KEVIN R. BODGE, Ph.D., P.E.

    Senior Engineer, Vice-President

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, 1986. University of Florida; Gainesville, Florida.

    Engineering Mechanics; Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering.

    Major Advisor: Robert G. Dean, Sc.D.

Master of Civil Engineering, 1982. University of Delaware; Newark, Delaware.

    Civil Engineering (Ocean Engineering Specialty).

Bachelor of Science, 1980. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.; Blacksburg, Virginia

    Aerospace and Ocean Engineering. Cum Laude.

Other. SCUBA certified (20 years experience in technical and commercial diving).

    Licensed Radio Operator (1974 - )

Fields of Competence and Experience

Coastal and oceanographic engineering; specifically including all aspects of

- physical surveys and assessments of marine (coastal / estuarine / seabed) sites,

- development and evaluation of engineering designs,

- regulatory permitting

- analysis of wave, wind, sedimentary, current, storm, and other hydrographic processes,

- development of construction documents (plans, specifications, solicitations), and

- construction review and post-project physical monitoring related to marine-related projects, involving (among others):

- beach nourishment, coastal structures, dredging and dredge disposal

- coastal erosion, littoral transport, ocean inlets and adjacent shorelines

- coastal, estuarial and insular shorelines (mangrove, sandy, marsh, rock & ironshore)

- seagrass beds, and

- coral reefs and hard bottom resources.

Professional Experience

General - As a Senior Engineer for the coastal engineering consulting firm of Olsen Associates, Inc. since 1986, Dr. Bodge personally manages, directs and executes research and engineering activities related to a diverse mix of shore protection, navigation, oceanfront development, and natural resource issues in the coastal (marine) environment. His site-specific experience is extensive throughout the southeastern U.S., the Caribbean and Mexico; and his contributions to the coastal engineering community are nationally and internationally recognized. Dr. Bodge's work draws upon significant, state-of-the-art research experience in field studies and theoretical analysis -- combined with fundamental aspects of design and marine construction intrinsic to conventional civil engineering practice.

Beach Restoration - Dr. Bodge has served as the Project Engineer or Design Engineer for numerous beach nourishment projects involving hydraulic and mechanical placement of sand upon erosively-stressed beaches. The work has involved formulation and economic analysis of project alternatives, computation of fill equilibration and storm erosion, identification of suitable sand sources, assessment of sand compatibility, permitting, development of construction plans and specifications, construction review, and monitoring. Some projects -- including those in Bonita Beach, FL, Tybee Island, GA, Ocean Ridge, FL, Lyford Cay (Bahamas), Jolly Harbor (Antigua), Bald Head Island, NC, Fisher Island, FL, among others -- have introduced the use of unique "tuned" structures which have succesfully reduced the loss rates of beach fill sand with no apparent damage to adjacent shorelines. These projects, including the first-time use of imported Bahamian aragonite sand for the Fisher Island project, have established the reputation of Olsen Associates, Inc. as a pre-eminent designer of innovative and successful beach restoration projects.

Nearshore Dredging and Dredge Disposal. - With the firm's Principal Engineer, Dr. Bodge co-designed and monitored Florida's first regular, nearshore disposal of suitable dredged material from a federal navigation project. The work, now adopted by the Corps of Engineers, directs at least a quarter-of-a-million cubic yards of beach sand -- dredged from Port Canaveral Entrance -- to the nearshore zone instead of being dumped over 5 miles offshore. Dr. Bodge is also the coastal engineering consultant for the Port Canaveral Federal Sand Bypass Project -- which, in an unprecedented action on this scale, periodically dredges sand from the shoreline north of the inlet for hydraulic discharge upon the beaches south of the inlet. Dr. Bodge prepared the technical analysis which secured Florida's first permit for open-water discharge of dredged sediment in a river (1987). The work was related to an underwater archaeological expedition to locate and explore a civil war shipwreck within the St. Johns River, Florida.

Coastal Engineering Expertise - At the invitation of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Dr. Bodge has reviewed several Army studies regarding longshore sediment transport on beaches, including a chapter in the Corps' Coastal Engineering Manual (C.E.M.). As a recognized authority on the erosive effect of ocean inlets upon adjacent beaches, he is currently the principal author of the CEM chapter on Inlet Sand Management; has previously co-authored an Army "needs analysis" on numerical modelling of inlet-beach interactions (1995); and, has participated as a speaker at several Corps' workshops regarding this topic (1993-96). He has prepared technical critiques of numerical modelling methodologies employed by the State of Florida to establish construction "set-back" lines -- gaining the attention of the State's governor and resulting in re-evaluation of the State's methodologies. Dr. Bodge has also prepared a coastal engineering design manual for the geotechnical/ structural firm, Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc. (1994-96).

Hydrodynamic and Related Studies - Briefly, Dr. Bodge has directed several dozen hydrographic studies which pertain to inlet (current) flow and sedimentary stability; flushing (water quality) studies within canals and marinas; wave and storm predictions across open water and semi-enclosed basins; and structural stability of submerged and semi-submerged marine structures. He wrote the numerical model software used by his firm to compute wave refraction, diffraction, and consequent littoral transport patterns. Over the last 16 years, Dr. Bodge has also developed, tested and patented marine instrumentation to measure the directionality of ocean waves, temporal fluctuation of storm surge, and tidal water level data. As such, he is intimately familiar with most all types of marine measurement systems, data retrieval, and analyses.

Coral Reef Restoration - Through a subcontract with Industrial Economics, Inc. (IEc), Dr. Bodge was the design engineer for the world's first large-scale structural restoration of coral reefs damaged by vessel groundings. This project, completed for NOAA in 1995, involved two sites within the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary (NMS) and one site within the Looe Key NMS. The design introduced numerous innovations in marine construction -- including novel underwater concretes and pre-fabricated, reinforced-concrete reef-replicating structures -- necessitated by the sites' shallow waters and proximity to sensitive living corals. Dr. Bodge participated in and/or directed project-related activities from the initial, underwater engineering site survey through conceptual design, cost-estimation, final design, permitting, formulation of bid and contractor selection criteria, construction review; and technical liaison between NOAA and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (the construction contracting agency). The work was finished on-time, within budget, in accordance with the design intent, and without adverse impact to the ambient resource. In 1991, Dr. Bodge was responsible for the hydraulic stability analysis of pre-fabricated reef replacement modules placed upon the seabed offshore of Sunny Isles, Florida. In 1992, Dr. Bodge was the Engineer-of-Record for the creation of a naturally flushing, 3-acre lagoon from a relic inland salt pond at a privately-owned island in the Bahamas. Most recently, he has completed the engineering design for seabed enhancement of the lagoon intended for the future establishment of an imported coral and tropical fish facility.

Regulatory Permitting - Dr. Bodge has directed and participated in the successful acquisition of environmental regulatory permits for a variety of comlex marine projects. These include, to list a few, beach restoration and coastal structures at Florida beaches including Fisher Island, Patrick Air Force Base, Bonita Beach, Amelia Island, and Ocean Ridge; beach nourishment at Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach, Florida; nearshore disposal of maintenance-dredged material, jetty improvements, and nearshore dredging of sand borrow material for Port Canaveral, Florida; and the 1995 coral reef restoration project in KLNMS, noted above. These activities require significant and personal knowledge of regulations and personnel within regulatory agencies which have included the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; among others.

Bathymetric and Other Surveying - Dr. Bodge has over 2500 hours' experience in beach profile and seabed surveying. He has formulated bathymetric, geotechnical and magnetometer (archaeological) survey plans for marine survey firms for dozens of projects, including the coral reef restoration work discussed above and numerous inlet and beach studies.

Other Restorations - In 1994, Dr. Bodge assessed the injured seabed at a vessel grounding site upon seagrass beds within the Florida Bay (Florida Keys NMS); including analysis of the site's probable sedimentary stability and the development of engineering alternatives for seabed restoration. That same year, working with a marine biologist, he surveyed an existing rock jetty in Key Largo (c. 1965) for a private client; and, for reasons of marine habitat, dissuaded the State's removal of the structure. In work undertaken for the Dept. of Justice, Dr. Bodge was the principal technical advisor for his firm's analysis of the sedimentary stability of coal dumped upon the seabed during a storm at Pensacola Bay Entrance, Gulf of Mexico, in 1995. In 1991, he was the Project Engineer for restorative works required to stabilize and bridge an inlet which was cut by large waves and divided an island resort in two (Salt Cay, Bahamas).


Other Professional Activities, Affiliations and Awards

Adjunct Associate Professor; Jacksonville University; 1990-present. (Regularly teach courses in Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography each semester.)

Registered Professional Engineer, Florida. No. 49434

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association's 1995 Engineering [Jim Purpura] Award for "outstanding contributions to coastal engineering that enhance beach preservation"

Coastal Engineering Practice '92. Long Beach, California; April, 1992. Program Chairman and Head, Technical Committee.

J. Coastal Research: Tech. Reviewer since 1987.

J. Waterways, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering: Member, Publications (Editorial) Committee

Florida Sea Grant Program. Project Review Committee member. 1988-1992.

Member, Board of Directors; American Shore & Beach Preservation Association.

International Conference on Coastal Engineering. Speaker. 1984, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996.

Beach Preservation Technology Conference. Tech. Review Committee and Speaker. 1987-present.

Coastal Zone Conference. Speaker, 1986 - present.

Coastal Sediments '91. Seattle, June 1991. Organizer, longshore sediment transport session.

Testimony & Hearing Experience (partial listing)

Kawana Marina vs. State of Florida, 1995.

For the plaintiff toward protection of a rock jetty/marine habitat adjacent to the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary. (Case settled prior to judgement.)

State of Florida vs. Johnstone, 1996 (ongoing).

Expert witness for State in regard to a homicide involving a USN sailor and disposition of body within hydraulic (riverine) currents.

Dames & Moore vs. Siegel-Robert, Inc., 1996.

Expert witness for the defendent in regard to the failure- to-perform of an oceanfront rock revetment.

Hyatt Regency Resort, Kaua'i, Hawai'i, 1996 (ongoing).

Regarding appropriateness of original oceanfront siting and elevation of a multi-million dollar resort devastated by Hurricane Iniki.

Publications (Partial Listing from among over 100 papers & reports prepared since 1983)

Bodge, K. R., Creed, C.G., Raichle, A. W., 1996. "Improving Input Wave Data for Use with Shoreline Change Models", J. Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. In press.

Sheehy, D. J., Bodge, K. R., and Finch, D., 1995. "Coral Reef Restoration Planning: A Decision Analysis Approach", Proc., 1995 Int'l. Conf. of the Soc. for Ecological Restoration, Seattle, Washington.

Bodge, K. R., 1994. "The Extent of Inlet Impacts upon Adjacent Shorelines", Proc., 24th Int. Conf. on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, Kobe, Japan; pp. 2943-2957.

Olsen, E.J., Bodge, K.R., and Creed, C.G., 1994. "Shore Protection Design Alternatives Downdrift of an Inlet", Proc. Beach Preservation Technology '94, FSBPA, Tampa, FL.

Bodge, K. R., 1993. "Gross Transport Effects and Sand Management Strategy at Inlets", J. Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 18; Fall, 1993.

Bodge, K. R., 1992. "Representing Equilibrium Beach Profiles with an Exponential Expression", J. Coastal Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, 47-55; Winter, 1992.

Bodge, K. R. and E. J. Olsen, 1992. "Aragonite Beachfill at Fisher Island, Florida", Shore and Beach, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 3-8; January, 1992.

Bodge, K. R., 1991. "Damage Benefits and Cost Sharing for Shore Protection Projects", Shore and Beach, Vol. 59, No. 2, 11-18; April, 1991.

Bodge, K. R. and N. C. Kraus, 1991. "Critical Examination of Longshore Transport Rate Magnitude", Proc., Coastal Sediments '91, ASCE, Seattle, WA; pp. 139-153.

Bodge, K. R., 1989. "A Literature Review of the Distribution of Longshore Sediment Transport Across the Surf Zone," J. Coastal Research, Vol. 5 (2), 307-328; Spring, 1989.

Bodge, K. R., 1987. "Short-Term Impoundment of Longshore Sediment Transport," U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Misc. Paper CERC-87-7, 345 pp.; March, 1987.

Creed, C.G., Olsen, E.J., and Bodge, K.R., 1994. "Performance of an Interim Sand-Tightening Measure at an Inlet Jetty", Proc., Beach Preservation Technology '94, FSBPA, Tampa, FL.

Bodge, K.R., "Performance of 1992/93 Nearshore Berm Disposal at Port Canaveral, FL", Proc., Beach Preservation Technology '94, FSBPA, Tampa, FL.

Bodge, K. R., E. J. Olsen, C. G. Creed, 1993. "Performance of Beach Nourishment at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina", Proc., Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management (Coastal Zone '93); New Orleans, LA July 19-23, 1993.

Bodge, K. R. and E. J. Olsen, 1992. "Beach Nourishment with Aragonite and Tuned Structures", Proc., Coastal Engineering Practice '92, ASCE, Long Beach, CA.; 73-90.

Bodge, K. R. and R. J. Savage, 1992. "Inopportune Timing of Oceanfront Structures", Proc., Beach Preservation Technology '92, FSBPA, St. Petersburg, FL.

Olsen, E. J. and K. R. Bodge, 1991. "The Use of Aragonite as an Alternate Source of Beach Fill in Southeast Florida", Proc., Coastal Sediments '91, ASCE, Seattle, WA; pp. 2130-2144.

Bodge, K. R., 1990. "Predicting Damage Benefits of Shore Protection Projects," Proc., 22nd Int. Conf. on Coastal Engineering; ASCE, Delft, The Netherlands; July, 1990.

Bodge, K. R., 1990. "Refraction Analysis for Predicting Shoreline Response," Proc., Beach Preservation Technology '90 Conference; Fla. Shore & Beach Preservation Assn., St. Petersburg, FL; February, 1990.

Bodge, K. R. and E. J. Olsen, 1989. "Navarre Navigation Project: Designing an Inlet for No Net Impact to Adjacent Shorelines," Coastal Zone '89, Charleston, S.C.; June, 1989.

Bodge, K. R., 1989. "Deep Navigation Channels and Local Shoreline Erosion," Proc., Second Annual National Beach Preservation Technology Conference, Fla. Shore & Beach Preservation Assn., Tampa, FL; February, 1989.

Bodge, K. R., 1988. "Longshore Current and Transport Across Non-Singular Equilibrium Beach Profiles," Proc., 21st Int. Conf. on Coastal Eng., ASCE, Malaga, Spain, pp. 1396-1410; June, 1988.

Bodge, K. R., 1988. "Offshore Sand Sources for Beach Nourishment in Florida: Part 1 - Atlantic Coast; Part 2 - Southwest Gulf Coast," Proc., First Annual National Beach Preservation Technology Conference, Fla. Shore & Beach Preservation Assn., Gainesville, FL; March, 1988.

Bodge, K. R. and D. L. Kriebel, 1985. "Storm Surge and Wave Damage along Florida's Gulf Coast from Hurricane Elena," Proc., Ann. Conf., Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Assn., pp. 156-177.

Bodge, K. R. and E. J. Olsen, 1993. "The Environmental Permitting of the Wreck," in: The Mapel Leaf; An Extraordinary American Civil War Shipwreck, ed. by K. Holland, L. Manley, J. Towart; St. Johns Archaeological Expeditions, Inc., Jacksonville, FL.

Bodge, K. R., 1989. "Try a Trick to Find a Reciprocal," SAIL, Vol. 20, No. 3, Sail Publications, 45-46; March, 1989.

Dean, R. G., K. R. Bodge, and J. S. Kim, 1985. "Analysis and Evaluation of Hurricane David Wave Data in Shallow Water," Univ. of Florida Dept. of Coastal and Ocean. Eng., UF/COEL-85/010; 177 pp., August 1985.

Bodge, K. R., 1982. "The Design, Development, and Evaluation of a Differential Pressure Gauge Directional Wave Monitor," U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Eng. Research Center, Misc. Rpt. 82-11, 226 pp.; Oct., 1982.