Current projects (updated January 2020)
Enhancing Coastal Intelligence in the US Caribbean Archipelago: the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System
Funding: $1.7M / yr, 2016 - 2021, NOAA
Investigators: PI: Julio Morell, Co-PIs: Miguel Canals, Sylvia Rodriguez, Patricia Chardón
Description: This project seeks to maintain and expand the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System
Low Tech Rehabilitation of Coral Reef Ecosystem Services: An Alternative Test Bed to Reduce Coastal Vulnerability
Funding: $200k, Oct 2017 - Nov 2019, NOAA
Investigators: PI Edwin Hernandez, Co-PIs: Miguel Canals, Elvira Cuevas
Description: This project seeks to evaluate, through computational fluid dynamics and detailed field observations, the feasibility of restoring coral reefs to enhance wave dissipation and enhance coastal resilience
Oceanographic Pathways and Hydrodynamic Connectivity Between Marine Protected Areas in the US Virgin Islands and Eastern Puerto Rico
Funding: $247k, March 2018 - March 2020, NOAA (through Caribbean Fishery Management Council)
Investigators: PI Miguel Canals
Description: This project will analyze the hydrodynamic connectivity of fish eggs and larvae between MPAs in the US Virgin Islands and Eastern Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico very high-resolution wave energy atlas: A 40-year wave hindcast simulation and analysis in support of coastal zone management, engineering, design and conservation
Funding: $85k, August 2019 - July 2020, Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
Investigators: PI Miguel Canals
Development of the Puerto Rico Digital Ocean Energy Atlas: Unlocking Puerto Rico’s Marine Renewable Energy Potential
Funding: $150k, August 2019 - July 2021, Puerto Rico Science and Technology Research Trust
Investigators: PI Miguel Canals
A wave modeling test bed for Puerto Rico
Funding: $271k, August 2019 - July 2021, United States Geological Survey
Investigators: PI Miguel Canals, Co-PI Patricia Chardon
Previous projects
Puerto Rico Beach Recovery Post-María 2017: Phase 1 - Erosion Assessment, Control and Management
Funding: $78k, April 2018 - July 2018, FEMA
Investigators: PI Luis Aponte, Co-PIs: Miguel Canals, Jonathan Muñoz, Patricia Chardón
Description: This rapid response project will evaluate the status of several beaches in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María using field observations and numerical modeling
NSF RAPID: Hurricane Maria Rapid Response: Field Observations of Post-storm Beach Recovery Dynamics in Rincón, Puerto Rico
Funding: $94k, November 2017 - October 2018, NSF
Investigators: PI Patricia Chardon, Co-PIs Miguel Canals, Sylvia Rodriguez
Description: This rapid response project will analyze in detail the beach recovery and sediment transport mechanisms in Rincón, Puerto Rico after Hurricane María