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Resume / Bio
| | Dr. Thomas Herrington | | Associate Professor |  | | Department: | Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering | | Program: | Ocean Engineering
| | Research Center: | Center for Maritime Systems
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| | Location: | D-204 Davidson Labs | | Phone: | 201.216.5320 | | Fax: | 201.216.8214 | | Email: | Thomas.Herrington@stevens.edu |
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CE 342:Fluid Mechanics
Fluid properties: fluid statics, stability of floating bodies, conservation of mass, Euler and Bernoulli equations, impulse-momentum principle, laminar and turbulent flow, dimensional analysis and model testing, analysis of flow in pipes, open channel flow, hydrodynamic lift and drag. Practical civil engineering applications are stressed. |
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OE 501:Oceanography
Geophysical description of the earth; the extent, shape. and structure of ocean basins; relief of the sea floor; chemistry of sea water; geochemical balances; physical properties of water and sea water; solar and terrestrial radiation; evaporation and precipitation over the oceans; dissolved gases in sea water; distribution of variables; and general oceanic circulation. |
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OE 589:Coastal Engineering
An introductory course covering the fundamental principles of coastal engineering. The initial stages of the course are intended to provide an understanding of the physics of the coastal environment. Topics will include basic wave theory (wave generation, refraction, diffraction, and shoaling), wave prediction techniques, tides and coastal circulatio, and sediment transport. The latter stages of the course will be devoted to the application of these basic principles, such as stabilization and harbor development. The course will culminate in a substantial design project, which will incorporate all aspects of the course material, ranging from the estimation of design wave conditions to the actual design of a shore protection structure. Prerequisite: MA 227 or the equivalent, Fluid Mechanics. |
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CE 591:Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology
Introduction to meteorology presents a cogent explanation of the fundamentals of atmospheric dynamics. The course begins with a discussion of the Earth's atmospheric system includingglobal circulation, climate, and the greenhouse effect. The basic conservation laws and the applications of the basic equations of motion are discussed in the context of synoptic scale meteorology.The thermodynamics of the atmosphere are derived based on the equation of state of the atmosphere with specific emphasison adiabatic and pseudo-adiabatic motions. The concept of atmospheric stability is presented in terms of the moist and dry lapse rate. The influence of the planetary boundary layer on atmospheric motions is presented with emphasis on topographic and open ocean frictional effects, temperature discontinuity between land and sea, and the generation of sea breezes. The mesocale dynamics of tornadoes and hurricanes are discussed as well as the cyclogenesis of extratropical coast allows. The course makes use of a multitude of web-based prducts including interactive learning sites, weather forecasts from the National Weather Service (NWS), tropical predictions from the National Hurrican Center and NWS model outputs (AVN, NGM, ETA, and WAM). |
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OE 591:Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology
Introduction to meteorology presents a cogent explanation of the fundamentals of atmospheric dynamics. The course begins with a discussion of the Earth's atmospheric system, including global circulation, climate, and the greenhouse effect. The basic conservation laws and the applications of the basic equations of motion are discussed in the context of synoptic scale meteorology. The thermodynamics of the atmosphere are derived based on the equation of state of the atmosphere, with specific emphasis on adiabatic and pseudo-adiabatic motions. The concept of atmospheric stability is presented, in terms of the moist and dry lapse rate. The influence of the planetary boundary layer on atmospheric motions is presented with emphasis on topographic and open ocean frictional effects, temperature discontinuity between land and sea, and the generation of sea breezes. The mesoscale dynamics of tornadoes and hurricanes are discussed, as well as the cyclogenesis of extratropical coastal storms. The course makes use of a multitude of web-based products, including interactive learning sites, weather forecasts from the National Weather Service (NWS), tropical predictions from the National Hurricane Center, and NWS model outputs (AVN, NGM, ETA, and WAM). |
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OE 503:Seminar in Ocean Engineering
Seminar course in which you report on selected topics in ocean engineering. Emphasis is on the problems encountered in performing engineering tasks in the ocean and methods employed to surmount them. Students are encouraged to devise alternate methods to improve existing techniques. |
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OE 527:Laboratory in Naval Architecture
Solution of problems in naval architecture through model testing, actually conducting a wide variety of model tests at Davidson Laboratory, and prediction of prototype performance. |
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OE 647:Advanced Hydrodynamic Laboratory
Several of the important theories germane to ocean engineering are reviewed or developed and used to predict body or fluid behavior. These predictions are then compared with results obtained by the student using the Davidson Laboratory research facilities. |
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CE 576:Multi-Hazard Engineering
Identification and assessment of wind, flood, earthquake, surge, wave, tsunami, erosion, subsidence, and landslide hazards and their associated loading on the built environment, and comprehensive engineering and planning techniques presented to mitigate extreme loads generated by individual and multi-hazards in the natural environment. |
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CE 578:Coastal and Flood Plain Engineering
Identification, assessment, and risk analysis of river and coastal flood hazards. Introduction to flood plain analysis, surge, and overland wave propagation. Development of flood, surge, and wave load analysis. Presentation of flood hazard mitigation techniques and engineering design of flood proofing techniques. |
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OE 535:Ocean Measurements and Analysis
Basic ocean measurements and instrumentation, sampling requirements, data processing, analysis, and presentation. Prerequisite: Completion of an undergraduate probability and statistics course. |
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| | Research & Education | |
| | Education | - Ph.D. Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1996
- M.E. Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1992
- B.E. Civil Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1989
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| | Experience & Service | |
| | Experience | Associate Professor,
Department of Civil Environmental and Ocean Engineerin
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 2005-present
Director,
NJ Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 2002-present
Director,
Stevens - New Jersey Sea Cooperative Extension
NOAA Sea Grant College Program 2000-present
Graduate Professor,
Department of Civil Environmental and Ocean Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 2002 -2005
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil Environmental and Ocean Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 1996 -2000
Assistant Director,
NJ Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 1996-2000
Research Engineer,
Davidson Laboratory
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 1993 -1996
Coastal Engineer,
T&M Associates, Middletown, NJ 1992-1993
| | Institutional Service | Research Day Task Force Committee (2008); Technogenesis Summer Scholar Coordinator for SSOE; Library Committee (Chair); BOT Alumni Affairs Committee (faculty representative)
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| | | General Information | Dr. Herrington is an associate professor of ocean engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering and is the Assistant Director of the Center for Maritime Systems at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. He is the Director of the Stevens - NOAA New Jersey Sea Grant Cooperative Extension in Coastal Processes and the Director of New Jersey Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service. His teaching and research interests include coastal hydrodynamics, sediment transport, wave-structure interaction, coastal meteorology, coastal hazard mitigation and the development of coastal observing systems.
Dr. Herrington serves as Secretary of the Northeast Chapter of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Chair of the Harbor Education Subcommittee of the USCG NY Harbor Operations Committee and a member of the Stevens Web Campus Board of Directors. Dr. Herrington is the chief architect of the NJ Coastal Monitoring Network and the NJ Coastal Storm Surge Warning System, one of the first completely Internet-based, real-time coastal ocean observing and warning systems in the United States and is an active member of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association. He is a member of the New Jersey State Hazard Mitigation Planning Team, the NJ Hydromet Warning Council, the Flood Load Task Committee of ASCE, and the NJ National Weather Service StormReady Advisory Board.
Dr. Herrington is author or coauthored on over 75 journal, outreach and technical publications in the field of coastal and ocean engineering, including the NJ Sea Grant Manual for Coastal Hazard Mitigation. He is a contributing author of the NJ State Hazard Mitigation Plan. Dr. Herrington holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Civil Engineering and a MS and Ph. D. in Ocean Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. | | Appointments | Assistant Director, Center for Maritime Systems Director, NJ Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service Director, Stevens-NJ Sea Grant Cooperative Extension |
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| | Achievements & Professional Societies | |
| | Honors & Awards | 2006/2007 Denny Medal recipient with M.S. Bruno and A.F. Blumberg for best journal article to appear in the Journal of Marine Science and Environment published by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology.
Research Recognition Award, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, February, 2004.
Certificate of Achievement, Residential Coastal Construction, FEMA Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD. February, 2000.
Certificate of Achievement, Multihazard Building Design Summer Institute: Flood, FEMA Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, MD. July 30, 1999.
John P. Breslin Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishments in Ocean Engineering, Stevens institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, May, 1996.
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| | | Patents & Inventions | Mechanical Rotating Brush Device for Removing Biofouling form Juvenile Clam Screens. US Patent No. 6,279,187 B1, August, 2001 (with J. Nazalewicz and G. Flimlin).
| | Professional Societies | American Academy of Underwater Scientist
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
American Shore & Beach Preservation Association
Member, Coast, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute of ASCE
Member, Sigma Xi
Member, Marine Technology Society
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| | Selected Publications | |
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Herrington, T.O.. (Mar 2003). Manual for Coastal Hazard Mitigation, NJSG-03-0511, New Jersey Sea Grant College Program. (0 bytes PDF).
Ewing, L., T.O. Herrington, and O. Magoon. (2003). Urban Beaches: Balancing Public Rights and Private Development, Lesley Ewing, Thomas Herrington and Orville Magoon, ASCE. Proceedings of the NSBPA 4th Annual Conference, October 24-26, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. 91. (0 bytes PDF).
Journals
Friebel, H.C., T.O. Herrington and A.Y. Benilov. "Evaluation of the accuracy of a Campbell CSAT3 sonic anemometer for use in long-term coastal ocean observations", J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., in revision. (0 bytes PDF).
Rankin, K.L., T.O. Herrington, M.S. Bruno, P.B. Burke and A.M. Pence. (2004). "Cross-shore Distribution of Alongshore Currents and Sediment Fluxes in the Vicinity of Notched Groins", J. Coastal Res., (SI 33), 255-268. (0 bytes PDF).
Georgas N., A. F. Blumberg, and T. O. Herrington. (2007). "An Operational Coastal Wave Forecasting Model for New Jersey and Long Island Waters", Shore & Beach, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. 2 (75), (0 bytes PDF).
Bruno, M.S., A.F. Blumberg, and T.O. Herrington. (2006). "The urban ocean observatory – coastal ocean observations and forecasting in the New York Bight,", J. Marine Sci. and Envirn., IMarEST. (C4), 31-39. (0 bytes PDF).
Bruno, M.S., M. Yavary and T.O. Herrington. (1988). "The Influence of a Stabilized Inlet on Adjacent Shorelines: Manasquan, New Jersey", Shore & Beach, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. 2 (66), 19-25. (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O. and M.S. Bruno.. (Oct 2001). "Hydrodynamic Forcing Adjacent to a Tidal Inlet", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,
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Herrington, T.O., M.S. Bruno and K.L. Rankin.. (2000). "The New Jersey Coastal Monitoring Network: A Real-Time Coastal Observation System.", J. Marine Env. Engg.
. 6 69-82. ( PDF).
Rankin, K.L., M.S. Bruno, T.O. Herrington, and P.B. Burke.. "Observations of Nearshore Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in the Vicinity of a Notched Groin.", J. Coastal Res.. ( PDF).
Report
Herrington, T.O. and J.K. Miller. (Jan 2007). "The Establishment, Growth and Evolution of Coastal Dunes in New Jersey and its relation to the Present Storm Protection Level Provided by the Dune Field in Ocean City, NJ", Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service, Davidson Laboratory Technical Report SIT-04-09-2851, January, 2007. (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O., R.I. Hires, R.J. Miskewitz. (Nov 2005). "Impacts of the Proposed Extension of the Wreck Pond Outfall on Nearshore Water Quality and Littoral Drift of Sand", Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service, Davidson Laboratory Technical Report SIT-04-09-2848, November 2005. (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O., R. Datla and R. Royce. (Sep 2005). "Alternative Shoreline Stabilization Structures: Physical Model Tests", Davidson Laboratory Technical Report SIT-04-9-2842, (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O., R. Prime and E. Zagrai. (Aug 2005). "Wave Climate Analysis of New Jersey Coastal Waters", Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service, Stevens Institute of Technology, Davidson Laboratory Technical Report SIT-04-9-2841, August, 2005.. (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O. and M. F. DeLorme. (Jun 2004). "Evaluation of Wave Attenuation Characteristics of Three Vertical Slat Breakwaters", New Jersey Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service, Stevens Institute of Technology, Davidson Laboratory Technical Report SIT-04-9-2820, June, 2004.. (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O., K.L. Rankin, M.S. Bruno.. (Jul 1-5, 2002). "Frequency of sediment suspension events in Newark Bay.", Protection and Restoration of the Environment VI, , Skiathos Island, Greece
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Bruno, M.S., M. Yavary and T.O. Herrington.. (1998). "The Influence of a Stabilized Inlet on Adjacent Shorelines: Manasquan, New Jersey.", Shore and Beach. 66 (2), 19-25. ( PDF).
Herrington, T. O.. (Feb 1994). "An Analysis of the Sedimentation Problem at Monmouth Cove Marina, Monmouth County, New Jersey", Stevens Institute of Technology, Davidson Laboratory Technical Report SIT-DL-94-9-2683.. ( PDF).
Rankin, K.L., T.O. Herrington, M.S. Bruno, and A.M. Pence.. "Analysis of Notched Groins and Sediment Transport.", J. Coastal Res.
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Herrington, T.O., A. Mahon, R. Hires, and J.K. Miller. (2008). "A comparison of methods used to calculate extreme water levels", Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008, Oahu, Hi, April 13-16, 2008 . ASCE. Accepted. (0 bytes PDF).
Friebel, H.C., T.O. Herrington and A.Y. Benilov. (2006). "Measurement of surf zone air-sea momentum exchange", 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, San Diego, CA, Sept. 2-8, 2006.. ASCE. (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O, A. F. Blumberg, and M.S. Bruno. (2007). "The urban ocean observatory – Urban ocean observations and forecasting in the New York Harbor", Joint Session of the American Meteorology Society: 7th Symposium on the Urban Environment; 7th Conference on Coastal Atmospheric & Oceanic Prediction and Processes, September 10-13, San Diego, Ca. . Invited Planary Talk. (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O., J.K. Miller and R.G. Dean. (2006). "Characteristic shoreline change patterns identified using EOF analysis", 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, San Diego, CA, Sept. 2-8, 2006. . ASCE. (0 bytes PDF).
Herrington, T.O., R.I. Hires, R.J. Miskewitz, J. Turner, M.S. Bruno and G.A. Boehm. (2006). "Attenuation and flushing characteristics of low porosity wake screens", The Eighth International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment, Chania, Greece July 3-7, 2006. 220-227. (0 bytes PDF).
Bruno, M.S., A.F. Blumberg and T.O. Herrington. (2006). "The urban ocean observatory – coastal ocean observations and forecasting in the New York Bight", World Maritime Technology Conference, March 6-10, 2006, London, UK.. IMarEST. (0 bytes PDF).
Blumberg, A., S. Fan, T.O. Herrington, M. Bruno, A.M. Cope, Q. Ahsan, and H. Li. (2005). "A coastal wave forecasting system for New Jersey and Long Island waters", Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, 85th AMS Annual Meeting, 9-13 January 2005, San Diego, CA.. AMS. (0 bytes PDF).
Styles, R., R. Chant, S. Glenn, K. Rankin, A. Pence, P. Burke, T.O. Herrington, M. Bruno and C. Haldeman.. (2001). "Particle Concentrations and Size Distributions; Implications for Contaminant Transport in New York/New Jersey Harbor New York Bight.", Proceedings, SETAC Conference, Baltimore, MA.. ( PDF).
Rankin, K., R. Chant, S. Glenn, M. Bruno, R. Styles, B. Fullerton, T.O. Herrington and R. Hires.. (2001). "Integrated Collection of Hydrodynamics and Sediment/Water Quality Data in NY/NJ Harbor.", Proceedings, SETAC Conference, Baltimore, MA.. ( PDF).
Bruno, M.S., O.G. Nwogu, K.L. Rankin and T.O. Herrington.. (Jul 16-21, 2000). "A Real-time Nearshore Wave Measurement and Forecast System: Preliminary Results", Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Sydney, Australia.. ( PDF).
Bruno, M.S., K.L. Rankin and T.O. Herrington.. (1999). "Coastal Wave Measurement and Forecast System: Preliminary Results and Model Selection", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, ASCE, Reston, Va.. 899-914. ( PDF).
Herrington, T.O., K. L. Rankin and M.S. Bruno.. (1999). "Design and Implementation of a Real Time Coastal Monitoring Network ", Proceedings of the 12th Annual National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Fl. Shore & Beach Preservation Assoc., Tallahassee, Fl. . 95-111. ( PDF).
Herrington, T.O., M.S. Bruno, K.L. Rankin and M. Yavary.. (1998). "Nearshore Coastal Processes Adjacent to a Tidal Inlet", Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, Reston, Va..
. 3331-3344. ( PDF).
Herrington, T.O. and M.S. Bruno.. (1998). "Observation of Structure Induced Scour Adjacent to Submerged Narrow-crested Breakwaters", Proceedings of Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters '98, Thomas Telford, London, UK.. 106-118. ( PDF).
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