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Natural Infrastructure Fellows attend Ducks Unlimited National Engineering Meeting
As part of the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS)’ commitment to providing educational opportunities grounded in the real world, we partnered with Ducks Unlimited (DU) to create the Natural Infrastructure (NI) Fellowship. The NI Fellowship offers funded graduate fellowships for Masters students across the fields of engineering and environmental science. Real world learning means…
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Community science and small sensors have the potential for big impact in San Juan, Puerto Rico
An upcoming NSF-funded research project will show that small, cheap sensors can have a big impact: gathering information to allow more accurate flood modeling. Small sensors, that is, and the hard work of many dedicated researchers and community members. The project is based in Puerto Rico’s capital of San Juan, an area that has historically…
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Modeling levee setbacks to help communities along the Missouri River
Two counties along the Missouri River are taking action to help protect communities from flooding both up and down-river using levee setbacks. Nemaha County, Nebraska and Atchison County, Missouri, are working with the Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, and Nebraska…
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From concrete to migrating ducks: how recent Natural Infrastructure Fellow Stevens Charles found his way into the field
We spent time catching up with Stevens Charles, a recent graduate from the Natural Infrastructure Fellowship at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems at the University of Georgia! Charles graduated this past November and is now a water resources engineer at Jacobs Engineering Solutions in Jacksonville, Florida. The Natural Infrastructure Fellowship is a funded Master’s…
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: A Framework for Intertwined Infrastructure Systems
Resilient Futures fans- Say hello to our first podcast episode of 2025! This month’s guest is someone close to home for our team- meet Alysha’s PhD student, Negin Shamsi! Negin gives an overview of her first first-author publication, titled “Interdependency classification: a framework for infrastructure resilience.” Shamsi’s research focus is infrastructure and urban resilience. Infrastructure…
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IRIS Faculty seeking Postdoctoral Associates
Researchers at IRIS are always looking to add talent and new ideas to their teams, but you can only go to graduate school so many times… So if you’ve finished your time in grad school but want to stick around in an academic environment doing amazing resilience research, check out these postdoctoral opportunities! Risk and…
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Registration now open: The Sustainable Sediment Management Short Course, June 2025
Registration is now open for our 3.5-day course on Sustainable Sediment Management in Athens, Georgia – June 3rd – 6th, 2025, led by IRIS professors Ram Mohan, Brian Bledsoe and Todd Bridges. The short course will explore the principles and practices of sustainable sediment management in coastal and riverine contexts through in-depth presentations on concepts; engineering…
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We’re hiring Resilience Engineers!
IRIS is all about two things: creating resilient systems (of course) and bringing great people together. We’re seeking innovative, talented, collaborative individuals to add to our team- specifically, Resilience Engineers to work on research and implementation projects in the field of natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions. You’ll join an interdisciplinary team of engineers, hydrologists, ecologists,…
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Q&A with Jeb Byers: Mapping invasive species along global coastlines
Jeb Byers, a professor in the Odum School of Ecology, investigates invasive species, particularly along coastlines. His work has produced a heat map that indicates barriers to entry for potentially invasive species. (Photo by Chamberlain Smith) Originally published here by the University of Georgia Office of Research. Written by David Mitchell. Growing up in the…
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We’re hiring! Administrative and Financial Specialist
Are you looking for a new opportunity?Would you like to work with researchers from a multitude of disciplines?Do you color-code your spreadsheets? We’ve got the place for you. The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) is hiring an Administrative and Financial Specialist to work with our staff here in Athens, GA. Work includes coordination, organization…
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UGA Law School to host 37th Annual Red Clay Conference next week
Join the UGA School of Law next Friday, Feb. 7 for the 37th annual Red Clay Conference. This year’s theme is Grassroots Advocacy for People & Planet. Talks will be held from 9:00 to 1:15 in the Dean Rusk Center Larry Walker Room, with the event providing lunch to those who register in advance. Hear…
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Fighting fire with fire: How prescribed burns can help mitigate wildfire risks
A new study in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management indicates that prescribed burns could play a key role in mitigating risks of wildfire like those still active in Los Angeles, California. This photo of the Palisades Fire was taken from the Playa Vista neighborhood in western Los Angeles Jan. 7. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)…
