Can plants fortify Oregon’s coastal dunes against storm surge? Meagan Wengrove, assistant professor of coastal and ocean engineering, built scale versions of dunes in one of the world’s largest wave flumes to find out.

BONUS CONTENT:

• Protecting coastal regions with natural defenses
• New faculty members bring expertise in wave energy, structural and coastal engineering
• Four College of Engineering faculty win early-career investigator awards

https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/season-11-engineering-natural-hazard-impacts/dune-erosion-solutions-s11e7