiana: Insights from Geophysical
Observation, Modeling, and Machine Learning Studies
Rekea Williams
Undergraduate Student
Brooke Burch
Undergraduate Student
Qihui Wu
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Jiaze Wang
(now Assistant Professor of University of Maine)
Ph.D. Student
Research: Natural and Anthropogenic Impacts on Sediment Dynamics and Preservation in Contrasting Mississippi Deltaic Coastal Environments
Patrick Robichaux
(now at U.S. Marine Corps)
M.S. Student
Research: How dredge pits change over time: a look at their geomorphologic evolution and infilling processes
Hengyi Jiang
Visiting Scholar
Brandon Champagne
Undergraduate Student
Jeffrey Obelcz
(now Naval Research Lab at Stennis Space Center)
Ph.D. Student
Research: Sediment Transport and Slope Stability in The Northern Gulf of Mexico
(now at
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)
M.S. Student
Research: Interactions among Hydrology, Sediment and Vegetation in Accreting Wax Lake Delta: Physical and Biogeochemical Implications to Coastal Louisiana Restoration
Xiaoyu Sha
M.S. Student
Research: Characterization and Modeling of Sediment Settling, Consolidation, and Suspension to Optimize the Retention Rate of Sediment Diversions for Coastal Restoration
Haifei Yang
(now at East China Normal University)
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Research: Sediment transport; Coastal processes
Rangley Mickey
(now at USGS in St. Petersburg)
M.S. Student
Research: Sediment impact on the formation of hypoxic waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico: a synthesis of sediment texture, composition, erodibility and transport
Edward Lo
(now at University of Kentucky)
Undergraduate student
Research: Consolidation and suspension properties of mud from Lake Lery and their relevance to wetland restoration of Louisiana