NEWS
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Student project tackles coastal flooding on Sapelo Island
Originally published here by the UGA College of Engineering. Written by Hayley Clement. UGA Emergency Preparedness, Marine Institute partner with College of Engineering for hands-on learning Students in the College of Engineering collaborated with the UGA Office of Emergency Preparedness and Insurance & Claims Management (OEP/ICM) and the UGA Marine Institute…
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What does resilience look like halfway around the world? Urban infrastructure researchers Alysha Helmrich and Lynn Abdouni explore resilience planning in Doha, Qatar
The concept of resilience can be slippery. Is it about longevity, flexibility, adaptivity? All of the above? Resilience has different definitions across disciplines, space, and time, and researchers at IRIS are figuring out the shape that resilience takes in a new project based over 7000 miles away. This summer, urban…
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Todd Bridges inducted as Distinguished Civilian Employee by USACE ERDC’s Waterways Experiment Station
VICKSBURG, MS – Dr. Todd S. Bridges has spent decades working on new ideas, and after a 31-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), he isn’t slowing down just yet. Bridges “retired” last year as a full-time Professor of Practice with the University of Georgia Institute for…
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The American Society of Civil Engineers endorses the use of nature-based solutions as crucial tool in combatting climate change in new policy statement
In a recent policy statement, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) endorsed the use of nature-based solutions (NbS) as a crucial tool for addressing the threat of climate change and bolstering community and ecological resilience. ASCE’s recognition of NbS as a crucial tool in future infrastructure projects is an…
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IRIS researchers co-produce online training on ecological stream mitigation practices for wetland managers
In collaboration with the National Association of Wetland Managers (NAWM), IRIS Director Dr. Brian Bledsoe and alum Dr. Holly Yaryan Hall recently introduced an online training series for aquatic resources staff on compensatory stream mitigation projects. The training was funded through a cooperative agreement with U.S. EPA Region 4 (Southeast)…
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Restoring Mannington Meadows: Wetland researchers take a field trip to New Jersey
Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources professor Rhett Jackson and Ducks Unlimited Natural Infrastructure Fellow Nicholas Austin joined representatives from Ducks Unlimited, USACE, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), USFWS, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, New Jersey Conservation Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Conserve Wildlife NJ, and NOAA on Monday,…
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Bringing resilience home: doctoral student Luciana Iannone Tarcha begins project to install flood sensors in São Paulo, Brazil
How far would you move for a job you’re passionate about? Doctoral student Luciana Iannone Tarcha moved fields–and continents–to study flooding, a major problem in her home state of São Paulo, Brazil. With her latest project, she hopes to bring the technology she’s working with back to where her career…
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Pictures from UGA Engineering Boot Camp: Teaching Hydrology… with Legos.
This summer, a group of incoming undergrads attended Discovering Engineering at UGA Boot Camp, taking classes and visiting labs across the UGA College of Engineering to get ready for their first year as Engineering Dawgs! The Compound Inundation Team for Resilience Applications (CITRA) lab, including Dr. Felix Santiago-Collazo, graduate students…
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NOAA recommends collaborative oyster reef restoration project for funding
ATHENS, GA – A new project seeks to join Sapelo Island’s Saltwater Geechee community and public entities in a collaborative effort to reduce flooding through oyster reef restoration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association recommended the project, which is a collaboration between the University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure…
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IRIS introduces flagship Graduate Certificate in Natural Infrastructure
We’re very excited to announce the launch of our new Natural Infrastructure Graduate Certificate, which will help train the workforce the world needs to tackle tomorrow’s complex climate and infrastructure problems. The certificate, which will be available this fall through the University of Georgia’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, aims…
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IRIS hosts a Young Scholar Program student for the summer
Meet one of our summer interns, Miller Cooper! Cooper, a rising junior at Athens Academy, joined Dr. Felix Santiago-Collazo’s Compound Inundation Team for Resilient Applications (CITRA) Lab this summer for the Young Scholars Program (YSP) at UGA. Cooper has always enjoyed learning about STEM in school, and applied for the…
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Marshall Shepherd provides expertise on changing hurricane seasons- and what they mean for communities.
In a special edition of the Network for Engineering With Nature’s (N-EWN) Nature at Work series, Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA Geography provided expertise on hurricanes and the impact of a changing hurricane season on coastal communities. Shepherd is a Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences…
