Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2721 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (144609)
Principal Investigator: Michael Starek
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 40,564
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): No
Start and End Dates: 7/21/22 - 12/31/24
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: 2C - Environment Sciences
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Blucher
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: UAS Monitoring and Assessment of Nueces Delta Shoreline Protection
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program
Program Title: none
Note:
SAMs 1.1.7 - "The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program (CBBEP) is currently working on a project (Nueces Delta Shoreline Erosion Protection) to construct a 3900 linear foot breakwater system in the northwest corner of Nueces Bay, TX. The project will protect and stabilize approximately 0.74 miles of rapidly eroding coastal marsh habitat and ensure that this critical habitat is available for the wildlife that breed, nest, forage, and shelter in the Nueces River Delta. The objective of the monitoring portion of this project will be to provide uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) imagery collection (pre and post construction), data processing, and analysis for mapping and quantitative assessment of the Nueces Delta Shoreline Erosion Protection project over a timeline of three years...."
Discussion: No discussion notes