Matt Blacka

Matt Blacka has worked as a Project Engineer at the Water Research Laboratory since 2004, and is experienced in both desktop and physical model investigations in the fields of coastal engineering and hydraulics. Matt has completed a Master of Engineering Science degree, with specialisation in Coastal Engineering and Management, and Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree, with First Class Honours in Coastal Engineering.

While working at WRL Matt has completed physical model investigations of a range of coastal structures including breakwaters, seawalls, and jetties, as well as hydraulic structures such as dam spillways/weirs, and culverts. Matt has also completed various desktop and numerical modelling investigations for coastal process studies, including detailed modelling for a range of climate change related assessments.

Matt regularly reviews the geomorphological behaviour of a range of beaches on the NSW and QLD coast as a part of several coastal imaging programs analysing shoreline variability, erosion, and accretion trends of the beaches. For a detailed list of completed projects, see Matt’s CV.

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Areas of expertise

• Civil Engineering Hydraulics
• Coastal Engineering
• Environmental Data

Projects

• Collaroy-Narrabeen Coastal Monitoring
• Inundation and Sea Level Rise Impacts and Adaptation for South Arm Secondary Road, Hobart, Tasmania
• Physical Modelling of Barrow Island LNG Plant Materials Offload Facility
• Physical Modelling of Bounty Bay Breakwater, Pitcairn Island
• Physical Modelling of Geotextile Breakwaters, Abu Dhabi
• Physical Modelling of Shell Cove Boat Harbour Entrance
• Physical Modelling of William Slim Drive Retarding Basin Outlet, ACT
• Research and Development Studies for ELCOMAX® ELCOROCK® Geotextile Sand Containers
• Sea Level Rise and Coastal Hazard Assessment for Clarence City Council, Tasmania