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Ph.D, University of Delaware Edward C. Davis Professor
Short BioResearch Interests:Ocean surface waves, nearshore hydrodynamics and sediment transport; tsunamis; time series analysis Education1983: Ph.D, University of Delaware1976: Master, Brown University 1975: Bachelor, Brown University Honors and AwardsNominated for University Excellence in Teaching Award: 2008Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1992. Select PublicationsGobbi, M. F. and Kirby, J. T., 1999, "Wave evolution over submerged sills: Tests of a high-order Boussinesq model", Coastal Engineering, 37, 57-96, and erratum, 40, 277, 2000. Kennedy, A. B, Chen, Q., Kirby, J. T., and Dalrymple, R. A., 2000, "Boussinesq modeling of wave transformation,breaking and runup. I: One dimension", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering,126, 39-47. Chen, Q., Kirby, J. T., Dalrymple, R. A., Kennedy, A. B. and Chawla, A., 2000, "Boussinesq modeling of wave transformation, breaking and runup. II: Two horizontal dimensions", Journal of Waterway, Port,Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 126, 48-56. Gobbi, M. F., Kirby, J. T. and Wei, G., 2000, "A fully nonlinear Boussinesq model for surface waves. II.Extension to O(kh4)" , Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 405, 181-210. Chawla, A. and Kirby, J. T., 2000, "A source function method for generation of waves on currents in Boussinesq models", Applied Ocean Research, 22, 75-83. Kennedy, A. B., Dalrymple, R. A., Kirby, J. T. and Chen, Q., 2000, "Determination of inverse depths using direct Boussinesq modelling", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 126, 206-214. Svendsen, I. A., Veeramony, J., Bakunin, J. and Kirby, J. T., 2000, "The flow in weak turbulent hydraulic jumps", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 418, 25-57. Kennedy, A. B., Kirby, J. T., Chen, Q. and Dalrymple, R. A., 2001, "Boussinesq-type equations with improved nonlinear behaviour", Wave Motion, 33, 225-243. Shi, F., Dalrymple, R. A., Kirby, J. T., Chen, Q. and Kennedy, A., 2001, "A fully nonlinear Boussinesq model in generalized curvilinear coordinates", Coastal Engineering, 42, 337-358. Kennedy, A. B., Kirby, J. T. and Gobbi, M. F., 2002, "Simplified higher order Boussinesq equations. 1: Linear considerations", Coastal Engineering, 44, 205-229. Chawla, A. and Kirby, J. T., 2002, "Current limited wave breaking at or before the blocking point in monochromatic and random waves", Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(C7), doi:10.1029/2001JC001042 Misra, S. K., Kennedy, A. B. and Kirby, J. T., 2003, "An approach to determining nearshore bathymetry using remotely sensed ocean surface dynamics", Coastal Engineering, 47, 265-293. Shi, F., Kirby, J. T., Dalrymple, R. A., Chen, Q., 2003, "Wave simulations in Ponce de Leon Inlet using a Boussinesq model", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 129, 124-135. Kennedy, A. B. and Kirby, J. T., 2003, "An unsteady wave driver for narrow-banded waves: Modeling nearshore circulation driven by wave groups", Coastal Engineering, 48, 257-275. Shi, F., Svendsen, I. A., Kirby, J. T. and Smith, J. M., 2003, "A curvilinear version of a quasi-3D nearshore circulation model", Coastal Engineering,49, 99-124. Watts, P., Grilli, S. T., Kirby, J. T., Fryer, G. J. and Tappin, D. R., 2003, "Landslide tsunami case studies using a Boussinesq model and a fully nonlinear tsunami generation model", Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 3, 391-402. Chen, Q., Kirby, J. T., Dalrymple, R. A., Shi, F. and Thornton, E. B., 2003, "Boussinesq modeling of longshore currents", Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C11), 3362, doi:10.1029/2002JC001308. Day, S. J., Watts, P., Grilli, S. T. and Kirby, J. T., 2005, "Mechanical models of the 1975 Kalapana, Hawaii earthquake and tsunami", Marine Geology, 215, 59-92. Thomas, M., Misra, S., Kambhamettu, C. and Kirby, J. T., 2005, "A robust motion estimation algorithm for PIV", Measurement Science and Technology, 16, 865-877.
Terrile, E., Briganti, R., Brocchini, M. and Kirby, J. T., 2006, "Topographically-induced enstrophy production/ dissipation in coastal models", Physics of Fluids, 18(12), 126603. Kaihatu, J. M., Veeramony, J., Edwards, K. L. and Kirby, J. T., 2007, "Asymptotic behavior of frequency and wavenumber spectra of nearshore shoaling and breaking waves", J. Geophys. Res., 112, C06016, Ioualalen, M., J. A. Asavanant, N. Kaewbanjak, N., Grilli, S. T., Kirby, J. T. and Watts, P., 2007, "Modeling of the 26th December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami: Case study of impact in Thailand", J. Geophys. Res.,112, C07024, doi:10.1029/2006JC003850. Grilli, S. T., Ioualalen, M., Asavanant, J., Shi, F., Kirby, J. T. and Watts, P., 2007, "Source constraints and model simulation of the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami", J. Waterway, Port, Coast. and Ocean Engrng., 133, 414-428. Shi, F., Kirby, J. T. and Hanes, D. M., 2007, "An efficient mode-splitting method for a curvilinear nearshore circulation mode", Coastal Engineering, 54, 811-824. Long, W., Kirby, J. T. and Shao, Z., 2008,"A numerical scheme for morphological bed level calculations", Coastal Engineering, 55, 167-180. Misra, S., Kirby, J. T., Brocchini, M., Veron, F., Thomas, M. and Kambhamettu, C., 2008, "The mean and turbulent flow structure of a weak hydraulic jump", Phys. Fluids, 20, 035106. Terrile, E., Brocchini, M., Christensen, K. H. and Kirby, J. T., 2008, "Dispersive effects on wave-currentdinteraction and vorticity transport in nearshore flows: a GLM approach", Phys. Fluids. 20, 036602 Waythomas, C. F., Watts, P., Shi, F. and Kirby, J. T., 2009, "Pacific basin tsunami hazards associate with mass flows in the Aleutian Arc of Alaska", Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 1006-1019.
Courses Taught2009-2010
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