CED Assistant Professor Uses Virtual Reality to Advance Research
CED assistant professor Jessica Fernandez uses emerging technology to understand how people respond to designed spaces.
BLA Site Designs + Athens Hospitality
CED BLA student site designs help pave the way for Classic Center design concepts, furthering program's ties to the hospitality and tourism industry.
CED + Dodd School of Art Collaborative Virtual Summit Explores Port City Futures through Research and Art Work
CED Professor Stephen Ramos, DDes among curators of international virtual summit to foster dialog between urbanism and art.
Melcher, Vick accepted into inaugural rural research cohort
The College of Environment and Design at UGA is proud to announce that Professors Katherine Melcher and Alfie Vick have been accepted into the inaugural cohort of the Rural Engagement Faculty Workshop series sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President for Public Service and Outreach (PSO). The initiative connects academic faculty with rural research interests to public service faculty with community connections throughout Georgia.
Ramos Receives Public Impact Grant
College of Environment and Design Associate Professor Stephen Ramos received a Public Impact Grant from the Wilson Center for Humanities and Arts for his work with UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art Assistant Professor James A. Enos in support of the "Port Futures and Social Logistics" initiative in art and urbanism.
Georgia DOT, UGA and The Ray Break Ground on Latest Meadow-Research Installation
Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT), The Ray and the University of Georgia's College of Environment + Design (UGA CED) are pleased to announce Phase 2 of their meadow-research plantings on The Ray Highway, at the Exit 6 median alongside I-85's northbound lanes. The purpose of the research is to establish innovative uses that beautify and improve the utilization of Georgia's highway corridor.
CED Included in Interdisciplinary Pre-Seed Research Teams
Members of the CED are participating in two research teams as part of a 2021 cohort sponsored by the UGA Office of Research. In partnership with the Office of the Provost, competitive "pre-seed" funding was made available to stimulate collaboration around areas of need and to position faculty teams to be competitive for internal and external grants.
Network for Engineering With Nature (N-EWN) Collaboration
Sixteen UGA researchers from 10 different colleges and departments will apply their expertise to N-EWN's mission. The project leader for UGA is principal investigator Dr. Brian Bledsoe, a professor in the College of Engineering, who specializes in resilient infrastructure. Dr. Jon Calabria, a professor in the College of Environment and Design, will also be a partner in the project. The N-EWN partnership will also draw from the expertise of the UGA's River Basin Center and Center for Integrative Conservation Research. In addition, an equal number of researchers from USACE will add their knowledge and skill to the network, led by Dr. Todd Bridges, the EWN National Lead and Dr. Jeffrey King, EWN Deputy National Lead. Dr. Calabria states, "We are just beginning to conceptualize ways to integrate nature-based infrastructure to achieve sustainability and resiliency goals. Students and I are in the process of creating graphics and plans to inform these goals at several scales."
New Preservation Student Publishes Research
Megan McPherson, a first-year Master of Historic Preservation (MHP) student, came to the program with some bona fide research under her belt with the Georgia Museum of Natural History (GMNH).