{"id":22383,"date":"2026-02-20T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/?post_type=engagements&#038;p=22383"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:20:03","slug":"n-ewn-seminar-waterfront-design-for-resilient-communities","status":"publish","type":"engagements","link":"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/engagements\/event\/n-ewn-seminar-waterfront-design-for-resilient-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"N-EWN Seminar: Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This webinar will discuss emerging trends in waterfront design with a focus on embedding resilience, providing access, and ecology in urban waterfronts. The presentation will include an overview of the Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG\u00ae) and case study projects from riverine, lacustrine, and coastal waterfronts across the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N-EWN_Webinar_Announcement_Sutkowi.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N-EWN_Webinar_Announcement_Sutkowi-1024x576.png\" alt=\"N-EWN Knowledge Series Seminar announcement slide for November 2025 The N-EWN Knowledge Series A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature. Speaker: Joseph Sutkowi, WEDG, Waterfront Alliance. Title: Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities. Abstract: This webinar will discuss emerging trends in waterfront design with a focus on embedding resilience, providing access, and ecology in urban waterfronts. The presentation will include an overview of the Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines (WEDG\u00ae) and case study projects from riverine, lacustrine, and coastal waterfronts across the U.S. Save the date! Upcoming webinars will take place the 3rd Thursday of the month. Feb. 19, 12:30pm ET - Joseph Sutkowi, Waterfront Alliance; Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities. Mar. 19, 12:30pm ET - Dr. Quirijn Lodder, Principal Advisor Coastal Flood Risk Management and Evelien Brand, Technical Lead Coastline Maintenance, both of Rijkswaterstaat; Dutch experience with beaches and dunes as coastal Natural and Nature Based Features for Flood Risk Management - An overview of 30 years of nature-based coastline management. Apr. 16, 12:30pm ET \u2013 TBD. Register at https:\/\/bit.ly\/3gR9ADL. 1 Continuing Education Credit (CEC) is available to attendees. Recorded webinars will be posted online at: https:\/\/n-ewn.org\/resources\/n-ewn-knowledge-seminars\/. Presented by: Network for Engineering With Nature, LimnoTech, University of Georgia, and US Army Corps of Engineer\u2019s Engineer Research and Development Center. Questions? Please contact: Alex Curwin, LimnoTech, acurwin@limno.com.\" class=\"wp-image-22396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N-EWN_Webinar_Announcement_Sutkowi-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N-EWN_Webinar_Announcement_Sutkowi-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N-EWN_Webinar_Announcement_Sutkowi-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/N-EWN_Webinar_Announcement_Sutkowi.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Network for Engineering With Nature<sub>\u00ae<\/sub>\u00a0(N-EWN) invites you to the N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature\u2014Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities, presented by Joseph Sutkowi, WEDG, Chief Waterfront Design Officer, Waterfront Alliance. This 1-hour Zoom webinar took place February 19, 2026 at 12:30pm ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For previously recorded seminars, please visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/knowledge-series-seminars\/\">N-EWN Seminars page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[83,60],"event-types":[72],"class_list":["post-22383","engagements","type-engagements","status-publish","hentry","tag-n-ewn","tag-news","event-types-seminars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N-EWN Seminar: Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities - Engineering With Nature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ewn.erdc.dren.mil\/engagements\/event\/n-ewn-seminar-waterfront-design-for-resilient-communities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N-EWN Seminar: Waterfront Design for Resilient Communities - Engineering With Nature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This webinar will discuss emerging trends in waterfront design with a focus on embedding resilience, providing access, and ecology in urban waterfronts. 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