Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Stark Lab
Led by Nina Stark · Civil and Coastal Engineering
What we study
The Stark Lab studies coastal and marine geotechnics, focusing on soil behavior in marine environments. They use fieldwork, lab experiments, and computer models to understand how sediments and structures interact with waves and currents.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Wet lab
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
SERDP Project of the Year 2022
A project focused on improving coastal infrastructure resilience.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Seafloor Sediments, Morphologic Features, and Geotechnical Properties of Harrison Bay in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
2026 · Earth and Space Science
Maps icy seabed features and sand strength in Alaska's Harrison Bay.
- Assessing the Spatiotemporal Variability in Geotechnical Sediment Properties of Beach Cusps on a Sandy Beach
2026 · Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Finds beach cusps (wave patterns) have different sand properties.
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- Probabilistic sediment characterization using Chirp sub-bottom profiler and Portable Free-Fall Penetrometer measurements
2026 · Applied Ocean Research
Combines two tools to better map seabed types with less guesswork.
- Seasonal changes in the impact of infauna on sediment physical properties
2026 · Geo-Marine Letters
Looks at how marine animals change sandy beaches over seasons.
- A Probabilistic Approach for Spatial Scour Burial Prediction
2026 · Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering
Uses probability to predict how underwater objects get buried by shifting sand.
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