charged with operating more than 13,000
miles of coastal navigation channels .
The U . S Army Corps of Engineers needs
robust decision support technologies to
better manage its vast portfolio . The
Coastal Inlets Research Program
Research has strived to infuse these
technologies into the hands of
practitioners to ensure mission success .
A central goal of the research program
is to advance our knowledge and
technology to better predict future
channel shoaling . The syrup develops
predictive tools such as coastal
numerical models and conducts data
analytics toe identify where the core
can reduce the cost of dredging for
federal navigation projects . Gallops
in District Applied surfaced in Cade
tool to the island in the past to
evaluate the essentially shoreline
change and methods that we could use
toe make this shoreline more resilient .
So we've looked at things like where
could replace breakwaters ? Where could
we play speech ? Nourishment on gin que
gives us the power toe . Quantify the
results of those changes , so we're
able to use it to find the most cost
effective solution provides a great
benefits , so the search operates
within the physical space of estuaries ,
coasts and the open ocean , with an
emphasis on coastal navigation and the
core's operations and maintenance
mission . Much of the contemporary
history of inland engineering began
within the core , starting in the early
20th century with the definition of
disability of title limits , which is
important for optimizing the design and
with in depth of inlet entrance
navigation channels . Today , the
Coastal , its research program works on
the advancement of our coastal
numerical modeling tools for the
prediction of hydrodynamics and
sediment transport , as well as deep
analyses into our nation wide portfolio
of navigation data sets to optimize
design and maintenance and operations
of our coastal navigation assets . This
improves the accuracy of our
engineering designs and our overall
value to the nationwide operations and
maintenance program . The Army Corps of
Engineers spends more than $1 billion
each year on the operation and
maintenance of more than 1000 coastal
navigation projects . Given the
challenges and understanding the
physical processes of coastal inlets ,
the Coastal Inlets Research Program was
created to meet the demand for research
and development . The program develops
a robust suite of engineering
technology focused on coastal modeling ,
inlet engineering in Lee Geum , or
Thick Evolution and Coastal Navigation
portfolio Management technologies
derived from field data collection ,
laboratory experiments and numerical
modeling address concepts and theories
at time scales ranging from hourly
events , toe long term century scale
trajectories . These tools are designed
to support the Corps of Engineers ,
from engineers and scientists working
at the project scale to regional and
national level business line managers
overseeing the navigation operations
and maintenance program . Tidal inlets
are very dynamic , complex environments ,
and they can be really tricky to manage .
And tricky toe design projects within
the Coastal Endless Research Program
has been incredibly valuable toe
springing expertise in terms of data
collection and modeling tools and
technical expertise that can really
help us manage these projects better
and operate them more effectively and
cost effective . The Coastal Inlets
Research Program is a very well
developed programme , very well
respected program with a long history
of researchers working within it ,
developing the tools that they have
today . I think one of the things that
makes it especially valuable to us is
that the researchers understand the
practical applications of the work that
they're doing , so they developed the
science and the tools , but they're
very effective for us to use them on
practical applications and projects
within the district's . The Coastal
Inlets Research program offers modeling
techniques that accelerate the
prediction of processes from days two
hours and cuts costs by several orders
of magnitude . And the program is
closely connected to the communities of
practice . It serves through wide
ranging technology transfer activities ,
allowing it to quickly incorporate
feedback from the field into its
technologies . As a result , the Serbs
pioneering research is infused into
field ready tools at the rapid speed
demanded by a changing engineering
field .