US Awards $6.7 Million for Sea Level Rise and Coastal Resilience Research
to inform holistic coastal planning in the Gulf of Mexico coast.(IRA-funded) University of California, Irvine and University of Miami received nearly $500,000 to evaluate how nature-based solutions can empower more equitable flood risk management in Los Angeles County, California.(IRA-funded) George Mason University, The Nature Conservancy, Resources for the Future and Maryland Department of Natural Resources received nearly $500,000 to evaluate flood mitigation designs under future climate scenarios to inform restoration efforts in the Chesapeake Bay region.University of Texas at Arlington and University
GoM Shipwrecks Unlock Ecosystem Mysteries
community that forms the foundation for other life, like coral, crabs and fish, which thrive there. Not only did these studies show that the spill affected these ecosystems, but they also provide a new way to monitor the spill’s effects, said Leila Hamdan, a microbial ecologist at George Mason University in Manassas, Virginia and co-leader of the project. “The microorganisms in these deep-water habitats, where these artificial reefs are present, they make life habitable, make it luxurious, in a place that is cold and dark and permanently separated from light,” she said
Robotics Judges Creatively Praise STEM Students
and mathematics) students are required to design, build and test robots to be presented to a panel of judges. This year’s judges creatively – and poetically – heaped praise on the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), mentored FIRST Team 339 Kilroy at George Mason University’s Patriot Center. In honor of Kilroy’s Industrial Design Award sponsored by General Motors, the judges wrote a poem to recognize the team: There once was a team that came from multiple places, Inventing a clean and elegant
February 2024
