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Written by Amanda Tritinger On July 13-15, 2021, 58 representatives from USACE HQ, 2 USACE Divisions, 14 USACE Districts, and USACE ERDCs’ Environmental (EL) and Coastal Hydraulics (CHL) Laboratories came together and participated in a virtual workshop on the beneficial use (BU) of dredged material. The workshop was co-hosted by Dr. Amanda Tritinger (ERDC-CHL) and…

N-EWN researchers Dr. Matt Bilskie (Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering, University of Georgia) and Dr. Amanda Tritinger (Research Hydraulic Engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) and their team of collaborators set out to find out. It can be difficult to assess the real-world impacts of a natural infrastructure project, so the…

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 Tuesday, September 21 at 12:30 EST at which Brook Herman (PhD, USACE-ERDC) will be sharing about characterizing USACE EWN projects and progress on…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will hold a virtual international launch event with its partners on Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. CDT, to celebrate release of the seminal publication, International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) for Flood Risk Management. The new guidelines will inform strategies to reduce flood risk and improve…

Join N-EWN member Dr. Craig Landry for the Rational & Irrational Choice in Household Flood Risk Management webinar, hosted through the University of Waterloo. 21 Sept 2021, 1 pm Eastern Time Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WzpZ4RJvR6GNdT4HLqe7kA Topic: Rational & Irrational Choice in Household Flood Risk Management  Description:  Although flood insurance has been available for decades in the United States, many…

N-EWN member Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia, was recently featured on Political Rewind, a show hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting, on the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

We’re excited to announce that N-EWN researcher Dr. Brock Woodson, University of Georgia Associate Professor in the College of Engineering, was recently selected to participate in the Leading Large Integrative Research Teams workshop series (L2-IRT). Participants are selected through a nomination process that seeks individuals with past histories of interdisciplinary research. The program is designed to…

Next week, Thursday August 12th and Friday, August 13th, the 2021 Georgia Climate Climate Conference kicks off its annual meeting. N-EWN members will be presenting on a number of topics, ranging from local government policy to septic system assessments. Planning to attend and want to learn more about our work? Catch some of the following sessions: Thursday…

A new study by N-EWN member Dr. Craig Landry was featured by UGA Today, showing that homeowners in areas at-risk of flooding may be more likely to forego flood insurance if there is a history of “charity assistance,” or aid from a NGO or the government, after disasters. The study found that households that expected…

N-EWN UGA lead and IRIS director Dr. Brian Bledsoe recently joined the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine and Engineering, Enhancing Community Resilience (EnCoRe) Initiative Expert Panel Series. This panel series was developed by the Gulf Research Program, with the goal of better understanding the challenges and critical issues that may threaten the health and safety…