Dr. Hany Elwany is among the world’s foremost scientists and engineers in the nearshore environment, with specialized experience in coastal processes, sediment transport and estuarine dynamics. He founded Coastal Environments in 1988 to provide unprecedented professional services to meet coastal challenges. Dr. Elwany has authored and employed unique mathematical and computer techniques to study optimal design structures under various dynamic constraints. His work includes dynamic response of mechanical systems, design of offshore structures, data analyses, simulation, modeling of ocean and coastal conditions and the interaction between currents, waves and structures. Dr. Elwany holds a Ph.D. from the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom, a B.S. in Mathematics and Statistics from Alexandria University, and has worked extensively with the Center for Coastal Studies at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Mr. William Boyd designs and develops data acquisition systems and oceanographic instrumentation for use in underwater applications. He has supervises the deployment and maintenance of large, multiple-array, coastal oceanographic field experiments. Mr. Boyd has worked at the Center for Coastal Studies at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography with members of the Coastal Environments team. He earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University, and a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Oceanography from Humboldt State University.

Mr. James Peeler specializes in site assessment, site maintenance, regulatory compliance, fieldwork oversight, and project management, pertaining to lagoons groundwater, surface water, stormwater, soil, and soil vapor sampling. He conducts aquifer testing, GPS site surveying, geologic mapping and  drilling activities, including hollow-stem, geo-probe, air, mud, and sonic. A published scientist, his writing experience also includes multiple Phase I and II reports, surface and groundwater monitoring reports, RI and FS reports, and site conceptual models.  He has a M.S. in Geology from San Diego State University.

Mr. William Speidel specializes in the acquisition, processing and interpretation of coastal data, and is both an engineer and certified professional geologist. Among prior positions, Mr. Speidel has served as oceanographer at the U.S. Navy Electronics Laboratory and was the founder and president of the Pelagos Corporation providing engineering, surveying, infrastructure design, and integrated geotechnical, subsea and geoscience services. He has unprecedented experience in harbor and port construction. Experienced in high-resolution shallow marine geological and multi-channel seismic surveys, he has planned and directed coastal and offshore surveys in all areas of the Pacific Ocean, Southeast Asia, Europe, West Africa, Europe, Australia, Central and South America, Caribbean and the Arctic Ocean.

Dr. Mark Legg directs subsurface geophysical investigations and data processing, and manages geology and geophysical studies, seismicity studies, and projects involving deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard assessment and risk characterization, and Geographic Information System (GIS).