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This book comprises proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2023). It focuses on emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of coastal, harbor and ocean engineering. The book covers a range of topics including, but not limited to, coastal disasters including tsunamis, cyclones and storm surges, sea level rise, coastal structures and oceanography, wave-structure interaction. The book presents these topics in the form of illustrations and tables, thereby providing the readers with an in-depth insight into the recent research. It also addresses fundamental concepts and studies in the field of coastal, harbor and ocean engineering, making it a valuable resource for both researchers and professionals working in the fields of hydraulics, water resources and coastal engineering.

Manish Pandey graduated in Civil Engineering from Uttarakhand Technical University, India. He completed his masters and doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India. Presently, Dr Pandey is Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India since 2023. He has more than 6 years teaching and research experience in experimental hydraulics and water resources engineering. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal papers and 25+ book chapters and conference proceeding papers.  He has guided 1 PhD and 10 M.Tech students. Presently he is guiding 4 PhD students. He was also awarded MOST postdoctoral research grant in year 2018. He is a member of the editorial board of Journals: Environmental Development and Sustainability, Journal of Water Management Modeling, Water SA, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering and Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research. He has also handled guest editorship for Fluid MDPI Journal, SI: Journalof Applied Water Engineering and Research and Frontiers in Environmental Science Journal, SI: The Urban Fluvial and Hydro-Environment System. Dr Pandey is an active reviewer in several reputed peer-reviewed journals. 

 N V Umamahesh has more than 35 years of experience as a faculty in the Department of Civil Engineering at NIT, Warangal. His area of specialization is Water Resources Engineering, and his research areas include Hydrological Modelling, Stochastic Hydrology, Hydro-Climatic Extremes, Modelling Impacts of Climate Change, Urban Floods, and Water Resources Systems. He has been well recognized for his analytical and mathematical modelling skills. He guided 13 PhD students and about 100 M.Tech students. He is currently guiding 7 PhD scholars. He has published more than 60 papers in reputed International Journals, and 6 book chapters and presented more than 50 papers in National and International Conferences. He has taken up several sponsored research and consultancy projects. He has held several administrative positions including Chief Warden, Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Dean (Student Welfare), Dean (Planning and Development), Dean (Academic) and Coordinator of TEQIP-II. He received the Jalamitra Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2003 for the best implementation of the Watershed Development Program in Warangal District. He received the Best Engineering Faculty Award in 2017. He organized two international conferences and several faculty development programs. 

Giuseppe Oliveto is Associate Professor of Hydraulic Engineering at the School of Engineering of University of Basilicata (Italy). Since 1992 he has been carrying out theoretical and experimental studies encompassing: evolution and patterns of river networks, fluvial hydraulics, sediment transport, bridge hydraulics, and urban drainage hydraulics. He is author of more than 100 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. He currently is Associate Editor of: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (ASCE); Water Journal (MDPI), and Advances in Civil Engineering (Hindawi). He has been Leading Guest Editor of the Special Collection “Sediment Transport in Water-Resources Engineering” for Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (ASCE) and the Special Issue “Bridge Hydraulics: Current State of the Knowledge and Perspectives” for Water Journal (MDPI). He was recognized as: "ASCE Outstanding Reviewer" by Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE) in 2011; "ASCE Outstanding Reviewer" by Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering (ASCE) in 2018 and 2019; "MDPI-Water Outstanding Reviewer" by Water Journal (MDPI) in 2018, 2019, and 2022. He has been awarded the Robert Alfred Carr Prize by the Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) - London (UK) for the paper "Temporal scour evolution at non-uniform bridge piers" published in the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management, Volume 170, October 2017.

G. V. Ramana is Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, Telangana. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Ph.D. from GITAM University in Visakhapatnam, AP. His primary areas of expertise are geotechnical engineering, rock mechanics, and concrete technology. Dr Ramana has contributed to more than 70 National projects and published 63 research papers in various national and international journals, including book chapters and conference proceedings. He has also delivered 46 lectures and prepared more than 70 technical reports. He has served as a scientist in the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India for eight years and as an engineer at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for four years. Dr Ramana has six years of teaching experience and twelve years of research experience in industrial roles, specializing in rock mechanics investigations for hydroelectric and civil engineering projects.