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CES has had a another productive and fruitful summer semester!  In addition to our highlights noted below, we are proud to announce new contracts awarded to CES:

CES will continue to work with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to provide Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science technical meeting and research support.  The 3-year contract awarded CES a total of $450,000.    

CES Assistant Director Loisa Kerwin secured two exciting new contracts this summer.  She is working with the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) Water Quality Bureau to provide scientific support for their New Works Water Quality Program. She has hired two new environmental scientists that will provide water quality monitoring, permit reporting, quality assurance and technical editing for the New Works Program. The 2.5-year contract awarded CES a total of $294,923.    

The second contract is with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's (FDEP) Division of State Lands. CES is coordinating their Public Lands Acquisition & Management (PLAM) Conference in Sarasota on October 1, 2, and 3, 2018. CES' event planning team will provide conference coordination and program services. This 6-month contract awarded CES a total of $36,015.  



PLAM is all about partnerships! 
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE CES COASTAL RESILIENCE RESEARCH TEAM

CES Director Dr. Colin Polsky led a team collaboration this summer working on Broward County-related coastal resilience projects, including local groundwater and tide mapping and a salty urbanism design guidebook.  The team included FAU's Associate Provost and School of Architecture's  Director/Professor Anthony Abbate; FAU's School of Architecture Associate Professor and Director of MetroLAB Collaborative Jeffrey Huber; FAU Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering's Associate Dean and Professor Dr. Fred Bloetscher; Unitarian Universalist Justice Florida Climate Resilience Ministry's  Director Jan Booher;  CES student researchers Richard Jones, Gerardo Rojas, Bridget Huston, Sashique Campbell-Facey, Connor McVay, Kayla Dathe, and Hallee Meltzer; and School of Architecture students Stefani Spence, Alexander Potter, and Pieter Conradie.   

On June 4, members of the team joined CES' IHE Water Professionals Program presentation on "The Challenges to Building a Resilient Community" and coastal resilience tour of Fort Lauderdale with Dr. Nancy Gassman.  Members of the team have met at the Davie and Fort Lauderdale FAU campuses throughout the summer to engage in these projects and for climate resilience seminars led by the team faculty.  The work has been and will continue to be a thrilling and leading-edge collaboration for CES' research lab!

Friday, June 8, 2018: CES Climate Resilience Seminar Series Meeting in the CES Davie conference room 
IHE WATER PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM, ANOTHER SUCCESS!

From May 23-June 7, 2018 CES hosted the 13th annual Water Professionals Program for the  Institute for Water Education in Delft, The Netherlands. 

Take a look at the 2018 program in review... 
IHE Delft 2018

And listen to the experience of one of the student participants...
IHE_DELFT Student Video #1

Job Opportunity
The South Florida Regional Planning Council is looking to hire a new full-time Regional Planner with specialized experience and interest in climate resiliency in South Florida. Specifically, the work will entail GIS sea-level rise modeling, stakeholder engagement, public presentations, and drafting comprehensive plan amendments.  For more information or to submit a resume contact:  sfadmin@sfrpc.com