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Dr. Jie Yu, assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award, known as the NSF CAREER Award, is one of the highest honors given by NSF to young faculty in science and engineering.
Yu, an expert in water wave mechanics, coastal hydrodynamics and processes, and environmental fluid mechanics, is receiving $567,232 over five years to support her research project, entitled “CAREER: Multi-scale Interactions of Waves, Currents and Morphology with Applications to Rip Currents.” The potential impact of her research will be a better understanding of rip current dynamics that will provide a scientific basis for rip current prediction, ultimately leading to better forecasting of rip current risks and to enhanced beach safety. The methodology developed will influence the modeling of near-shore hydro-morphodynamic systems, improving the understanding of shoreline evolution.
This new project will expand the NC State graduate program in coastal dynamics and environmental fluid mechanics and will also include outreach to K-12 students about coastal processes. North Carolina Sea Grant and National Weather Service, Wilmington, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Science House at NC State, will continue to help extend research results to various audiences.
Yu received her Ph. D. in civil and environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000. She joined the NC State faculty in 2007.
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