Jeffrey Melby, MS, PhD, PE

Principal
Noble Consultants-G.E.C. Inc.

Dr. Jeffrey Melby, PE, retired as a senior researcher from the U.S. Army Engineer R&D Center Coastal and Hydraulics Labortory in July 2017 and has been a Principal Engineer with Noble Consultants-GEC Inc. since then. During his last year with the Corps he was awarded US Army Corps of Engineers Researcher of the Year and the Bronze de Fluery Medal for his leadership in developing the Coastal Hazards System and CHRP storm surge forecasting system. Dr. Melby has over 150 publications as author and coauthor mostly specializing in coastal structure engineering. He is co-inventor of the CORE-LOC concrete armor unit.

Presentation(s):

• 2001 - Hurricane Water Level Prediction Using Surrogate Modeling

  Monday, July 30
  10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

• 1728 - Surrogate Modeling Of Storm Response

  Thursday, August 2
  5:00 PM – 5:20 PM

• Coastal Structure Design Tools

  Friday, August 3
  8:10 AM – 9:50 AM

• 1700 - Jetty Design Using Dual Life-Cycle And Physical Modeling Approach – Coos Bay, OR

  Friday, August 3
  9:30 AM – 9:50 AM