About - Dr Nick Cartwright
Dr Nick Cartwright is a coastal and hydrological scientist with over 20 years experience conducting research and teaching in the fields of coastal processes, catchment and groundwater hydrology. Nick has published numerous peer reviewed papers on coastal groundwater dynamics, ocean waves, coastal morphodynamics, regional hydrogeology and hydrology (see Publications page).
This site links to some interactive, web-based resources developed by Nick to support teaching and research activities in the fields of hydrology and coastal science.
Contact
✉ nick.coastal@outlook.com |
🌐 https://ensea00.github.io |
📍 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
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ORCID |
Brief Resume
Education
- PhD (Coastal Engineering), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, 2004 | Thesis: Groundwater Dynamics and the Salinity Structure in Sandy Beaches
- BSc (Hons I, Earth Sciences), School of Earth Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, 1998
Experience
- 2025 - pres :: Consultant - Self employed
- Career Break - Travelling
- PhD Supervisor - external supervisor of 3 PhD students (voluntary)
- Tutor - Casual, school level mathematics (self-employed)
- Open to opportunities in the fields of coastal science and engineering; catchment hydrology; ocean climate science
- 2005 - 2024 :: University Academic (balanced Research/Teaching/Service profile), School of Engineering, Griffith University
- Development and delivery of Bachelors and Masters degree courses on coastal enginerering, catchment hydrology, catchment hydraulics, Earth sciences
- Supervision of PhD, Masters and Honours students
- Coordination of final year honours thesis students and supervisors
- Academic and industry research across a wide range of fields related to coastal processes and engineering, catchment hydrology and hydrogeology (see Publications page)
- 2004 :: Research Fellow, School of Engineering, Griffith University
- 2000 - 2004 :: PhD Scholar (Australian Postgraduate Award), University of Queensland
- 2000 - 2004 :: Tutor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland
- Fluid Mechanics, Catchment Hydrology
- 1998 (Summer) :: Vacation Scholar, CSIRO Centre for Groundwater Studies
- Data visualisation in hydrogeology
Skills
- Programming :: Python, JavaScript, Matlab
- Machine Learning :: Python - Scikit Learn, TensorFlow, Keras
- Modelling - Coastal :: SWAN, DHI MIKE (HD, SW, BW, SM), Celeris
- Modelling - Hydrology :: HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, RORB
- Modelling - Groundwater :: MODFLOW, FEFLOW, MIKE SHE
- Data :: OpenDAP, grib, netcdf
- GIS :: QGIS (topo-bathymetric data analysis, catchment delineation)
- Monitoring :: incl. groundwater levels, coastal waves, beach profiling