Taking to the wind for climate change

By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. Dec. 17, 1903, was a windy day at Kitty Hawk, a coastal area of North Carolina, but suitable for the Wright brothers’ first test of their motor-operated flier. In fact, they specifically chose this location for its wind.  They started the engines and the propellers turned. After a few attempts, they […] The post Taking to the wind for climate change appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

Restoring bird habitats while sustaining ours

By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. This past spring, Dr. Lenore Tedesco was looking out her window at The Wetlands Institute that sits in the middle of vast marshland in Cape May County, New Jersey. Outside, heavy rain and flooding tides associated with the Mother’s Day Nor’easter, were thoroughly soaking the marsh, a low-lying wetland with grassy […] The post Restoring bird habitats while sustaining ours appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

Successful flood project benefits small village and New York City miles away

By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. Matthew Krzyston grew up in the Village of Delhi, a rural community located in Delaware County, New York. “I grew up half a mile downstream from Reservoir Park. As a young kid, my parents would take me there to picnic and play in Steele Brook. It was a special place that […] The post Successful flood project benefits small village and New York City miles away appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

Coastal Storm Splits Island and Brings Communities Together

By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. In 1992, Joseph Vietri, then a coastal engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, was walking with a colleague and a coastal researcher around Westhampton Beach, a barrier island located on the south shore of Long Island, New York. A barrier island is a long narrow island […] The post Coastal Storm Splits Island and Brings Communities Together appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.

Fit to Fly: New Air Force Fitness Center

By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D. Col. Christopher Witter, mission support group commander, 914th Air Refueling Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in Upstate New York said, “You need to be mentally and physically fit to do the mission we do every day.” He said this two years ago, during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new fitness […] The post Fit to Fly: New Air Force Fitness Center appeared first on Civil + Structural Engineer magazine.