Tag: institute for resilient infrastructure systems

  • Coastal Georgia’s Natural Infrastructure Proving Grounds

    Coastal Georgia’s Natural Infrastructure Proving Grounds

    An interactive map of coastal Georgia showcasing the state’s natural proving grounds We’re proud to unveil our new Natural Infrastructure Proving Ground map, a StoryMap that highlights collaborative nature-based infrastructure projects around the state. View the full map here, or explore it below.

  • Notes from the field with graduate student Ada Chimzulukeme Agbogu

    Notes from the field with graduate student Ada Chimzulukeme Agbogu

    A search for challenging work drove me from my home country, Nigeria to the United States. I was admitted to the Environmental Engineering program at the University of Georgia as a masters student in 2020. A few months after I arrived at the department, I was placed in the Hunter Army Airfield project team. Since my bachelor’s degree program was…

  • Insurance company AXA XL visits UGA in the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration

    Insurance company AXA XL visits UGA in the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration

    With increasingly extreme weather, building resilient communities is a top priority across the nation. However, the factors that make a community or ecosystem resilient are often extremely complex, and require an interdisciplinary approach to understand and cultivate. Further, barriers like public perception of natural infrastructure, how city planners and practitioners value the co-benefits of natural infrastructure when planning, and policies…