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What does resilience look like halfway around the world? Urban infrastructure researchers Alysha Helmrich and Lynn Abdouni explore resilience planning in Doha, Qatar
The concept of resilience can be slippery. Is it about longevity, flexibility, adaptivity? All of the above? Resilience has different definitions across disciplines, space, and time, and researchers at IRIS are figuring out the shape that resilience takes in a new project based over 7000 miles away. This summer, urban infrastructure researchers Alysha Helmrich and […]
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Todd Bridges inducted as Distinguished Civilian Employee by USACE ERDC’s Waterways Experiment Station
VICKSBURG, MS – Dr. Todd S. Bridges has spent decades working on new ideas, and after a 31-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), he isn’t slowing down just yet. Bridges “retired” last year as a full-time Professor of Practice with the University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (UGA IRIS), […]
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The American Society of Civil Engineers endorses the use of nature-based solutions as crucial tool in combatting climate change in new policy statement
In a recent policy statement, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) endorsed the use of nature-based solutions (NbS) as a crucial tool for addressing the threat of climate change and bolstering community and ecological resilience. ASCE’s recognition of NbS as a crucial tool in future infrastructure projects is an important step toward accelerating global […]
