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Charles van Rees provides entomological expertise for N-EWN Nature At Work Series
IRIS affiliate and Odum School of Ecology research scientist Charles Van Rees recently provided expertise on periodical cicadas for the Network for Engineering With Nature’s “Nature At Work” series. Van Rees described the life cycle and population strategy of these interesting insects, which evade predator life cycles by emerging en masse every 13 or 17 years. 2024 is a special…
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ERDC publication explores how natural infrastructure projects can prioritize human wellbeing
In a new paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, authors from the U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC) explore the psychological, physiological, medical, and social benefits to humans of exposure to nature, and how natural infrastructure (NI) projects can take these into account to continue to deliver those benefits. The author team includes IRIS PhD student Elissa…
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CITRA Student Austin Ramirez at the 2024 Southeast ASCE Student Symposium
Originally published here by the Compound Inundation Team for Resilient Applications. This past March, CITRA team member, Austin Ramirez Pineda, and the University of Georgia’s American Society of Civil Engineering chapter attended the 2024 Southeast ASCE Student Symposium hosted by the University of Central Florida. 19 universities such as Kennesaw State University, University of Florida, and University of Puerto Rico…
