EA’s Sam Whitin, Director of Coastal Resilience Services, to be Featured on USACE The Engineering With Nature® Podcast

Hunt Valley, Maryland (12 April 2021)—EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (EA), a leading provider of interdisciplinary environmental services, announced today that Sam Whitin, Vice President and Director of Coastal Resilience Services, will be a featured guest on The Engineering With Nature_® (EWN) Podcast scheduled to be aired on 14 April.  The podcast will be easily accessed by clicking on the following link:  https://ewn.el.erdc.dren.mil/podcasts_2.html.  The EWN podcast series is in its second year with this being the third podcast for 2021.

On this podcast, Sam will be joined by Dr. Jeff King, Deputy Lead of the EWN program for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and Dr. Enda Murphy, Senior Research Engineer for the National Research Council of Canada.  The trio will discuss the challenges and opportunities for applying EWN and Nature-Based Features to build coastal resilience in the Arctic Region.  Further, the podcast will discuss the importance of incorporating traditional knowledge and experiences gathered by indigenous communities as a fundamental part of the project planning and execution processes.

“It is certainly an honor for me to present with two renowned experts in their respective fields,” said Sam Whitin, EA Vice President and Director of Coastal Resilience Services.  “USACE’s EWN podcast series is a great way to promote the effectiveness and collaborative nature of EWN in addressing rising sea levels, impacts to the cryosphere, and actively incorporating traditional knowledge.”

About EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC

EA is a 100% employee-owned public benefit corporation that provides environmental, compliance, natural resources, and infrastructure engineering and management solutions to a wide range of public and private sector clients.  Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, EA employs more than 550 professionals through a network of 25 commercial offices across the continental United States, as well as Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam.  In business for more than 47 years, EA has earned an outstanding reputation for technical expertise, responsive service, and judicious use of client resources.  For more information about EA, visit www.eaest.com.

About the Engineering with Nature_® Podcasts

Over the last 10 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working through an initiative called Engineering With Nature_® (EWN) that uses natural processes and systems to deliver a broad range of economic, environmental, and social benefits.  EWN is developing and implementing nature-based solutions for water and infrastructure projects.  The initiative brings together a growing international community of practitioners, scientists, engineers, and researchers, from all kinds of disciplines to collaborate on how best to harness the power of nature to innovate, solve problems, and create sustainable solutions.  The Engineering With Nature_® podcast series tells their stories.  To learn more about EWN and listen to the podcasts, visit https://ewn.el.erdc.dren.mil/podcasts.html.

About the National Research Council of Canada

The National Research Council of Canada is the primary national research and technology organization of the Government of Canada, in science and technology research and development.  The Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development is responsible for the National Research Council.  For more information, visit https://nrc.canada.ca/en.

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