Profs. Gedikli and Francis awarded NSF grant: Navigating the New Arctic

Profs. Gedikli and Francis awarded NSF grant: Navigating the New Arctic

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region, and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by addressing interactions among natural and environments in the following NNA focus areas: Data and Observation, Education, and Global Impact. Due to rapid warming in the Arctic,

Prof. Huang awarded NSF grant to improve sustainable coastal management

Image of waves on beach

Rising sea level puts beaches and coastal infrastructure at risk. Ocean and coastal engineers traditionally protect coastlines and harbors by building breakwaters that redirect and/or dissipate wave energy. However, this represents a significant loss of energy – energy that might be put to other use! In fact, wave energy conversion (WEC) devices are specifically designed to harness wave energy. Is it possible to design a WEC that is also a breakwater? Can we harness wave energy while protecting our coasts/harbors at the same time? This is the aim of a new project funded by the National Research Foundation: Controlling Cross-shore