Tag: institute for resilient infrastructure systems

  • New publication simplifies compound flood modeling for resilience applications

    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 that influence flooding events, the authors put together an inundation…

  • IRIS Affiliate Marshall Shepherd to Serve as Panelist at NAS State of Science

    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 Athletic Association Distinguished Professor and IRIS affiliate, will be part…

  • Urban Morphology: Buildings, Streets, and the People In Between on the Resilient Futures Podcast

    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 Qatar Foundation. During their trip, they took a moment to…