Tag: institute for resilient infrastructure systems

  • IRIS Graduate Ada Chimsulukeme awarded WEDA Fellowship

    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 […]

  • Charting the path to a greener world: Past, present, and future for Nature-based design standards

    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 […]

  • UGA teams up with Georgia Tech to restore state’s coastlines

    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 […]