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Overview

Daniel T. Cox is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Within these broad areas, Cox's work covers subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Civil and Structural Engineering, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's research topics concentrate on Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Earthquake and Tsunami Effects, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis, Disaster Management and Resilience, and Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics.

Cox has published extensively across several venues characterized by their focus on coastal and structural engineering topics. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings
  • Coastal Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling in Coastal and Port Engineering and Science.

Frequent coauthors in Cox's collaborative network include Pedro Lomónaco, Tori Tomiczek, Hyoungsu Park, Sungwon Shin, and André R. Barbosa, with individual collaboration counts ranging from 13 to 26 joint works.

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • The interdependent networked community resilience modeling environment (IN-CORE), 2023, published in Resilient Cities and Structures
  • Physical model investigation of mid-scale mangrove effects on flow hydrodynamics and pressures and loads in the built environment, 2020, published in Coastal Engineering
  • Giant tsunami monitoring, early warning and hazard assessment, 2022, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Methodology for Regional Multihazard Hurricane Damage and Risk Assessment, 2021, published in Journal of Structural Engineering
  • Prototype-Scale Physical Model of Wave Attenuation Through a Mangrove Forest of Moderate Cross-Shore Thickness: LiDAR-Based Characterization and Reynolds Scaling for Engineering With Nature, 2022, published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Best Publications

  • An agent-based model of a multimodal near-field tsunami evacuation: Decision-making and life safety

    Haizhong Wang;Alireza Mostafizi;Lori A. Cramer;Dan Cox

  • Going with the flow or against the grain? The promise of vegetation for protecting beaches, dunes, and barrier islands from erosion

    Rusty A Feagin;Jens Figlus;Julie C Zinnert;Jake Sigren

  • Multiple-Hazard Fragility and Restoration Models of Highway Bridges for Regional Risk and Resilience Assessment in the United States: State-of-the-Art Review

    Ioannis Gidaris;Jamie E. Padgett;Andre R. Barbosa;Suren Chen

  • Biophysical feedback mediates effects of invasive grasses on coastal dune shape

    Phoebe L. Zarnetske;Sally D. Hacker;Eric W. Seabloom;Peter Ruggiero

  • Tsunami inundation modeling in constructed environments: A physical and numerical comparison of free-surface elevation, velocity, and momentum flux

    Hyoungsu Park;Daniel T. Cox;Patrick J. Lynett;Dane M. Wiebe

  • Identification of intense, intermittent coherent motions under shoaling and breaking waves

    Daniel T. Cox;Nobuhisa Kobayashi

  • Experimental Setup for a Large-Scale Bridge Superstructure Model Subjected to Waves

    Christopher Bradner;Thomas Schumacher;Daniel Cox;Christopher Higgins

  • Procedure for Site Assessment of the Potential for Tsunami Debris Impact

    Clay Naito;Christina Cercone;H. R. Riggs;Daniel Cox

  • Agent-based tsunami evacuation modeling of unplanned network disruptions for evidence-driven resource allocation and retrofitting strategies

    Alireza Mostafizi;Haizhong Wang;Dan Cox;Lori A. Cramer

  • Laboratory Measurements of Void Fraction and Turbulence in the Bore Region of Surf Zone Waves

    Daniel T. Cox;Sungwon Shin

  • Bottom shear stress in the surf zone

    Daniel T. Cox;Nobuhisa Kobayashi;Akio Okayasu

  • Probabilistic decision-support framework for community resilience: Incorporating multi-hazards, infrastructure interdependencies, and resilience goals in a Bayesian network

    Sabarethinam Kameshwar;Daniel T. Cox;Andre R Barbosa;Karim Farokhnia

  • Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Pile-Supported Vertical Wall Breakwaters

    Kyung-Duck Suh;Kyung-Duck Suh;Sungwon Shin;Sungwon Shin;Daniel T. Cox;Daniel T. Cox

  • Large-scale laboratory observations of turbulence on a fixed barred beach

    Christopher P Scott;Daniel T Cox;Timothy B Maddux;Joseph W Long

  • Experimental modeling of horizontal and vertical wave forces on an elevated coastal structure

    Hyoungsu Park;Tori Tomiczek;Daniel T. Cox;John W. van de Lindt

  • An agent-based vertical evacuation model for a near-field tsunami: Choice behavior, logical shelter locations, and life safety

    Alireza Mostafizi;Haizhong Wang;Dan Cox;Shangjia Dong

  • Irregular Wave Reflection and Run‐Up on Rough Impermeable Slopes

    Nobuhisa Kobayashi;Daniel T. Cox;Andojo Wurjanto

  • Household risk perceptions and evacuation intentions in earthquake and tsunami in a Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Alexandra Buylova;Chen Chen;Lori A. Cramer;Haizhong Wang

  • THE INTERDEPENDENT NETWORKED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE MODELING ENVIRONMENT (IN-CORE)

    Paolo Gardoni;John W. van de Lindt;Bruce Ellingwood;Therese P. McAllister

  • Laboratory observations of green water overtopping a fixed deck

    Daniel T. Cox;José Alberto Ortega

  • Water Level Observations and Short-Term Predictions Including Meteorological Events for Entrance of Galveston Bay, Texas

    Daniel T. Cox;Philippe Tissot;Patrick Michaud

  • Probabilistic assessment of near-field tsunami hazards: Inundation depth, velocity, momentum flux, arrival time, and duration applied to Seaside, Oregon

    Hyoungsu Park;Daniel T. Cox

  • Large-scale laboratory observations of wave breaking turbulence over an evolving beach

    Hyun‐Doug Yoon;Daniel T. Cox

  • Comparison of inundation depth and momentum flux based fragilities for probabilistic tsunami damage assessment and uncertainty analysis

    Hyoungsu Park;Daniel T. Cox;Andre R. Barbosa

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. van de Lindt
John W. van de Lindt Colorado State University
Nobuhisa Kobayashi
Nobuhisa Kobayashi University of Delaware
Jack A. Puleo
Jack A. Puleo University of Delaware
Tian-Jian Hsu
Tian-Jian Hsu University of Delaware
Patrick J. Lynett
Patrick J. Lynett University of Southern California
Hajime Mase
Hajime Mase Kyoto University
Bruce R. Ellingwood
Bruce R. Ellingwood Colorado State University
Paolo Gardoni
Paolo Gardoni University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qiuhua Liang
Qiuhua Liang Loughborough University
Annette von Jouanne
Annette von Jouanne Baylor University

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