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IRIS Graduate Ada Chimsulukeme awarded WEDA Fellowship
Congratulations to one of our most recent grads, Ada Agbogu Chimzulukeme on being awarded a Western Dredging Association Fellowship! WEDA Fellows work to assist WEDA members and commissions in their goal of being the center of dredging excellence. Ada graduated with a master’s in Civil and Environmental Engineering with emphasis in environment and water systems in December 2025. She holds a…
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Charting the path to a greener world: Past, present, and future for Nature-based design standards
In a new publication from ASCE Open, the multidisciplinary journal of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a team of experts from across academic, government, industry and nonprofit organizations are calling for a better future for natural infrastructure. Nature-Based Design Standards: Past, Present, and Future argues that the challenge isn’t knowledge–it’s organization. While teams around the world are researching nature-based…
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UGA teams up with Georgia Tech to restore state’s coastlines
Three University of Georgia research faculty are working with a team from Georgia Tech on a coastline restoration project that is supported by nearly $1 million from the National Coastal Resilience Fund, operated by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). This marks the second NFWF grant awarded to the research team. In 2024, NFWF also provided nearly $1 million…
