History
Construction on the laboratory began in 1972. In 1973, the facility opened with the wave flume used to simulate the ocean waves. The circular wave and rectangular wave basins were both finished in 1990. That year the lab received a grant from the United States’ Office of Naval Research for $8.6 million to examine wave structures, which helped to pay for the two new wave basins.
In 2001, the Wave Research Laboratory was awarded a $4.8 million grant to study tsunamis by the National Science Foundation. The remodeled portion of the facility, the Tsunami Wave Basin, was completed in 2003. In 2007, the foundation granted the laboratory $1.1 million to study storm surges and other waves related to hurricanes.
Read more about this topic: O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory
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