Storm Surge: Future Hazard and Defense

Gabriel Vecchi, professor of geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, and HMEI associate faculty Sigrid Adriaenssens, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, discuss research at Princeton that is investigating inflatable storm-surge barriers that would protect people, businesses and infrastructure from destructive winds and water without permanently affecting shoreline ecosystems. This research is related to the Climate and Energy Grand Challenge project, “Novel Deployable Storm Surge Protection for Coastal Cities.”

This video is part of a series that premiered during the Princeton Environmental Forum to highlight the environmental research of HMEI (formerly the Princeton Environmental Institute) as it marked its 25th anniversary.

(Video by Video Production Support and the Office of Communications)

Storm Surge: Future Hazard and Defense

Publish Date

October 29, 2019

Presenter(s)

Gabriel Vecchi and Sigrid Adriaenssens

Link to Video

https://youtu.be/zWuDkI4feNw?t=15

Video Length

2:06

Gabriel Vecchi, professor of geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, and HMEI associate faculty Sigrid Adriaenssens, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, discuss research at Princeton that is investigating inflatable storm-surge barriers that would protect people, businesses and infrastructure from destructive winds and water without permanently affecting shoreline ecosystems. This research is related to the Climate and Energy Grand Challenge project, “Novel Deployable Storm Surge Protection for Coastal Cities.”

This video is part of a series that premiered during the Princeton Environmental Forum to highlight the environmental research of HMEI (formerly the Princeton Environmental Institute) as it marked its 25th anniversary.

(Video by Video Production Support and the Office of Communications)