Navid Tahvildari

Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering @FIU. Interested in fluid dynamics in the coastal environmental

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

Career update🚨: I am excited to announce that I will join Florida International University's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department as an Associate Professor starting this spring. I will miss my friends and colleagues at ODU and wish them the best.

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

It was a pleasure to participate in a WHRO/PBS documentary on a major coastal resilience project in Norfolk, VA, that could be a model for other urban areas vulnerable to flooding, climate change, and sea level rise. Check out this short film👇.

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WHRO partnered with @novapbs for their climate solutions series to bring you this story about Norfolk's Ohio Creek Watershed Project.

It was a challenging but rewarding experience to work on my first video project. Check it out!
https://t.co/CgvnkjKET3

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

@HamedMoftakhari Many congratulations!

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Want to talk about designing for #resilience? https://t.co/D24tUL6h0J

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

@dfosterhill I can see beach cusps at the base. The pattern of features extending seaward reminds me of rip currents, so these may be depositional (or erosional) features created by rip currents guided by the cusps. Interesting.

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

@rafaelotinoco What are you trying to model?

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

The site study was a sheltered bay with low wave energy, which is representative of a typical environment suitable for #livingshorelines like the two features studied here (n/n). #costalprotection #NNBF #NBS.

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

🚨Our new paper on the efficiency of #livingshorelines in wave attenuation is out: https://t.co/vB5RJ3BSEy.
Kudos to Alexa Leone, a former @NSF-REU student at @ODU_OES, for working with me on this persistently and enthusiastically (1/n)

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

This suggests that structure crest elevation is a key factor, perhaps more important than structure type. Calculating out the effects of shoaling and depth-induced breaking shows that the stone sill alone attenuated waves by 27% (4/n)

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

ODU Engineering has a faculty position (Assistant Prof.) in Mission Engineering, with possible appointments with any department in the College. Coastal resiliency and infrastructure systems are listed among the qualifications. Review begins on Feb 1. https://t.co/PZGvWXHxdl

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

ODU Engineering has a faculty position (Associate/Full Level) in Offshore Wind Energy, with possible appointments with any department in the College. It would be great to see applicants with Civil/Coastal Eng. backgrounds. Reviewing begins on Feb 1. https://t.co/ttHEtMShvs

[Mitchell Harley @DocHarleyMD]

Our Engineering School (@UNSWCVEN) benefits immensely from the incredible research undertaken by our Iranian PhD students. Waiting >12 months for a study visa is cruel, bad for Australian research & dangerous given the current situation #speeditup

https://t.co/qyXOpwTABu

[Jessica C. Whitehead, PhD @DrJessWhitehead]

The @ODU Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience is hiring! In partnership with @chesapeakebay we need FOUR research faculty ready to help Virginia's communities make real resilience progress. Learn more and apply: https://t.co/DFJtK34xsw

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

Robust prediction of fluid forces on vegetation stems enables a better understanding of storm damage to wetlands and seagrass meadows and their ecosystem services for #costalprotection. #NNBF, #NBS.

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

🚨(Relatively) new paper out, led by my former postdoc Ramin Familkhalili: We coupled a RANS model with a model for dynamics of vegetation stems to simulate two-way interactions between waves and highly flexible vegetation. https://t.co/oSH9eDw2BQ

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

The model compared well with published lab data on wave attenuation and orientation of vegetation stems under wave action. We also showed a satisfactory comparison between computational forces applied by the flow on flexible stems with lab data.

[Navid Tahvildari @NavidTahvildari]

@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice My first review was like. I'm sure my supervisor's intention was my training and I saw it as a valuable experience. Had my supervisor declined the review and suggested me, the journal might not have picked me. It's always best to be open about how you feel with your mentor.