Katherine Coughlan
Katherine Coughlan
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Katherine's research involves mooring solutions for floating offshore wind.
Katherine started her PhD in Civil Engineering in fall 2020, with Dr. Arwade as her advisor. She has a B.S. in Ocean Engineering with a minor in Sustainability from the Florida Institute of Technology. She worked at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in their survivability department for 3 years prior to commencing her studies at UMass.