Tag: Natural infrastructure

  • Marshall Shepherd provides expertise on changing hurricane seasons- and what they mean for communities.

    Marshall Shepherd provides expertise on changing hurricane seasons- and what they mean for communities.

    In a special edition of the Network for Engineering With Nature’s (N-EWN) Nature at Work series, Dr. Marshall Shepherd of UGA Geography provided expertise on hurricanes and the impact of a changing hurricane season on coastal communities. Shepherd is a Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences and an accomplished meteorologist. On […]

  • Join us for an upcoming defense: Oscar Villegas Gutierrez

    Join us for an upcoming defense: Oscar Villegas Gutierrez

    Join us on Thursday, July 11 for IRIS graduate student Oscar Villegas Gutierrez’s thesis defense, “Comparative analysis of estimated longshore sediment transport rates with river and dredging fluxes in the Savannah Harbor.” Abstract: The determination of the relative contributions of inland and marine sources of sediment is essential for accurately predicting and managing sedimentation in […]

  • First Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellow Defends Thesis

    First Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellow Defends Thesis

    We’re very excited to announce that Madlyn Carpenter will defend her Master’s thesis on Monday, July 8th. Madlyn is part of the Natural Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship, an educational initiative formed by the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) at the University of Georgia and Ducks Unlimited. Graduate students in this program conduct practice-oriented and basic […]