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New publication simplifies compound flood modeling for resilience applications
In a new paper published last month in AGU’s Water Resources Research, IRIS affiliates Felix Santiago-Collazo, Matt Bilskie and experts from Louisiana State University describe how they attempted to make compound flooding easier to understand. Instead of creating a large framework that accounts for any number of the small factors…
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IRIS Affiliate Marshall Shepherd to Serve as Panelist at NAS State of Science
On June 26th, 2024 in Washington D.C., the National Academy of Science will host the first State of Science address, where experts from around the country will address national science and policy in relation to economics, security, public health and well-being. We’re proud to announce that Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia…
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UGA Research Feature: For the love of salt marshes: Michelle Covi fights for coastal resiliency
In a new research profile by UGA Research News, Michelle Covi explains what led her to a lifelong career advocating for salt marshes. Covi is the coastal resilience liaison for Department of Defense under UGA’s Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. Covi is an incredibly active member of UGA’s campus,…
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Urban Morphology: Buildings, Streets, and the People In Between on the Resilient Futures Podcast
This month, our host Alysha Helmrich and her guest Lynn Abdouni are coming to you live from halfway across the world. Listen here. This pair of UGA engineering professors recently visited Doha, Qatar for a meeting about the Proactive Resilience Plan (PReP), a collaboration between UGA, Texas A&M, and the…
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UGA College of Engineering: Convergence and collaboration to achieve circularity
Originally published here by the University of Georgia College of Engineering. Research collaboration between the University of Georgia and University of Pittsburgh move to the next phase of their $5 million NSF Convergence Accelerator Project The linear consumption model of raw material extraction, production, use, and disposal dominates the global…
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UGA Today: People are altering decomposition rates in waterways
Dr. Krista Capps was recently featured by UGA Today for her work exploring decomposition rates in rivers around the world. In a recent paper, Capps and collaborators at UGA, Oakland University and Kent State University collected field data from over 150 researchers in 40 countries, putting together an evaluation that…
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CITRA Graduate Students Present at the 2024 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Milwaukee, WI
Originally published here by the Compound Inundation Team for Resilient Applications Graduate students Marco Garcia, Dennis Granados, and Stevens Charles presented their research at the 2024 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, between May 19th and 22nd. The conference was held by the Environmental & Water Resources Institute…
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Managing the ebb & flow of the I-85 corridor
The University of Georgia Office of Research recently featured research surrounding water quality and supply in the Interstate 85 corridor, a region that stretches from Alabama to Virginia and crosses two of the South’s largest urban centers, Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC. This work, a collaborative effort between the Institute…
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Marshall Shepherd provides expertise on extreme heat threats
Dr. Marshall Shepherd, director of the University of Georgia’s atmospheric sciences program, was quoted by The Guardian in a new article about the extreme heat threats facing Americans this summer. The article reviews the looming threat of major summer heatwaves, from the arid southwest U.S. to the humid Atlantic coast.…
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IRIS affiliate Matt Bilskie examines the gaps in the natural infrastructure research and implementation
In a recent literature review, IRIS affiliate Dr. Matthew Bilskie and a team of colleagues from universities around the country investigated the roadblocks and knowledge gaps in the pathway to natural infrastructure implementation. The analysis included 141 publications on natural infrastructure for coastal flood mitigation. Most of the studies (61%)…
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Join us for the Nature Based Solutions WEDA Short Course!
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) is excited to host their 2024 Dredging Summit & Expo in Tampa, Florida, an event that will include technical panels, over 110 exhibitors, and a number of short courses. One of these short courses is being organized by UGA’s Todd Bridges, as well as Jeff…
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Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship students shine at Ducks Unlimited National Convention
This week, Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS)’ Natural Infrastructure Fellows Stevens Charles and Madlyn Carpenter attended the 87th Ducks Unlimited National Convention, where they each stepped onto the main stage to participate in a Q&A session during the Business Session on Saturday, as well as giving research presentations to the Conservation Programs Committee…
