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“The views, opinions and findings contained in this report are
those of the authors(s) and should not be construed as an
official Department of the Army position, policy or decision,
unless so designated by other official documentation.”
Rob Thomas, P.E.
USACE, Galveston District
17 AUG 17
Coastal Science and Engineering
Collaborative (CSEC)
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File Name

2. • Transfer new science into practice
faster
• Deliver science and engineering to
improve coastal project life cycle
systems performance and cost
• Develop business collaboratively
• Bring together capabilities,
resources, and funding from
multiple partners for an overall
greater value than could be
achieved separately
• Link academics to practice
• Student learning experiences
• Cultivate recruiting opportunities
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CSEC Objectives

3. • Build a better Texas
Coast
• Better prioritize R&D
to accomplish that
goal
• Focus innovation
• Hire and build better
engineers
• Lead Coastal
Engineering on the
Texas Coast
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What are we really trying to do?

4. 4
CSEC Collaborators
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5. Held workshops in AUG and NOV 2016 and April 2017
CSEC Workshop Series
Objectives:
• Become familiar with each
others’ organizations and their
future directions
• Identify crossover working
relationships in coastal
science and engineering
• Develop a partnering value
proposition for achieving
mutually held objectives
• Identify action items for joint
organization follow up with
future event planning
Apr 2017 Accomplishments:
• Bio-Physical Modeling
workshop
• Identified new partnering
opportunities
• Followed up on earlier
opportunities
• Toured ERDC labs
• TAMU OCEN courses via
ERDC Institute
• EWN Curriculum
• CSEC Business
• PgMP, CRADA, Steering
Committee, etc
Next meeting in Galveston 5-6 Oct 2017

6. • Galveston District Projects
• Immediate project needs
funded directly
• ERDC/HQ Funded Research
• Driven through SONs and
personal relationships
• TAMU Research
• Driven through the BIA
and personal relationships
• Research letters of
support
• Others
• State and local govt
• Industry
Funding Model
TAMU
ERDC
SWG
Industry &
Others
MIPR
CESU
Fund
TEES
ContributedFunds
BAA

7. Application Focus Areas
Physical &
Biological
Processes
Coastal Modeling
Techniques
NNBF Performance
• Screening tools
• Life cycle analysis
• Detailed design tools
Coastal
Materials
Soil properties and
geotextile structural
reinforcement
Advanced Soil and
Vegetative
Stabilization
Construction
Methods
Deep open water
sediment
stabilization
Decision
Support
Integration
Dredged Material
Management
Integration of Tech
and Science with
Practice and Policy

8. ConnectwithUs!
http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/Business-With-
Us/Engineering-Construction-Division/Coastal-Science-
and-Engineering-Collaborative/