MAKING CLIMATE-RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARD PRACTICE

About ICNet Global

We provide expertise, knowledge, and collaboration opportunities to bridge the gap between climate scientists, infrastructure researchers, practitioners, and agency personnel. We aim to bridge this gap to provide more forward-looking and climate-smart engineering education, research, policy, and practice.

Founded in 2012, ICNet Global is an interdisciplinary network of over 250 academics, students, and practitioners focused on understanding climate resilience and accelerating the synthesis between climate science and transportation engineering research in the US and beyondWhile we all operate within different legal frameworks and government structures, there are opportunities for researchers and practitioners to learn from similar efforts to connect infrastructure and climate science across the globe.

ICNet Global provides expertise, knowledge, and collaboration opportunities to  foster connections, bridge gaps, and build partnerships among different research and practice communities including  the nation’s leading experts in climate science and climate-resilient engineering research. Our aim is to build a shared understanding of climate science and climate change impacts to infrastructure through networking opportunities, workshops, and sharing of resources and best practices to inform these efforts across the US and internationally.

In order to grow the next generation of engineering researchers and practitioners and inform engineering curricula and early career training and development, we also provide educational opportunities to conduct research that builds off of and  leverages current research projects via peer learning, webinars, and shared analytical tools.

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COMPRISED OF GRADUATE STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, AND SCIENTISTS.

Our Team

Jennifer Jacobs - The ICNet Global Team

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Jennifer Jacobs

Jennifer Jacobs is a professor of water resources at the University of New Hampshire. She is the director of ICNet Global. She studies how climate change impacts on surface water, groundwater, and snow and, in turn, infrastructure.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Jo E. Sias

Dr. Jo E. Sias is a professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of New Hampshire.  She is the co-director of ICNet Global and is also the director of the UNH Center for Infrastructure Resilience to Climate (UCIRC).  Dr. Sias’s topical area of expertise is in pavements.

Jo Sias - The ICNet Global Team
Katharine Hayhoe - The ICNet Global Team

NATURE CONSERVANCY

Katharine Hayhoe

Katharine Hayhoe is a climate scientist who is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a distinguished professor and chair at Texas Tech University. She can often be found talking to people about why climate change matters and what we can do to fix it.

NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Mari Tye

Mari Tye is a researcher at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. She analyses projected changes in weather and climate extremes and their impacts on infrastructure, and chairs the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate.

Mari Tye - The ICNet Global Team
Anne Stoner - The ICNet Global Team

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY CLIMATE CENTER

Anne Stoner

Dr. Anne Stoner is a research professor in climate science at Texas Tech University Climate Center as well as senior scientist at ATMOS Research & Consulting. Dr. Stoner specializes in statistical downscaling and generating high-resolution climate projections that are used in infrastructure design and planning among other fields of study that require planning for a changing climate.

SENATOR GEORGE J. MITCHELL CENTER FOR SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS

Linda Silka

 Linda Silka, PhD, is Senior Fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and Professor Emerita of the School of Economics. Prior to moving to the University of Maine, Dr. Silka was a faculty member for three decades at the University of Massachusetts Lowell where she directed the Center for Family, Work, Community and served as the Special Assistant to the UML Provost for Community Outreach and Partnerships. 

Linda Silka - The ICNet Global Team
John Harvey - The ICNet Global Team

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

John Harvey

John Harvey, PhD, PE, is with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis. His areas of expertise include pavement engineering and management, life cycle assessment, and life cycle cost analysis. He is the Director of the University of California Pavement Research Center and Director of the City and County Pavement Improvement Center.

NOTTINGHAM TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CENTRE

Gordon Airey

Gordon Airey is a professor and director of the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre at the University of Nottingham, UK. His expertise is in the area of pavement engineering and pavement materials including long-term durability of materials related to moisture damage and aging.

Gordon Airey - The ICNet Global Team
Annie Bennett - The ICNet Global Team

GEORGETOWN CLIMATE CENTER

Annie Bennett

Annie Bennett is the Acting Adaptation Program Director at the Georgetown Climate Center, based at Georgetown Law. She provides legal and policy expertise in the areas of transportation and infrastructure resilience.

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ICNET MEMBERS AROUND THE WORLD

Our Global Reach

The map below indicates ICNet’s global reach around the world. From the USA to France to China to Austrailia. ICNet truly has a global reach.

Previous & Upcoming Events

ICNet Global Graduate Student Spring Webinar Series

Topic:Nature-Based Solutions and Infrastructure
Date: April 26, 2022
Time: 2:00-3:00PM ET

Travel Awards

ICNet Global’s Discovery Travel Awards enable graduate students to expand their knowledge, to build professional national and international relationships, and to experience working with climate change impacts on infrastructure

For now, watch our past workshops & Webinars

WEDNESDAY JULY 29TH AND THURSDAY JULY 30TH