MASCE, Engineer, Oceanographer and Hydrologist

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.