Ryan S. Mieras

Ryan Mieras is an Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). He earned both his Ph.D. and M.C.E. in Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware in 2017 and 2014, respectively. He holds a B.S in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University (2011). Prior to academia, Mieras worked at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory – Stennis Space Center as a National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow from 2017-2019, where he developed technology to measure sediment concentration in the coastal swash zone (US patent pending). His research encompasses nearshore sediment transport and hydrodynamic processes via field and laboratory studies, serving to improve our understanding of the physical processes driving coastal flooding and geomorphology in a changing climate. His research activities include basic small-scale sediment transport in the swash and surf-zones, applied instrumentation development, extreme event reconnaissance observation platforms, post-storm beach recovery, and affordable LiDAR and remote sensing coastal observation systems.

Education

2017 Ph.D. University of Delaware Civil & Environmental Engineering
2014 M.C.E. University of Delaware Civil & Environmental Engineering
2011 B.S. Texas A&M University Ocean Engineering

Specialization in Teaching

+ nearshore sediment transport & hydrodynamics
+ applied instrumentation development
+ extreme event reconnaissance & post-storm beach recovery
+ low-cost LiDAR coastal surveying systems
+ hurricane impacts on coastal infrastructure
+ marsh/wetland hydrodynamics