The team of researchers received a nearly $1 million grant to study over the next two years sand movement under different conditions to better understand storm surge.
In this interview conducted at Pittcon 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, we spoke to Matthew Glasscott from the US Army Corps of Engineers about sustainable construction materials.
Two graduate students in aerospace engineering, Cody Shelton and Nick Nurre, were awarded prestigious Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarships. Shelton, a third-year doctoral student from Austin, Texas, will work for two and a half years and#8211; then have guaranteed employment after graduation and#8212; at the U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Centerand#8217;s Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory in Vicksburg, Miss. Nurre, a first-year doctoral student from Huntsville, Ala., will work four summers and#8211; and four years beyond graduation and#8212; at the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agencyand#8217;s Missile and Space Intelligence Center at Redstone Arsenal, near his hometown.