Overview
Background
Dr David Wainwright is an adjunct research fellow with the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland. Apart from his involvement in research, David also has over 20 years of industry experience as a consulting engineer, focusing on coastal engineering, environmental hydraulics, geomorphology and adaptation to climate change - particularly in the coastal zone.
David’s work typically covers coastal engineering design, coastal geomorphology and land use planning. David is also broadly familiar with key aspects of coastal ecology, local government management, property law and community consultation. His key areas of expertise include risk assessment methods for planning in the face of coastal and flooding hazards and sea level rise, engineering design, numerical modelling, and coastal lagoons. David’s PhD thesis investigated numerical modelling methods to inform management of the entrances to coastal lagoons.
He has been a chartered engineer with Engineers Australia since 2001, with membership in the Civil and Environmental Colleges. David provides regular services to that organisation in interviewing individuals applying for chartered membership and acting as a judge for its biannual Engineering Excellence Awards. David is also a conjoint lecturer with the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at the University of Newcastle. David is a director of Salients Pty Limited, a consulting company he established in 2015.
Availability
- Dr David Wainwright is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2012
Conference Publication
Coastal Lagoon Entrance Management - What can models tell us?
Wainwright, D., Baldock, T. and Callaghan, D. (2012). Coastal Lagoon Entrance Management - What can models tell us?. 21st NSW Coastal Conference, Kiama, NSW, Australia, 6-9 November 2012. Australia: New South Wales Coastal Conference.
2012
Conference Publication
How to weigh coastal hazard against economic consequence
Wainwright, David, Callaghan, David, Jongejan, Ruben, Ranasinghe, Roshanka and Cowell, Peter (2012). How to weigh coastal hazard against economic consequence. 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012, ICCE 2012, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, 1-6 July 2012. Reston, VA United States: American Society of Civil Engineers. doi: 10.9753/icce.v33.posters.31
2012
Book
Approaches to risk assessment on Australian coasts: A model framework for assessing risk and adaptation to climate change on Australian coasts: final report
Woodroffe, Colin D., Cowell, Peter J., Callaghan, David P., Ranasinghe, Roshanka, Jongejan, Ruben, Wainwright, David J., Barry, Stephen J., Rogers, Kerry and Dougherty, Amy J. (2012). Approaches to risk assessment on Australian coasts: A model framework for assessing risk and adaptation to climate change on Australian coasts: final report. Gold Coast, Australia: National Climate Change Adaptation Research.
2011
Conference Publication
Morphodynamic modelling of entrance breakout for a coastal lake
Wainwright, D. J., Kidd, L. J., Guard, P. A. and Baldock, T. E. (2011). Morphodynamic modelling of entrance breakout for a coastal lake. Coasts and Ports 2011, Perth, Australia, 28-30 September 2011. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia.
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