DrMd Salauddin

His current main research interests are:
- Nature-based solutions in a changing climate
- Climate resilience of critical coastal infrastructures
- Storm surge and wave impacts on coastal protections
- Wave structure interactions at sea defences
- Extreme coastal hazards (impact pressures, scouring, overtopping, hydraulic stability of coastal structures)
- Wave and tidal energy
- Marine water quality
- Scouring of offshore wind turbines
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His ongoing PhD and Research Masters project include:
- PhD 1: “Coastal Resilience Enhancement in a changing climate using nature-based solutions” (2020-24)
- PhD 2: “Performance of coastal vegetations in mitigating extreme climatic hazards” (2020-24)
- PhD 3: “Assessing the climate resilience of coastal protections using intelligent data analysis and laboratory modelling approaches” (2020-24)
- PhD 4: “Eco-engineering of sea defences – A numerical and physical modelling study” (2022-26).
- PhD 5: “Enhancing Blue Carbon and Ecological Services through Nature-Based Solutions: Integrated Restoration of Seagrass Meadows and Oyster Reefs in Irish Coastal Waters” (2024-2028), funded by EPA.
- Res. MSc 1: “Dynamic and hydraulic stability of Offshore Wind Turbines” (2023-25).
- Res. MSc 2: “Impacts of climate change on groundwater system using machine learning approaches” (2024-26), funded by GSI.
- Res. MSc 3: “Towards resilient operation of critical infrastructures: application to water and energy systems” (2024-26), funded by the EU CHISTERA Programme.
- Res. MSc 4: “Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve coastal resilience in data-sparse locations: Caribbean region case study” (2024-26), funded by the Marine Institute.