Two Iowa State University students, Keyhani Mahsa, and Josey Weaver, were selected to serve as interns at the 2023 LSU Coastal Ecosystem Design Studio Summer Institute. Their engagement at the Summer Institute demonstrates one of the many benefits of professional exchanges among participants in the URSYS consortium.
During the months of June and July, 20 graduate and undergraduate students from around the world representing seven universities worked in the heat and humidity of Baton Rouge at the Water Campus. Interns also conducted field research in South Louisiana and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Four teams of five each looked at sites along and near the Gulf of Mexico, conducting research and developing ecosystem design approaches to solve challenges associated with living and working in dynamic coastal landscapes. All project work was real-world site-specific, focused on integrated design thinking, and supporting the Engineering with Nature initiative within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
