- Mission [1]
- The Board on Coastal Engineering Research functions as an advisory board to the Chief of Engineers and was established by
Public Law in 1963. It was originally the Beach Erosion Board established in 1930. The Board provides broad policy guidance
and review of plans and fund requirements for the conduct of research and development of research projects in consonance with
the needs of the coastal engineering field and the objectives of the Chief of Engineers. The Corps created the modern discipline
of coastal engineering and remains the primary user in the United States to accomplish its mission. Research is essential
for the Corps to accomplish its mission in an economically sound, environmentally correct and safe manner. The Corps conducts,
or sponsors, most major coastal engineering research in the United States, and the BCER ensures both short- and long-term
needs are met.
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