Redefining infrastructure for a more resilient world.
At the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS), we’re using our expertise to build a more resilient planet.
Our affiliates come from every corner of The University of Georgia and beyond, and our interdisciplinary array of projects shows it. Below, you can get to know IRIS-related work in two different ways, either through our broad-focus topics or the fine details.
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news about our work
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Natural Infrastructure Fellows attend Ducks Unlimited National Engineering Meeting
As part of the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS)’ commitment to providing educational opportunities grounded in the real world, we partnered with Ducks Unlimited (DU) to create the Natural Infrastructure (NI) Fellowship. The NI Fellowship offers funded graduate fellowships for Masters students across the fields of engineering and environmental science. Real world learning means…
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Community science and small sensors have the potential for big impact in San Juan, Puerto Rico
An upcoming NSF-funded research project will show that small, cheap sensors can have a big impact: gathering information to allow more accurate flood modeling. Small sensors, that is, and the hard work of many dedicated researchers and community members. The project is based in Puerto Rico’s capital of San Juan, an area that has historically…
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Modeling levee setbacks to help communities along the Missouri River
Two counties along the Missouri River are taking action to help protect communities from flooding both up and down-river using levee setbacks. Nemaha County, Nebraska and Atchison County, Missouri, are working with the Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, and Nebraska…
