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Jon Miles

 

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Dr Jon Miles

  • Job title: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) Ocean Science, School of Marine Science and Engineering (Faculty of Science and Technology)
  • Address: Room A524, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Telephone: +441752584737
  • Email: J.R.Miles@plymouth.ac.uk


Role

Management focus:
Scheme Manager: Marine Sports Science BSc programmes

Teaching focus:
Marine Sports Practice (stage 1)
Research skills tutorials (stage 1)
Practical and Professional Development in Marine Sports (stage 2)
Marine Sports Dynamics (stage 3) 
Marine Sports Fieldweek (stage 3)
Marine Sports Science Projects (stage 3)

Research focus:
Primary focus is Coastal Sediment Dynamics
Member of Coastal Process Research Group
Member of C-COSE (Centre for Coastal and Ocean Science and Engineering)
 

 

Qualifications & background

Academic
 Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (University of Plymouth) Accredited as a Teacher in Higher Education (University of Plymouth)
 PhD: Sediment transport in front of seawalls (University of Plymouth)
 BSc Joint Hons Physical Oceanography with Mathematics, (University of Wales, Bangor)

Marine Sports 
Kayaking:  BCU Level 4 Kayak Coach
Windsurfing:  RYA Trainer, Planing Instructor, Senior Instructor
Sailing: RYA Senior Instructor, Keelboat Instructor
Powerboating: RYA Advanced Powerboat, Powerboat Instructor 
Further participation based interest in surfing, diving and wakeboarding

 

Professional membership
Challenger Society for Marine Science
Royal Yachting Association
British Canoe Union  


Teaching interests
Coastal science surf zone dynamics
Professional development in marine sports
 Practical marine sports skills
 Marine sports equipment dynamics 
 Coaching in marine sport
 Sports management
Sports psychology
Event management  


Research interests
 My research experience to date is in the field of coastal processes. I have worked on a number of different projects relating to hydrodynamic and sediment dynamic processes on natural beaches as follows:

1. Sediment dynamics in the shoaling, suf and swash zone (2003-present)
2. The role of swash in shoreline change (measuring sediment transport processes in the nearshore)- 2001-2003
3. COAST3D (combining measurements of nearshore processes with larger scale models) 1998-2001
4. INDIA (setting up video system for coastal monitoring) 1997-1998
5. COSMOD (setting up sonar systems for ripple measurement) 1997-1998
6. CSTAB (Nearshore velocity and sediment transport measurement 1996
7. Effect of seawalls on sediment dynamics, 1993-1997.  

UoP Research group membership

Centre for Coastal and Ocean Science and Engineering (CCOSE) 
Coastal Processes 

Other research
Invited reviewer for:
Continental Shelf Research
Journal of Geophysical Research
Marine Geology
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 

Research degrees awarded to supervised students
 Jonathan Tinker. Modelling profile evolution on natural beaches with a sediment flux shape function. 2004-present. 3rd Supervisor
 

Grants & contracts

Nuffield Foundation. Award to Newly Appointed Lecturers in Science, Engineering and Mathrmatics 2004. Dynamics of small planing craft. £6,000. Unsuccessful.
 Natural Envirment Research Council.  New Investigators Competition. High frequency video measurement of bedload sediment transport. £49,000.  Unsuccessful
RDA / PRIMARE. Wave Hub Impacts on Shoreline Processes (Co-investigator). ~£500,000.  Successful.
Natural Envirment Research Council.  Small grant. Effect of wave assymetry on nearshore sediment transport. £88,000.  Unsuccessful

 

 


Publications

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT

 Miles J.R. Butt, T., Russell, P.E. 2006. Swash zone sediment dynamics: A comparison of a dissipative and an intermediate beach Marine Geology 231, 181-200.
 Butt, T., Russell, P.E., Puleo, J.A., Miles, J.R., and Masselink, G., 2004. The influence of bore turbulence in the swash and inner surf zones. Continental Shelf Research, 24, 757-771.
Kulkarni, C.D., Levoy, F., Montfort, O. and Miles, J. 2004. Morphological variations of a mixed sediment beachface (Teignmouth, UK). Continental Shelf Research. 24, 11, 1203-1218.
Miles , J.R. and Russell, P.E.. 2004 Dynamics of a reflective beach with a low tide terrace. Continental Shelf Research. 24, 11, 1219-1248.
Van Lancker, Lankneus, J., Hearn, S. Hoekstra, P., Levoy, F. Miles, J., Moerkerke, G., Montfort, O. and Whitehouse, R. 2004. Coastal and nearshore morphology, bedforms and sediment transport pathways at Teignmouth (UK). Continental Shelf Research. 24, 11, 1171-1202.
Saulter, A.N., Russell, P.E., Gallagher, E.L. and Miles, J.R., 2003. Observations of bed level change in a saturated surf zone. Journal of Geophysical Research. 108 C4.
 Butt, T., Miles. J.R., Ganderton, P. And Russell, P.E. 2002. A simple method for calibrating optical backscatter sensors in high concentrations of non-cohesive sediments. Marine Geology 192, 419-424.
Miles , J.R., Ruessink, G.B., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 2002. Field observations of the effect of shear waves on sediment suspension and transport. Continental Shelf Research. 22, 657-681.
 Miles , J.R., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 2001. Field measurements of the effect of seawalls on sediment transport. Journal of Coastal Research, 17 (1), 195-206.
 Ruessink, G.B., Miles, J.R., Fedderson, F. and Guza, R.T., 2001. Modeling the alongshore current. Journal of Geophysical Research. 16 (10), 22451-22463.

CONFERENCE PAPERS
Miles, J., 2009. Sediment tranpsort under asymmetric waves. UK Sediments Initiative, Liverpool, May 2009.
Doyle, L.D; Barlow, M.J. and Miles, J.  Prediction of 500m Kayaking performance and anthropometric characterisitcs in recreational kayakers.  The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences Annual student conference. Bedfordshire.  May 2008.
Miles J.R., Russell, P.E., Ruessink, B.G., and Huntley, D.A. 2004. Tidal variations in shear wave energy. AGU Ocean Sciences meeting, Portland Oregon.
Butt, T., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G., Miles, J.R., Huntley, D.A., Evans, D., and Ganderton, P. 2003. An integrative approach to investigating the role of swash in shoreline change. Proceedings 28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, 917-928.
Butt, T., Russell, P.E., Masselink, G, Evans, D., and Miles, J.R. An integrated approach towards swash zone sediment transport. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, Cardiff, July 2002..
Miles, J.R., Butt, T., Russell, P. E., Masselink, G., Evans, D., Ganderton, P., Huntley, D.A. 2002. Swash zone sediment dynamics on steep and shallow beaches. AGU Fall meeting, San Fransisco.
Miles, J.R., Russell, P., Butt, T., Masselink, G., Evans, D., Ganderton, P., Huntley, D.A. 2002. Swash zone sediment tranpsort. UK Oceanography 2002, Plymouth.
Tapia, I.M. Russell, P.E. and Miles, J.R., 2001. Relationship between vertical wave asymmetry and the fourth velocity moment in the surf zone: Implications for sediment transport. Lund, Sweden
Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E., Ruessink, G.B., DeBoer, A.G., Thornton E.B., and Huntley, D.A., 2000. Shear wave and edge wave distribution on a barred beach. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, Sydney, July 2000.
Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 1997. Measuring suspended sediment response to wave reflection. Coastal Dynamics ‘97, Plymouth.
Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 1996. Field investigation of suspended sediment transport and wave reflection near a seawall. International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, Orlando, Florida.
Miles, J.R., Russell, P.E. and Huntley, D.A., 1994. Enhanced sediment transport near seawalls and reflective beaches. UK Oceanography 1994, Stirling. 

PHD REFERENCE

Miles, J.R. 1997; Enhanced sediment transport in front of seawalls and reflective beaches. Unpublished PhD thesis. University of Plymouth, UK. 192pp.


WIDER DISSEMINATION
Miles, J.R. 2009. Coaching towards flow in performance.  CoDe (The Coaching Development Magazine of the British Canoe Union). 149. 2-3.
Miles, J.R. 2012. Switch your coaching. CoDe (The Coaching Development Magazine of the British Canoe Union). 163. 3-4.   

Conferences organised
Invited convenor of Narshore Group - American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences meeting, Portland Oregon, Jan 2004.