Member Since 1990
Heidi Margaret Nepf
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor
1993 - Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor
Education
Doctorate
1992
Honors & Awards
Publications
Turbulence and Bedload Transport in Submerged Vegetation Canopies
Using a constant channel velocity, U $U$, flume experiments investigated how canopy density (ah $ah$, with canopy frontal area per unit volume a $a...
December 13, 2024
Predicting Characteristic Length Scales of Barrier Island Se...
October 05, 2024
Plant Morphology Impacts Bedload Sediment Transport
June 14, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Applications of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (drones) to collect vegetation characteristics for coastal wave attenuation modeling.
REMOTE SENSING OF RIVERS, LAKES, RESERVOIRS, AND WETLANDS V ELIGHTNING
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Ernie In Him Lee, Heidi M. Nepf
Salt marshes are important ecosystems that provide coastal defence by naturally dissipating wave energy because of their high hydrodynamic drag. The m...
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Wave attenuation and economic analysis of hybrid marsh-seawall nature-based solutions
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS) FOR COASTAL FLOOD HAZARD RISK REDUCTION: CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE GUIDANCE II ORAL
coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics and sediment processes | 23 february 2024
Ernie In Him Lee, Heidi M. Nepf
A seawall fronted by a marsh is a potential hybrid, nature-based solution for both rural and urban coastal protection. The wave attenuation achieved b...
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Quantifying the Influence of Porosity-Induced Drag on Wave Attenuation in Constructed Oyster Reefs
NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS) FOR COASTAL FLOOD HAZARD RISK REDUCTION: CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE GUIDANCE II ORAL
coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics and sediment processes | 23 february 2024
James Vincent Brice, Heidi M. Nepf
There has been great interest in the application of constructed oyster reefs (CORs) as nature-based coastal protection, primarily designed to attenuat...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Ocean Sciences Fellows Committee
2020 - 2021
Chair
Hydrology Langbein Lecture Committee
2019 - 2021
Member
Hydrology Nominations Canvassing Committee
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