Investing in the Future of River-Coastal Science and Engineering
As RCSE continues its buildout and its mission to return civil engineering, specifically water resources engineering, to Tulane and welding it to science (the practical with the theoretical), the generosity of alumni, parents and friends plays a vital role. Several generous gifts (Charlotte Beyer Hubbell Fund, Flowerree Fund) have allowed us to provide endowed professorships to attract the best and brightest in the initial phase of our departmental growth.
Your investment can help us take the next step in reaching our goal in educating a diverse next generation of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers with the tools to solve the complex environmental problems that we face in riverine, deltaic and coastal environments globally in the face of a changing climate and human footprint. We have the additional goal to become one of the most successful departments at Tulane in attracting external research funding. To meet these twin goals we will need to attract additional blue-chip faculty, and the best and brightest students at the undergraduate and graduate level. External gifts, both large and small, can be applied to these causes, especially including those designed for students. These include developing fellowships, internships, field experiences, travel funds, and research and achievement awards.
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:
- Research driven by a specific and compelling problem. Research requiring a convergence paradigm is generally inspired by the need to address a specific challenge or opportunity, whether it arises from deep scientific questions or pressing societal needs.
- Deep integration across disciplines. As experts from different disciplines pursue common research challenges, their knowledge, theories, methods, data, research communities and languages become increasingly intermingled or integrated. New frameworks, paradigms or disciplines can form from sustained interactions across multiple communities.
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. Two means of giving can be followed. Click the link below and enter the gift amount next to Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering. Your gift will be automatically tagged for direction to RCSE.
Another type of donation is called a restricted or targeted gifts. If you are interested in targeting your giving toward a specific purpose, please contact the Department Chair to discuss. For large or complex planning we would also encourage you to reach out to the School’s Development Officer:
Anne Fuselier
SSE Director of Development
Email: afuselier@tulane.edu
Phone: 504-862-8386
Thank you for considering a gift to support the educational programs of the Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering.
