Engineering With NatureThe latest EWN news posts.
Thursday September 29, 2022
Authors: Bari N. Greenfeld, Margaret H. Kurth, Matthew A. Smith, Ellis Kalaidjian, Marriah S. Abellera, and Jeffrey K. King This technical note is part of a series collaboratively produced by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)–Institute for Water Resources (IWR) and the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). It describes the funding […]
Wednesday September 28, 2022
Authors: Mary Anderson Bryant, Duncan B. Bryant, Leigh A. Provost, Nia Hurst, Maya McHugh, Anna Wargula, and Tori Tomiczek A physical model study investigating the dissipation of wave energy by a 1:2.1 scale North American red mangrove forest was performed in a large-scale flume. The objectives were to measure the amount of wave attenuation afforded […]
Wednesday September 28, 2022
Authors: Alyssa J. Calomeni, Chuck Theiling, and Burton C. Suedel This technical note complements “Environmental Pool Management: The 25-Year Evolution of an Engineering With Nature® Practice,” an ArcGIS Story Map available for public access on the Engineering With Nature (EWN) website, and communicates the planning and implementation of environmental pool management (EPM) at Lake Red […]
Wednesday September 21, 2022
In Episode 9, hosts Sarah Thorne and Todd Bridges, Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the National Lead of the Engineering With Nature® Program, are talking with two guests from England’s Environment Agency (EA) in the United Kingdom (UK). Julie Foley is Director of Food Risk Strategy and National Adaptation; and her colleague, Jon Hollis, is the Nature-Based Solutions Senior Advisor
Tuesday September 20, 2022
Authors: Burton C. Suedel, Jon Calabria, Matthew V. Bilskie, James E. Byers, Kelsey Broich, S. Kyle McKay, Amanda S. Tritinger, C. Brock Woodson, Emily Dolatowski Global environmental factors (e.g., extreme weather, climate action failure, natural disasters, human environmental damage) increasingly threaten coastal communities. Shorelines are often hardened (seawalls, bulkheads) to prevent flooding and erosion and […]
Tuesday September 20, 2022
Natural infrastructure is the practice of using naturally occurring aspects of the landscape and/or nature based solutions that use or imitate natural processes (e.g., wetlands, living shorelines, municipal green infrastructure) to support natural hazard resilience, climate change adaptation, and other benefits to people and ecosystems. Recognition of the multiple benefits of natural “green” infrastructure has […]
Tuesday September 20, 2022
The Network for Engineering with Nature (N-EWN) presents its latest webinar: Opportunities for Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) in Unique Island Contexts: Puerto Rico. Guest speakers, Dave Hampton (LimnoTech) and Burton Suedel (ERDC-EL), share 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 […]
Wednesday September 7, 2022
As students head back to class, Episode 8 of the EWN Podcast focuses on foundation of EWN—the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM/STEM). In several episodes of the podcast, we’ve touched on the importance of encouraging students—the next generation of scientists, engineers, and EWN practitioners. Here we feature some additional discussion from guests from two episodes this season talking about STEAM/STEM and their advice to students.
Wednesday August 31, 2022
Authors: Margaret H. Kurth, Bari N. Greenfeld, Matthew A. Smith, Samuel M. Fielding, Marriah S. Abellera, and Jeffrey K. King This technical note is part of a series collaboratively produced by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)–Institute for Water Resources (IWR) and the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). It describes the […]
Tuesday August 30, 2022
ERDC EWN Technical Note Authors: Glenn M. Suir, Molly K. Reif, and Christina L. Saltus This document aims to describe the general underpinnings and utility of remote sensing technologies and applications for use: (1) in specific phases of the EWN® project life cycle; (2) with specific EWN® project types; and (3) in the quantification and […]