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Capstone program spans the bridge between learning and real-world problems
IRIS Affiliate Stephen Durham, the assistant dean for student success and outreach at the University of Georgia’s College of Engineering, spoke to the efficacy of the UGA College of Engineering Capstone program in a recent article on the College of Engineering’s webpage. The capstone gives students real world experience in tackling engineering problems. “From the […]
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University Units Collaborate to Host Climate and Water Research Slam
Great minds don’t necessarily think alike—and our friends at the River Basin Center feel that’s valuable. That’s why they partnered with The Office of Sustainability and the Georgia Initiative for Climate and Society to host the Climate and Water Research Slam on May 12, 1 to 5 p.m. Twenty-two speakers—including lawyers, engineers, ecologists and social […]
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Predicting Uncertainty: IRIS researchers develop models to more accurately predict and map flood zones
Flooding in urban areas cost Americans over $106 billion dollars from 1960 through 2016 in damage, and took lives and livelihoods. Predicting which areas are most likely to flood amid changing land use and rainfall can be expensive and complicated—and past methods of drawing flood maps fail to capture the inherent uncertainty in flood predictions. […]
