The Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering is a featured element of the post-Katrina regrowth of engineering at Tulane and follows the cross-disciplinary model of the School of Science and Engineering. RCSE is an opportunity for Tulane to emerge at the forefront of engineering-science convergence research in the river-coastal realm. Convergence research is defined by the U.S. National Science Foundation as:
We will be unlike any department in the nation. RCSE has been marked as a focus area in Tulane’s Only the Audacious capital campaign. If you would be interested in helping us create this unique educational and research endeavor, please reach out through the Director of Development in the School of Science and Engineering.