Course Description:
Introduce and broaden students’ horizons to the overall concept of Engineering With Nature (EWN) as being developed and implemented by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Traditional engineering versus EWN. What is EWN? Principles, Practices, and Examples.
EWN represents an approach to developing and operating a project, where a project could take the form of a wide range of activities supporting water resources development. For example, developing new flood risk management infrastructure, a dredging project, or an ecosystem restoration project. The USACE defines EWN as the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably deliver economic, environmental and social benefits through collaboration.
CVEN 5301-27: Engineering With Nature Fall semester 2019 course outline
Instructor: Liv Haselbach, PhD: Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, please contact Dr. Todd Bridges or Dr. Jeffrey King.
Lecturers:
Course lecture listing
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| Lecture 1 | EWN principles and practices |
| Lecture 2 | Introduction to principals of fluid dynamics, conservation of mass and conservation of energy |
| Lecture 3 | Open channel flow and flow through vegetation |
| Lecture 4 | Wave dynamics and waves through vegetation |
| Lecture 5 | Coastal engineering basics and considerations for restoration |
| Lecture 6 | Engineering sediment properties |
| Lecture 7 | Basics of sediment transport |
| Lecture 8 | Dredging material management for EWN |
| Lecture 9 | An overview of dredging equipment and operations |
| Lecture 10 | Introduction to ecology, hierarchical structure, ecosystem structure and function, and services |
| Lecture 11 | Introduction to ecosystems of the world, geographic distribution, ecosystem classifications |
| Lecture 12 | Wetlands and dredging |
| Lecture 13 | Wetland soils, characteristics, and indicators |
| Lecture 14 | Introduction to fluvial geomorphology, functions and processes, basic overview of management techniques, Proctor Creek case study |
| Lecture 15 | Introduction to integrated ecological modeling |
| Lecture 16 | Watersheds, challenges, and management practices |
| Lecture 17 | Vegetation in engineering |
| Lecture 18 | Coral and oyster reefs |
