Dr. Tosin Sekoni’s research focuses on utilizing vegetation, plant communities, ecosystems, and other natural features, in engineering practices. Based on her interest using plant communities as engineering materials, Dr. Sekoni’s work investigates ways to incorporate vegetation into USACE projects such as dredged material placement areas, parks, reservoirs, and other public and private lands. Her expertise lies in the establishment of ecosystems such as wetlands, dunes, prairies, terrestrial systems, riparian systems, etc., for erosion control, dyke stability, dust control, dewatering, ecosystem development, mitigation, and other engineering purposes, in order to reduce operational cost, promote healthy ecosystem, and to optimize economic, environmental, and engineering benefits.
EWN Publications
Sekoni TA, Eberle M, Durham B, Balazik M. (2023). The Use of Native Vegetation for Structural Stability in Dredged Material Placement Areas: A Case Study of Beneficial Use Site 4A, Chocolate Bayou, Brazoria County, Texas. EWN Technical Notes Collection, EWN/TN EWN-23-3. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
Sekoni TA, Eberle M, Balazik M, Chasten M, Collins B, Durham B, Evans D, Philley K. (2023). The use of native vegetation and natural materials in shoreline stabilization : a case study of Bubble Gum Beach, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. EWN Technical Notes Collection, EWN/TN EWN-23-2. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
Bailey P, Miller SJ, Cary TJ, Bourne SG, Sekoni TA. (2019). Plant community approach to establishing vegetation on DMPAs and CDFs. EWN Technical Notes Collection, EWN/TN EWN-19-2. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
