CHSD Research Topics
Summary Project Reports
June 2011 - May 2014, "Collaborative research: the role of wind in estuarine dynamics." National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences. C.T. Friedrichs, VIMS Principal Investigator, $193,820. Year 1 Annual Report
Apr 2011 - Mar 2014, "Improved observation, analysis and modeling of fine sediment dynamics in turbid, biologically active coastal environments." National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $644,025. Year 1 Annual Report
Jun 2010 - Dec 2011, "A super-regional testbed to improve models of environmental processes on the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts." Southeastern Universities Research Association. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $879,717. June 2011 Progress Report
Nov 2009 - Apr 2010, "Ultrasonic in-situ characterization of tank waste." Department of Energy via Subcontract through Luna Innovations Inc. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $25,000. Final Report
Oct 2008 - Sep 2009, "Estuarine suspended sediment loads and sediment budgets in tributaries of Chesapeake Bay." US Army Corps, Baltimore District. J. Herman, Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $48,868. Final Report
Feb 2007 - Dec 2007, "Morphodynamics of tidal flat coastlines." Office of Naval Research, Marine Geosciences Program, C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $57,861. Final Report.
Sep 2006 - Aug 2007, "Detection and prediction of hazards in ports, bays and the littoral zone: a lower Chesapeake Bay test bed (expansion)." Office of Naval Research, Processes and Prediction Division. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $1,724,000. Final Report
Jun 2006 - May 2008, "Development of morphological models for South San Francisco Bay." U.S. Geological Survey, Western Coastal and Marine Geology Program. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $50,106. Final Report
Jan 2006 - Dec 2011, "Collaborative research: A real-time and rapid response observing system for the study of physical and biological controls on muddy seabed deposition, reworking and resuspension." National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $2,335,400. Final Report
Mar 2005 - Sep 2006, "Detection and prediction of hazards in ports, bays and the littoral zone: a lower Chesapeake Bay test bed." Office of Naval Research, Processes and Prediction Division, L.D. Wright Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $959,000. Final Report
Dec 2004 - Nov 2007, "Reformulation of mine scour equations using observations from MBP field sites." Office of Naval Research, Marine Geosciences Program. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $63,469. Final Report
May 2004 - Apr 2005, "The role of negative buoyancy in the morphodynamics of river dominated shelves: a global synthesis." Office of Naval Research, Coastal Geosciences Program. L.D. Wright Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $38,942. Final Report
Oct 2003 - Sep 2006, "Development of a sediment transport model for the Chesapeake Bay: Supporting physical data." US Army Corps, Engineer Research and Development Center. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $248,619. Final Report
Oct 2003 - Sep 2006, "Sediment dispersal off a high-yield river: observations and modeling of gravity-driven transport and deposition." National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences. S.A. Kuehl, Principle Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $646,519. Final Report
Jul 2003 - Jul 2004, "Prototype of new peer into the Waterways Information System." U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center. L.D. Wright, Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $250,000. Final Report
Oct 2002 - Sep 2007, "TIDE: Trophic cascade and interacting control processes in a detritus-based aquatic ecosystem." National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology (subcontract via Marine Biological Laboratory). C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $205,000. Final Report
Dec 2002 - Sep 2005, "Forecasting scour related mine burial using a parameterized model." Office of Naval Research, Marine Geosciences Program. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $99,660. Final Report
Mar 2000 - Feb 2005, "CAREER: Sediment dynamics of a microtidal partially-mixed estuary" National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $499,978. Final Report
Oct 2002 - Sep 2003, "Upscaling simple models for energetic shelf sediment transport". Office of Naval Research, Marine Geosciences Program. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $19,627. Final Report
Aug 2001, "Oyster shell dredge monitoring" Virginia Marine Resources Commission. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $6,100. Final Report
Apr 2001 - Mar 2002, "Instrument calibrations and water column profile surveys of a mixed-sediment disposal site." Evans-Hamilton/US Army Corps of Engineers. G.M. Battisto, Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Investigator, $68,600. Final Report
Nov 2000 - Oct 2004, "Collaborative proposal: How do estuarine turbidity maxima entrap particles, retain zooplankton, and promote recruitment of fish? " National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $217,512. Final Report
Nov 2000 - Oct 2003, "Fate of 'reactive nitrogen' derived from agricultural sources in coastal lagoons." U.S. Department of Agriculture Ecosystems Panel. I. Anderson, Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $190,886.
Oct 2000 - Sep 2002, "Integration of an analytical model for shelf sediment deposition into SEDFLUX". Office of Naval Research, Geology and Geophysics Program. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $99,790. Final Report
Oct 2000 - Sep 2001, "A review of the present knowledge of mine burial". Office of Naval Research, Geology and Geophysics Program. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $8,624. Final Report
Aug 2000 - Jul 2001, "The role of spatially complex shoreface roughness in sediment transport and deposition: A New Zealand case study and model development. " National Science Foundation, Division of International Programs. L.D. Wright, Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $91,716. Final Report
Mar 1997 - Sep 2000, "Characterization of turbidity and suspended sediment size distribution in support of along-shore sediment flux measurement during storms, Duck, NC." Waterways Experiment Station, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $99,239. Final Report
Oct 1998 - Sep 2000, "Bottom boundary layer processes associated with fine sediment accumulation: Application to STRATAFORM". Office of Naval Research, Geology and Geophysics Program. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $99,968. Final Report
Jan 1998 - Dec 2000, "Transport and fate of sediment-associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and trace elements in the Elizabeth River". Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Committee, Sea Grant. R. Dickhut, Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $455,247.
Feb 1996 - Jan 1999, "Cross-shoreface suspended sediment transport: A response to the intersection of nearshore and shelf processes". National Science Foundation, Division of Ocean Sciences. C.T. Friedrichs, Principal Investigator, $239,806. Final Report
Jan 1996 - Dec 1998, "Biological mediation of material fluxes across the sediment-water interface in estuaries and coastal systems: An expansion". Office of Naval Research, Harbor Processes Program. L.C. Schaffner and L.D. Wright, Principal Investigators, C.T. Friedrichs, Investigator, $988,793.
Oct 1994 - Sep 1997, "Physical transport processes influencing shelf sedimentary structure". Naval Research Laboratory, Coastal Benthic Boundary Layer Special Research Project. L.D. Wright, Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Co-Principal Investigator, $186,619.
Jan 1993 - Sep 1994, "Physical and biological mechanisms influencing the development and evolution of sedimentary structure". Naval Research Laboratory, Coastal Benthic Boundary Layer Special Research Project. L.D. Wright, Principal Investigator, C.T. Friedrichs, Investigator, $236,970.