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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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Two engineering students to defend masters theses next week!
Next week is an exciting one here at IRIS, with two students defending their Masters theses! Check them out: ⎯ “Redefining the Bounds of approximations to the Sant-Venant Equations for Overland and Riverine Flows in Compound Flood Simulations” Logan Bayer, MS candidate in Engineering, Emphasis in Environmental Engineering Date: Wednesday, October 30, 8:30amLocation: I-STEM 2 […]
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Learn about compound flooding with Weather Geeks
What is compound flooding and what does it have to do with Hurricane Helene? Learn all about it on the recent Weather Geeks podcast, where IRIS affiliate Matt Bilskie, whose research centers on modeling flood events on the coast, was interviewed about his work by Marshall Shepherd, the IRIS Climate and Outreach Director and Georgia […]
