Erica Treflik-Body, Ph.D.

  • Junior Coastal Engineer
  • W.F. Baird & Associates
  • https://www.baird.com/

Dr. Treflik-Body is junior coastal engineer with Baird.  Her Ph.D. focused on tsunami wave generation and coastal slope failures.  Over her first two years with Baird, she has been exposed to a range of projects and has developed a diverse skill set that includes instrumentation, hydrodynamic modelling, physical modeling and project management.  Of particular relevance, Erica led the execution and interpretation of the physical model studies undertaken for the Glass Breakwater repair project (Apra Harbor, Guam) and is now acting as Baird’s resident project representative, providing full-time on-site support to the TPC-NAN JV as they advance construction of the project.

Sessions

  • Session 2C: The Glass Breakwater Project

    The US Navy’s innovative Glass Breakwater repair project is a large-scale example of the sustainable repair/rehabilitation of deteriorated coastal/marine infrastructure in the Pacific. Representatives from the US Navy, TPC-NAN JV, and Baird & Associates will discuss the 80 year history of typhoon damage and ad-hoc repairs to this structure, and how recycled rock materials are […]