Faculty

Research Interests

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Numerical modeling; Swash zone surface and subsurface interactions; Computational fluid dynamics; Coastal flooding and natural hazards; Coastal resilience; Nearshore remote sensing; Wave runup and overtopping; Hydrodynamics and morphology of coastal regions; Coastal engineering

Education & Training

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• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2023
• M.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2020
• B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2018

Professional Experience

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• Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, US Naval Academy
  • Assistant Professor, 2024 - present
    
  • Volunteer Assistant Coach, Varsity Women's Swim Team
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
  • Postdoctoral Investigator, 2023 – 2024
• University of California, Los Angeles
  • Graduate Research Assistant, 2018 – 2023
  • Research Assistant, 2016 – 2018
• Moffatt & Nichol
  
  • Summer Coastal Engineering Intern,  Long Beach, CA, 2018

Professional Memberships & Registration

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• Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 
• Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Member, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA)

Awards

• UCLA Streisand Scholar, 2023
• ASCE Los Angeles Youth Member Forum Outstanding Graduate Student, 2022
• Anchor QEA Scholarship, 2020
• Robert L. Weigel Scholarship for Coastal Studies, 2018

Research & Publications

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• Delisle, M.P.C., Kim, Y., & Gallien, T. W. (2025). Modeling Beach Groundwater Impacts on Wave Runup: Mechanisms and Implications. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering (in revision).
• Benoit, D., Delisle, M.P.C., Siemens, G., Raubenheimer, B., Elgar, S., & Mulligan, R. (2025). Groundwater Hydrodynamic Oscillations from Swash with Transparent Sand (GHOSTS). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (accepted).
• Delisle, M.P.C., Kim, Y., & Gallien, T. W. (2023). A numerical study of dam-break driven swash and beach groundwater interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128, e2022JC019615.
• Delisle, M.P.C., Kim, Y., Mieras, R.S., & Gallien, T.W. (2022). Numerical investigation of sheet flow driven by a near-breaking transient wave using SedFoam. European Journal of Mechanics – B/Fluids, 96, 51-64.
• Brandenberg, S.J., Stewart, J.P., Wang, P., Nweke, C.C., Hudson, K., Goulet, C.A., Meng, X., Davis, C.A., Ahdi, S.K., Hudson, M.B., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G., Pierce, M., Wang, J., Winters, M.A., Delisle, M.P.C., Lucey, J., Kim, Y., Gallien, T.W., Lyda, A., Yeung, J.S., Issa, O., Buckreis, T., & Yi, Z. (2020). Ground Deformation Data from GEER Investigations of Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(4), 2024-2034.
• Winters, M.A., Delisle, M.P.C., Lucey, J.T., Kim, Y., Hudson, K., Liu, Z., Brandenberg, S., & Gallien, T.W. (2019). "UCLA UAV Imaging", in Ridgecrest, CA earthquake sequence, July 4 and 5, 2019. DesignSafe-CI.
• Gallien, T.W., Kalligeris, N., Delisle, M.P.C., Tang, B.X., Lucey, J.T., & Winters, M.A. (2018). Coastal flood modeling challenges in defended urban backshores. Geosciences, 8(12), 450.