Katherine Anarde, Texas A&M University, Ocean Engineering, College Station, TX, United States, Wei Cheng, Texas A&M University, Ocean Engineering, Galveston, TX, United States, Marion Tissier, Delft University of Technology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Delft, Netherlands, Jens Figlus, Texas A&M University, Department of Ocean Engineering, College Station, TX, United States and Juan J Horrillo, Texas A & M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States