Can plants fortify Oregon’s coastal dunes against storm surge? <a href="https://cce.oregonstate.edu/wengrove">Meagan Wengrove</a>, assistant professor of coastal and ocean engineering, built scale versions of dunes in one of the world’s largest wave flumes to find out. BONUS CONTENT: <ul> <li><a href= "https://cce.oregonstate.edu/feature/protecting-coastal-regions-natural-defenses"> Protecting coastal regions with natural defenses</a></li> <li><a href= "https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/oregonstatecce/2018/12/14/new-faculty-members-bring-expertise-in-wave-energy-structural-and-coastal-engineering/"> New faculty members bring expertise in wave energy, structural and coastal engineering</a></li> <li><a href= "https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/four-college-engineering-faculty-win-early-career-investigator-awards"> Four College of Engineering faculty win early-career investigator awards</a></li> </ul> <a href= "https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/season-11-engineering-natural-hazard-impacts/dune-erosion-solutions-s11e7"> https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/season-11-engineering-natural-hazard-impacts/dune-erosion-solutions-s11e7</a>

Preparing for nature's worst, S11E8

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