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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T114500
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URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/w3-seminar-applying-ecohydr
 aulics-research-to-the-robust-design-of-natural-infrastructure/
SUMMARY:W3 Seminar: Applying ecohydraulics research to the robust design of
  natural infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Kelly Kibler\, Associate Professor\, Department of Civ
 il\, Environmental and Construction Engineering\, University of Central Fl
 orida\n\nAbstract: Features of aquatic ecosystems such as wetlands\, reefs
 \, barrier islands and dunes function as natural infrastructure to reduce 
 risk of damage and loss related to erosion and flood hazards. Community in
 terest to restore functionality to degraded ecosystems has moved beyond tr
 aditional restoration to include integration of nature-based features into
  built infrastructure as an emerging climate adaptation strategy. However\
 , robust design of natural infrastructure is limited by gaps in scientific
  knowledge regarding key properties of living materials and critical proce
 sses that sustain living infrastructure. In this seminar\, results of hydr
 odynamic and sediment transport observations within natural\, restored\, a
 nd engineered biological canopies are discussed with reference to natural 
 infrastructure design applications.\n\nBio: Dr. Kelly Kibler is an Associa
 te Professor of Water Resources Engineering in the Department of Civil\, E
 nvironmental and Construction Engineering at the University of Central Flo
 rida. She is faculty of UCF’s National Center for Integrated Coastal Res
 earch and a Faculty Fellow of UCF’s Center for Global Economic and Envir
 onmental Opportunity. Dr. Kibler obtained her Ph.D. in Water Resources Eng
 ineering from Oregon State University and worked with the United Nations E
 nvironmental\, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) before joinin
 g UCF faculty. Dr. Kibler’s Ecohydraulics Laboratory conducts interdisci
 plinary research at the crossroads of water resources engineering and aqua
 tic ecology. Targeting coupled biological and physical variables in river 
 and estuarine systems\, the UCF Ecohydraulics Lab advances basic scientifi
 c knowledge in flow-biota interaction and its influence to hydrodynamics a
 nd sediment transport. Dr. Kibler’s research findings are applied to the
  design of natural infrastructure used to protect communities from climati
 c hazards\, such as erosion and flooding.
CATEGORIES:Seminars
LOCATION:Phelps Lab Room 101\, 1953 Museum Road\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\
 , United States
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