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Make a Dam Decision: Facilitating Dam Removals Through New Multiple-Criteria Decision Analysis Tool
Originally published here by the Network for Engineering With Nature. Dams across the United States are aging, with the cost to repair or remove all known deficient non-federal dams estimated at over $1.5 billion. Even for functioning dams, there may still be a number of reasons to remove them, from emissions reduction to flood risk […]
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A Bright Future Ahead for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and IRIS Partnership
David Pittman, Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and Director of Research and Development of the U.S. Army Corps comes to Athens ATHENS, GA – Earlier this month, the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) at the University of Georgia welcomed David Pittman, Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and […]
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IRIS welcomes Dr. Steven Thur, NOAA, to discuss research and relationships
ATHENS, GA – The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems welcomed a special guest on Wednesday, August 21: NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Dr. Steven Thur. In this position, Dr. Thur oversees the foundational research that is key to understanding weather, climate, and marine and Great Lakes ecosystems. Thur’s focus is on applying […]
