Tag: Network for Engineering With Nature
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Join us for the latest N-EWN Knowledge series with Laura Naslund!
N-EWN Knowledge Series: https://limno.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fe7hnfnSS5CvbiTpADWmXA The next Knowledge Series lecture is on December 15 at 12:30 ET. Laura Naslund, UGA, will address Dam Removal Prioritization with Multiple Objectives. Proactive and transparent decision making about the long-term management of dams is critical for successfully managing this aging infrastructure and presents an opportunity to apply Engineering with Nature principles…
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Measuring What Matters: Towards a More Comprehensive and Equitable Evaluation of Benefits
Pictured above, Scott Pippin (second from the left) discusses promoting NBS by improving how we assess the benefits of infrastructure investments at the Measuring What Matters Summit in Washington D.C. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature® Program and The Water Institute of the Gulf, will…
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Researcher feature: Charles Van Rees
N-EWN researcher Charles Van Rees was recently featured in an article by the Odum School of Ecology. In the article, he speaks specifically to the power of interdisciplinary research: “We sit there and try to communicate across huge differences in expertise, professional culture and vocabulary, and then we write cool interdisciplinary papers that bring all…
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November 2022 Knowledge Series: EWN Activities on Upper Mississippi River
Eddie Brauer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District Eddie Brauer is a senior hydraulic engineer in the USACE St. Louis District (MVS) and regional technical specialist in river engineering for the Mississippi Valley Division. He has 19 years of project experience, which includes navigation; environmental restoration; research on river training structures, including physical effects and environmental impacts; sediment…
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N-EWN in the Whitehouse
The Network for Engineering With Nature has two exciting updates from the Whitehouse today! Accelerating Nature-Based Solutions Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineering With Nature® initiative provided input on a White House report released Tuesday. EWN National Lead Dr. Todd Bridges and EWN Program Manager Dr. Jeff King provided input to the…
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October 2022 Knowledge Series: Translating EWN Research into Practice: Levee Setbacks on the Lower Missouri River
Matt Chambers, University of Georgia Guest speaker Matt Chambers discusses modeling studies that he and his colleagues have performed which suggest significant hydraulic benefits in idealized streams and on the Wabash River. This research is being translated into practice on the Lower Missouri River in partnership with the USACE Omaha District, ERDC, and local levee district managers.…
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Rainwater Harvesting with Cisterns
Whether it’s at the turn of a faucet or a bucket from the well, every person in the world relies on having clean water. In Ceará, Brazil, where water scarcity is an issue, communities rely on collected rainfall in cisterns to ensure that they have access to water through the year. Cydney Seigerman, a PhD…
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September 2022 Knowledge Series: Opportunities for Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) in Unique Island Contexts: Puerto Rico
Dave Hampton, LimnoTech and Burton Suedel, ERDC-EL Our guest speakers will present EWN® highlights from the March 2022 symposium: Basin Sediment Management for Unique Island Topography: From Mountain to Estuary, featuring lessons learned from site visits throughout the Añasco River watershed and exploring exciting opportunities for green infrastructure (GI), Low Impact Development (LID) and tropical island…
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July 2022 Knowledge Series: Consideration of Natural Infrastructure for Flood Hazard Reduction: in a numerical modeling framework
Matthew Bilskie, University of Georgia Using science and engineering to produce operational efficiencies, using natural processes to maximize benefit, increasing the value provided by projects to include social, environmental and economic benefits, using collaborative processes to organize, engage and focus interests, stakeholders and partners. Watch the recording here. The N-EWN Knowledge Series offers 1 Continuing…
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Progress and Hope at the UGA and ERDC In-Person Workshop
Last week, we had our first in-person meeting for the Network for Engineering With Nature UGA-ERDC crew since COVID-19 shut down travel in 2019. Throughout our two days in Athens, Georgia, we heard from each research team, learned about how their work has evolved over time, and brainstormed about how we can continue to accelerate…