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Kostarisk joint research laboratory has received government funding managed by the French National Research Agency under the France 2030 Investment Plan (ref. ANR-16-IDEX-0002).

Damien SousAss. Prof. at UPPA/SIAME

Background

  • PhD Fluid Mechanics (Univ Bdx)
  • Ass. Prof since 2007 at Univ. Toulon (SEATECH school and MIO lab.)
  • Partial secondment at UPPA since 2017, SIAME laboratory, Wave/Structure Interaction (IVS) team

Current projects/topics

  • Wave transformation over complex seabeds
  • Estuarine transport (water, sediment, microplastics)
  • Groundwater beach dynamics
  • Wind-wave interactions

Foreseen contribution in Kostarisk 

  • Field deployments : wave and estuarine dynamics
  • Lab works : dambreak/wave flume
  • Numerical modeling : wave-resolving model (SWASH) and 3D estuarine circulation and sediment transport (Telemac3D)