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JOAN OLTMAN-SHAY PRESIDENT AND SENIOR RESEARCH SCIENTIST NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON |
Dr. Oltman-Shay She received her B.S. in Applied Physics/Electrical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Ocean Sciences and Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), La Jolla, CA, respectively. She studied under William Hodgekiss (Marine Physical Laboratory, SIO) and Dr. Robert T. Guza (Center for Coastal Studies, SIO).
Since graduating from Scripps in 1986, she has spent much of her career performing field and model studies of nearshore (shoreline to nominally 10m depth) wave and current dynamics and the interplay with morphology and sediment dynamics. Her work has centered on the analysis of data from in-situ arrays of pressure and current sensors designed to study the surface gravity (wind and infragravity) wave field and the wave-averaged current field. Significant results from those efforts are - the recognition that infragravity waves are ubiquitous with kinematics that are in agreement with theory, and the discovery of shear instabilities of longshore-directed currents. Early in her career she designed the USACE 8m-depth wave-directional array and analysis software for the Field Research Facility in Duck, NC which remains operational today. Her present focus of activity includes remote sensing of nearshore environmental parameters (satellite, airborne, and land-based). She has published over fifty refereed articles, technical reports, and conference papers on these and related topics.
Dr. Oltman-Shay is also an Affiliate of the School of Oceanography (University of Washington) and sits on several national and international boards, including the USACE Coastal Engineering Research Board (CERB), the National Academies Ocean Studies Board (OSB), and the Editorial Advisory Board for Elsevier Science Publications. She has served as Associate Editor for JGR Oceans, and is presently the U.S. Series Editor for the Nearshore and Coastal Oceanography journal (Elsevier Science Publications). Dr. Oltman-Shay is a member of The Oceanography Society, the American Meteorological Society, the Geological Society of America, and the American Geophysical Union. She has additionally served on several national-level committees that develop recommendations on various aspects of coastal issues and research. Significant National Academies Press publications from those efforts are: "Enabling Ocean Research in the 21st Century: Implementation of a Network of Ocean Observatories," (2003) "Science for Decisionmaking: Coastal and Marine Geology at the U.S. Geological Survey," (1999), "Oceanography and Naval Special Warfare: Opportunities and Challenges," (1997), "Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science," (1994).
Further information about Dr. Oltman-Shay, including a list of publications, is available in her detailed resume [PDF].
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