Tag: Network for Engineering With Nature

  • Join the N-EWN team in Central Michigan!

    Join the N-EWN team in Central Michigan!

    Check out these two new N-EWN related positions: PhD Position in Ecosystem Services of Managed Wetlands Central Michigan UniversityEarth and Ecosystem Science Program, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI We are seeking a Ph.D. student to quantify the ecosystem services provided by managed wetlands in Michigan. Specifically, the student will monitor hydrology, water quality, and…

  • EWN Podcast S5 E8 – Visionary Ideas for Restoring America’s Estuaries

    EWN Podcast S5 E8 – Visionary Ideas for Restoring America’s Estuaries

    Over 40% of Americans—that’s 130 million people—live along the coasts of the United States. That high concentration of people is putting a lot of pressure on sensitive coastal ecosystems. Host Sarah Thorne and Jeff King, the new National Lead of the Engineering With Nature® Program, are joined by Daniel Hayden, President and CEO of Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE).…

  • March 2023 Knowledge Series: The Cold Region Frontiers Of Engineering With Nature

    March 2023 Knowledge Series: The Cold Region Frontiers Of Engineering With Nature

    Lauren Bosche, CRREL When you think of Engineering With Nature, you may picture a beach nourishment project along the Gulf Coast, or a dredged material project exploring beneficial use of the material on the Mississippi River. But EWN in cold regions – above the Arctic Circle? Maybe it is still hard to picture that. Yet…

  • EWN Podcast: Celebrating the 30-Year USACE Career of Todd Bridges

    EWN Podcast: Celebrating the 30-Year USACE Career of Todd Bridges

    This very special episode of the EWN Podcast features Todd Bridges, Founder and National Lead of the Engineering With Nature Program. We’re celebrating his 30-year career and retirement from the US Army Corps of Engineers (on February 28, 2023), and discussing his visionary leadership of EWN and what’s up next for him. Give it a…

  • February 2023 Knowledge Series: A Work in Progress: Adapting to Climate impacts in San Francisco Bay using Engineering With Nature

    February 2023 Knowledge Series: A Work in Progress: Adapting to Climate impacts in San Francisco Bay using Engineering With Nature

    Julie R. Beagle, Environmental Planning Section Chief and Engineering With Nature Program Manager, USACE Julie Beagle, Environmental Planning Section Chief and Engineering With Nature Program Manager, outlines the reasons EWN is critical as an approach in the San Francisco Bay Area, and describes some successes, challenges, and paths forward as the USACE embraces Engineering With…

  • Don’t miss out! Upcoming N-EWN Events & Media

    Don’t miss out! Upcoming N-EWN Events & Media

    Live Lecture: Engineering the Nature of Change TONIGHT 7 FEB, 6:30 PM CT The first lecture in this five-part series features Dr. Todd Bridges, National Lead for USACE Engineering With Nature®. Dr. Bridges will speak about Innovating for a More Resilient and Sustainable Future. The series is one of only two Presidential Dream Courses held by…

  • January 2023 Knowledge Series: Application of Natural & Nature-Based Features in Channel Stabilization

    January 2023 Knowledge Series: Application of Natural & Nature-Based Features in Channel Stabilization

    David Biedenharn, Research Hydraulic Engineer, USACE Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC) Guest speaker Dr. David Biedenharn is a professional engineer with over forty years of experience in hydraulics, river engineering, sedimentation, channel restoration, and fluvial geomorphology. He is presently a Research Hydraulic Engineer with the USACE Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC). He has been a leader in advancing…

  • Use of Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems

    Use of Natural and Nature-Based Features in Estuarine Systems

    At the 11th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and Management, a N-EWN team, including Amanda Tritinger, Jeff King (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), Matthew Bilskie (University of Georgia, IRIS), and Justin Ehrenwerth (the Water Institute of the Gulf) hosted a short course on Engineering With Nature practices. The full day workshop included over…

  • December 2022 Knowledge Series: Dam Removal Prioritization with Multiple Objectives

    December 2022 Knowledge Series: Dam Removal Prioritization with Multiple Objectives

    Laura Naslund, PhD candidate, University of Georgia Guest speaker Laura Catherine Naslund is a PhD candidate in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. Her current research examines the contribution of small dams and their reservoirs to greenhouse gas emissions from freshwaters. Proactive and transparent decision making about the long-term management of dams is critical…

  • Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management

    Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management

    The N-EWN People and Policy team, which consists of representatives from the University of Georgia and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently published a new paper in the Journal of American Water Resources, titles, “Operationalizing equity for integrated water resources management.” Abstract: Advancing social equity has been implicitly and explicitly central to water resources policy…