NEWS
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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…
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“The Case for the Science Popularizer,” a new article by Marshall Shepherd
Dr. Marshall Shepherd has many titles: Associate Director of Climate Science and Outreach, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor, Director of Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia. He has also garnered many accolades over the years, including election to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and…
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Join us for an upcoming defense: Oscar Villegas Gutierrez
Join us on Thursday, July 11 for IRIS graduate student Oscar Villegas Gutierrez’s thesis defense, “Comparative analysis of estimated longshore sediment transport rates with river and dredging fluxes in the Savannah Harbor.” Abstract: The determination of the relative contributions of inland and marine sources of sediment is essential for accurately…
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Q&A with IRIS Alum Anastasia Klosterman
Anastasia Klosterman was a graduate student under Dr. Brock Woodson, where she received her Master’s degree as part of the COBIA lab. Now, she’s working for the engineering firm Burns and McDonnell, helping to facilitate the implementation of electric vehicles in Georgia. Recently, she was selected for the second time…
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First Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellow Defends Thesis
We’re very excited to announce that Madlyn Carpenter will defend her Master’s thesis on Monday, July 8th. Madlyn is part of the Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship, an educational initiative formed by the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) at the University of Georgia and Ducks Unlimited. Graduate students in this…
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Progressing Practice at the WEDA Short Course
This past week, the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) partnered with the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) to host a short course at the 2024 Dredging Summit & Expo in Tampa, Florida. The short course, Nature-based Solutions Engineering and Construction, was organized by UGA’s Todd Bridges, as well as Jeff…
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New publication finds positive relationships between biodiversity and green infrastructure in coastal Georgia
In a new study in Conservation Biology, researchers from UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems, the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, and East Carolina University explore the relationship between infrastructure development and coastal biodiversity to predict changes in biodiversity under different infrastructure scenarios. Natural or “green” infrastructure uses natural processes…
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COAST lab continues monitoring of Jekyll Island
If you were enjoying a beach day at Jekyll Island, GA this month, you might have seen some of our researchers out and about! The Coastal Ocean Analysis and Simulation Team (COAST) recently headed out to continue their quarterly survey to understand how the beach and dunes recover from storm events. The…
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IRIS affiliates attend the 2024 International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology
Dr. Alysha Helmrich, Negin Shamsi (PhD Student), and Swagato Ankon (MS Student) attended the 2024 International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology this June in Baltimore, Maryland to present their work on de-centralization or centralization in infrastructure for resilience, infrastructure interdependencies, and alternative data for flood monitoring, respectively. Helmrich also served…
