Senior-level coastal engineering support for shoreline stabilization, sediment management, flood resilience, and restoration projects across the Gulf Coast and Caribbean.
MAR Engineering Consulting provides focused technical advisory, planning, and design support for coastal infrastructure and restoration projects.
The practice is built around senior-level involvement, clear technical documentation, regulatory awareness, and constructability-focused design. Services are structured to help public agencies, ports, municipalities, and project teams move from concept to implementation.
Shoreline stabilization, living shorelines, hybrid infrastructure, erosion control, restoration planning, and design support for coastal systems exposed to waves, tides, storms, and long-term shoreline change.
Beneficial use planning, dredged material placement strategy, sediment management frameworks, and technical support for navigation, restoration, and shoreline resilience programs.
Coastal hazard assessment, compound flood analysis, regional flood resilience studies, GIS-based risk communication, and technical support for planning and design decisions.
Design of a habitat bench shoreline stabilization system intended to reduce erosion while enhancing coastal habitat. The work integrated wave energy dissipation, bank stabilization, and nature-based shoreline elements to support long-term ecological function.
Engineering design for a replacement bulkhead system to stabilize an eroding shoreline and protect adjacent infrastructure. The design considered coastal loading, constructability, durability, and long-term shoreline performance.
Guanica is a coastal place of personal significance. Growing up sailing and fishing in Puerto Rico helped shape a lifelong connection to the ocean and a professional commitment to protecting and restoring coastal environments.
MAR Engineering Consulting is led by , P.E., PMP, a coastal engineer with more than 12 years of experience delivering coastal resilience and restoration projects across Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. His work focuses on shoreline stabilization, nature-based infrastructure, sediment management, and regional coastal and compound flood modeling.
He began his career working with Dr. Michael McCormick on the development of prototype wave energy conversion systems and wave energy dissipation buoy technologies, gaining early experience in coastal hydrodynamics, wave mechanics, and marine system design. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Coastal Engineering with a minor in Oceanography and has spent more than a decade applying those principles to real-world coastal challenges throughout Texas.
Over the course of his career, he has supported coastal resilience initiatives for municipalities, ports, state agencies, and federal partners, including shoreline stabilization projects, restoration programs, beneficial use of dredged material initiatives, and regional flood risk studies. His approach emphasizes practical engineering solutions that balance coastal processes, constructability, regulatory coordination, and long-term resilience.
Originally from Puerto Rico, Lhe developed a deep connection to the ocean at an early age. Growing up sailing and fishing in the Caribbean sparked his interest in coastal processes and ultimately led him to pursue a career in coastal engineering. That connection to the water continues to shape his professional work and fuels a passion for protecting and restoring coastal environments for future generations.
Technical advisory, planning, design, and implementation support for coastal resilience, restoration, and shoreline infrastructure projects.