Development and Transition of Operational holds a Ph.D. in tropical meteorology, M.Tech. Degree in Atmospheric Science and M.S. Degree in Meteorology. Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast (HWRF) modeling system. Development and Transition of Operational Storm Surge Models Coastal floods cause some of the largest losses across the U.S., caused by tropical and extratropical cyclones and the result of the combined effects of storm surges, tides, waves, and river inflows. In order to prepare for and respond to these events. NOAA’s National Ocean Service has developed new operational storm surge models using ADCIRC in order to predict and assess the total water levels from these events. Very large scale model domains of up to 2 million nodes have been transitioned to operational infrastructure to provide real-time information as part of a suite of model data, products, and services that protect coastal communities. Dr. Jesse C. Feyen, Ph.D. Deputy Director Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory NOAA Ann Arbor, MI Tuesday, February 28, 2017 11:00-12:00 PM 129 Hayes/Healey Jesse Feyen became the Deputy Director for NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan in June 2016, where he is responsible for overseeing laboratory business operations. Previously he was the Deputy Chief for the Office of Coast Survey's Development Laboratory at NOAA headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland. From 2010 to 2015 he managed NOAA's Storm Surge Roadmap, an agency-wide R&D program that saw vast improvements occur in storm surge products and services. He first joined the National Ocean Service as a coastal hydrodynamic model developer. He has a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor's in civil engineering from Calvin College (Grand Rapids Michigan).