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Don’t Look Up! N-EWN Member Marshall Shepherd Consulted on Hit Movie
While many viewers tuned into “Don’t Look Up!” for an entertaining evening of watching a disaster flick, the movie had a secret agenda: unpacking the challenges and dangers that climate change poses. N-EWN member, Dr. Marshall Shepherd, was one of a team of scientists consulted after the making of the film, as they built their…
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N-EWN Member Andressa Mansur Publishes On Integrating Multiple Values into Urban Management
Dr. Andressa Mansur (N-EWN Post-doctoral researcher at University of Georgia) recently published a new paper titled, “Nature futures for the urban century: Integrating multiple values into urban management,” in the journal Environmental Science and Policy. The research delves into the need to balance preserving natural systems with rapid urbanization, and creates a framework for planning…
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Join us this week for the The N-EWN Knowledge Series! Thursday at 12:30 EST
The Network for Engineering with Nature (N-EWN) invites you to join us for The N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature. The next webinar will be held on Thursday, February 17th at 12:30 EST. Technically sound, efficient and applicable methods are needed to track natural infrastructure performance over time, develop the…
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N-EWN member Jeb Byers Elected to Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
James E. (Jeb) Byers, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Ecology, was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor given to individuals who have made significant contributions to their field. Byers received this award for his, “distinguished contributions to the field of ecology, particularly in invasion…
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N-EWN Biodiversity Retreat
This week, members of the Network for Engineering With Nature from both the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems and USACE Engineering With Nature met at Amicalola Falls State Park for a discussion on the best ways to prioritize biodiversity in infrastructure planning. The interdisciplinary group included engineers, biologists, landscape architects, and ecologists, among others. Scroll…
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Upcoming N-EWN Continuing Education Webinar – January 20th
The Network for Engineering with Nature (N-EWN) invites you to join us for The N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature. The next webinar will be held on Thursday, January 20th at 12:30 EST. Todd Swannack will discuss capturing and quantifying the multi-scale benefits of natural and nature-based features. Natural and…
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What is Infrastructure?
Head over to our partners at the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems to learn about how natural systems can be included in the definition of infrastructure. We’ve broadened the definition to include the natural systems that help support our society by transporting and purifying drinking water, absorbing run off, preventing erosion and absorbing carbon dioxide–to…
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Join the N-EWN team! Post-doctoral positions available.
Modeling and Monitoring Position https://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/222002 The College of Engineering wishes to appoint a Post-Doctoral Scholar to work on a grant funded research project: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Engineering with Nature Initiative for a period of 1 year with additional employment dependent on the needs of the project. In this role they will be…
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Latest EWN podcast is out! Featuring N-EWN graduate students
These students represent three of the academic institutions associated with the Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) initiated in October of 2020. Education and research are at the heart of the N-EWN. In this episode, we discuss the journeys of Matt, Justine, and Joseph–how they got interested in environmental science, engineering, natural infrastructure, EWN, and…
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Brian Bledsoe and Don Nelson Explore the Important of Taking Cues from Nature
“Infrastructure must become more resilient as the global climate changes and also more affordable in the economic and political context of a post-COVID world. We can solve this dual challenge and drive global infrastructure investment into a more sustainable direction by taking our cues from Nature,” write Brian Bledsoe and Don Nelson, along with several…