NEWS
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Will Rogers visit to UGA
Recently, we were delighted to invite Will Rogers, the Senior Climate Advisor to the Secretary of the Army to the University of Georgia Campus in Athens, GA. During his visit to campus, Rogers met with IRIS researchers and other senior members at the University, and gave a talk titled “Strengthening…
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New Project Highlight: Improving Federal Regulations to Promote Levee Setbacks
Late last year, the Corps published a proposal to revise its regulations governing implementation of PL 84-99. We saw this as a prime opportunity to push for policy changes that will enhance the Corps’ analysis and implementation of levee setbacks. Our comments are detailed but boil down to one simple…
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New Publication: Disasters collide at the intersection of extreme weather and infectious diseases
In a new publication, IRIS researchers Brian Bledsoe, Marshall Shepherd, and Meredith Welch-Devine examined the additive impacts of extreme weather events, like hurricanes, and infectious disease. Check out the abstract below: It is well understood that natural disasters interact to affect the resilience and prosperity of communities and disproportionately affect…
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Examining the tradeoffs between density and green space in urban neighborhoods
Scientists are increasingly finding evidence of the importance of having green space, like parks and greenways, in urban environments. But cities also need to be able to accommodate plenty of people. In a paper recently published by IRIS affiliate Andressa Mansur, alongside lead scientist for nature-based solutions, Robert McDonald, at…
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Meet our Ducks Unlimited Fellows: a Q&A with Stevens Charles
Tell us about yourself: Where did you grow up? Where did you go to school? My name is Stevens Charles and I was born in Port-au-Prince Haiti. I moved to Jacksonville at the age of two and went to Florida International University. How’d you become interested in resilient infrastructure? My…
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Dr. Matt Bilskie awarded funding through U.S. Coastal Research Program
We’re very excited to announce our involvement in a new initiative meant to improve the resilience of coastal communities! IRIS affiliate Dr. Matt Bilskie recently was awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant as part of a total of $3.9 million in funding meant to help…
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IRIS and ERDC Strategic Planning Visit
Today, we welcomed leaders and researchers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research Development Center, to the University of Georgia campus in order to celebrate our long history of successful research as partners, and to plan for an exciting future. Dr. Jack Hu, Senior Vice President for Academic…
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New Graduate Assistantship Opportunities
Ph.D. Student Assistantship in Estuarine Hydrodynamics Position Description: The University of Georgia (UGA) School of Environmental, Civil, Agriculture, and Mechanical Engineering (https://engineering.uga.edu/schools/ecam) is seeking a highly-motivated Ph.D. student to begin Fall 2023. The graduate student will work under Dr. Matthew Bilskie and be part of the Coastal Ocean Analysis and Simulation…
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Engineering with Nature to Face Down Hurricane Hazards
As coastal communities grow and severe weather events intensify, there is a growing need for information about the best ways to keep towns and cities safe. However, a lack of monitoring information about the protection provided by natural infrastructure, like berms and dunes, has limited managers’ ability to use them…
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New article: Benefit-Cost Analysis of Green Infrastructure Investments: Application to Small Urban Projects in Hinesville, GA
Is there an economic benefit to implementing small-scale natural infrastructure projects in urban areas? IRIS researchers Scott Pippin, Craig Landry and Mohammadreza Zarei addressed that question in their recent publication, “Benefit-Cost Analysis of Green Infrastructure Investments: Application to Small Urban Projects in Hinesville, GA.” Hinesville made the perfect case study,…
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Use of Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems
At the 11th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and Management, a N-EWN team, including Amanda Tritinger, Jeff King (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), Matthew Bilskie (University of Georgia, IRIS), and Justin Ehrenwerth (the Water Institute of the Gulf) hosted a short course on Engineering With Nature practices. The…
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What it means to be a researcher: water science and community connections in rural Brazil
Story by Olivia Allen. Photos and captions provided by Cydney Seigerman. Originally posted to the River Basin Center website Plenty of scientists leave their comfort zone for research, but few relocate to another continent—N-EWN member and anthropology graduate student Cydney Seigerman has done it twice. In 2014, they worked as a…
