Seminars, News, and Events
Seminars, News, and Events
Here you’ll find the latest updates on groundbreaking research, student and faculty achievements, upcoming seminars, community partnerships, and major events shaping the future of river and coastal systems. From innovative resilience strategies along the Gulf Coast to global collaborations addressing climate and water challenges, our program is at the forefront of science and engineering solutions for dynamic environments. Explore how our students, researchers, and partners are advancing knowledge and building a more sustainable and resilient future.
Seminars
The RCSE Departmental seminar series will resume this semester. Seminars will take place on Thursdays from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in Boggs 600.
All seminars will be held in person - subject to change at the University's discretion. For those unable to attend in person, a Zoom link to watch remotely will be made available. For Zoom link information, please contact msmith77@tulane.edu.
Date | SPEAKER | TITLE OF PRESENTATION | HOSTING FACULTY |
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January 22, 2026 | Wade Foster | Environmental Engineering: what undergraduate engineering students need to lean | Department /Ehab |
January 29, 2026 | Annalisa Molini | TBD |
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February 5, 2026 | Tom Decarlo (EES) | TBD | Soenke Dangendorf |
February 12, 2026 | Reepal Shah (ByWater) | TBD | Matt/ John Sabo |
February 19, 2026 | MARDI GRAS WEEK, NO SEMINAR | ||
February 26, 2026 | Enrica Viparelli, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, University of South Carolina | TBD | Matt Czapiga |
March 5, 2026 | Leigh-Anne Sharp (CPRA) | TBD | Annalisa Molini |
March 12, 2026 | Kemal Cambazoglu, University of Southern Mississippi | Near-Coastal Ocean Modeling with Applications for Coastal and Estuarine Hydrodynamics and Water Quality in Mississippi Sound and Bight | Ibrahim Demir |
March 19, 2026 | Matt Hiatt (LSU) | TBD | Mead Allison |
March 26, 2026 | SPRING BREAK WEEK, NO SEMINAR | ||
April 2, 2026 | Leah Kahler, TU Architecture and Built Environment | TBD | Barb Kleiss |
April 9, 2026 | Chantal Block | TBD | Ehab Meselhe |
April 16, 2026 |
| TBD | Grad Students |
April 23, 2026 | Noah Hendricks/TBD | TBD | Grad Student seminars |
News
First Student Receives River Science and Engineering Graduate Certificate
Two years ago, the School of Science and Engineering initiated a new department, the Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering. As the department’s first educational mission, the department stood up an accredited graduate certificate program in River Science and Engineering, which entails the completion of 15 hours of river-related graduate course work, covering topics such as stream restoration, river modeling, river mechanics and data collection and analysis methods in riverine environments.
River gate
Located on the eastbank of the Mississippi River just north of the Crescent City Connection, the Tulane River and Coastal Center, left, managed by the ByWater Institute, is home to active research laboratories, staging areas for field operations and other efforts that support coastal resilience and protection, and awareness of local community needs through environmantal education and outreach.
Tulane celebrates launch of River Science and Engineering certificate program
On April 20, Tulane faculty members from the Department of River-Coastal Science and Engineering and senior university administrators met with Mississippi River Commission representatives and
Mississippi River diversions will produce new land, but slowly, Tulane study says
Although river diversions that bring land building sediment to shrinking coastlands are the best solution to sustaining portions of the Mississippi Delta, a new Tulane University study concludes that the rate of land building will likely be dwarfed by the rate of wetland loss.
The study, published in the open-access journal Science Advances used optical dating to measure how fast the delta shoreline migrated seaward under natural conditions.
Rivers and coasts are the focus of new academic department at Tulane University
The Tulane University School of Science and Engineering has created a first-of-its-kind academic department dedicated to research and education in river-coastal issues.
“Improving our understanding of river-coastal systems is vital today in order to find protection and restoration solutions to the acute problems resulting from rising sea levels, climate change and the effects of destructive storms,” said Tulane Earth and Environmental Sciences professor Mead Allison.
Lower Mississippi River Science Symposium
The Lower Mississippi River Science Symposium seeks to establish a recurring forum to connect academic, government, and NGO scientists and managers in the region to share their research, ideas, and needs with the goal of building synergy. The theme for this recurring forum is threefold: optimizing the data collection network, strategizing the next generation of models, and outlining key applications of the data and models for management decisions.
Flowerree Symposium
The Flowerree Symposia provide a recurring forum to showcase Tulane University’s role in addressing climate change and its acute impacts in coastal regions such as southern Louisiana. The symposia highlight the local dimensions of a global crisis while focusing Tulane faculty, students, and community stakeholders on how the university can contribute to an evidence-based conversation about solutions. The goal is to bring together ideas and approaches that span the scientific and engineering dimensions of the climate crisis, as well as its human impacts, political challenges, and policy innovations.
