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Save the Date: IRIS to host AEES 2025
The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems will host the next annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society next spring in Athens, Georgia. The event, which will be the 25th anniversary of this meeting, will be returning to Athens after the inaugural conference was first held there in 2001. Mark your calendar for May 28-30, […]
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IRIS Students Shine at River Basin Center’s Confluence Poster Contest
On Friday, October 18, the UGA River Basin Center hosted their second annual water science & policy poster contest. The symposium, titled “Confluence,” brought together graduate students and interested faculty from all walks– or swims– of life: ecologists, engineers, landscape designers, anthropologists and more were able to explore and engage with over 30 posters. To […]
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Fear and hope at the heart of new IRIS publication: Innovating Through Nature-Positive Engineering
For centuries, Western civilization has engineered infrastructure that contains and controls nature. In a recent article, IRIS researchers argue that this dated perspective has gotten us into trouble. In order to survive and hopefully thrive through the many challenges modern society faces, we must work with nature. The article, “Innovating through Nature-Positive Engineering: How Can […]
