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Ram Mohan, Anchor QEA, joins UGA IRIS as Professor of Practice
Originally published here by the UGA Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems. We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our new Professor of Practice at IRIS, Dr. Ram Mohan! A fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Dr. Mohan will establish and lead the Sustainable Sediment Management Hub at IRIS. He joins us as…
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HDR Joins Network for Engineering With Nature to Advance Infrastructure Solutions
This article was originally published here by HDR. HDR has strengthened its commitment to creating a resilient future by joining Network for Engineering With Nature, a community of researchers, practitioners and educators that fosters the integration of natural systems into infrastructure planning and design. “We strive to design sustainable, resilient and equitable projects at HDR,”…
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Identifying Pathways to Match Dredged Material with Drowning Marshes
Originally published here by the NOAA National Centers for Coastal and Ocean Science (NCCOS). For many coastal communities, marshes help reduce coastal flooding by absorbing wave energy and water, protecting inland infrastructure. Coastal marshes build up elevation by trapping sediment that is brought in by ocean tides. As sea levels continue to rise, intertidal marshes…
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Partners begin beta test of GIS tool for the Beneficial Use of Dredged Material
Every year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston, TX District dredges 30 to 40 million cubic yards of sediment from federally maintained navigation channels in Texas. USACE has teamed up with coastal design firm Anchor QEA, conservation leader Ducks Unlimited, and the Texas Department of Transportation to create a Beneficial Use of Dredged…
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Todd Bridges to discuss resilience and sustainability at Dalton State College
Join Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful (KDWB) on Thursday, September 12 for a talk by Dr. Todd Bridges, Professor of Practice at UGA’s Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and founder of USACE’s Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) program. The talk, titled “Building Resilience for the People and the Planet,” will discuss how innovative nature-based solutions can directly benefit communities. In response to…
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Meeting Notes: August N-EWN Partners Meeting
Each month, the N-EWN partners gather together to share updates on their work in and outside the Network. Meetings begin with a speaker or two from one of our partners to discuss their ongoing work, and then we hold a discussion period to ask questions about the presentation and share ideas with each other. This…
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Tyndall Air Force Base Resilience Program receives Presidential Sustainability Award
Congratulations to the Tyndall Air Force Base Coastal Resilience Program, which recently received a Presidential Federal Sustainability Award. These awards recognize “federal agencies and employees who have made transformational efforts to advance sustainability and climate resilience and lead by example to deliver on President Biden’s goal to slash emissions from federal operations.” Awardees were selected…
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Todd Bridges inducted as Distinguished Civilian Employee by USACE ERDC’s Waterways Experiment Station
Originally published here by the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems. 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…
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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 adoption:…
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This week: New N-EWN Knowledge Series
Join us this Thursday, August 15 at 12:30pm ET for the next N-EWN Knowledge Series: Living Breakwaters and Other Nature-Based Adaptation Projects. This talk will be given by Pippa Brashear, RLA, Resilience Principal at SCAPE Landscape Architecture DPC. Abstract: Widely considered a model for climate-adaptive nature-based infrastructure, Living Breakwaters is a $107 million project that…