EDD’s ecological restoration design at River Ring, a pair of apartment high-rises on the Brooklyn waterfront, was featured in the New York Times. EDD’s designs will include tidal pools and salt marshes that provide black-crowned night herons and snowy egrets a place to forage.
In recognition of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced that a new state park planned for more than 500 acres of former industrial property along the Hudson River shoreline in the City of Kingston and Town of Ulster will be named for 19th century African American abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth who started her life in Ulster County.
In this peer-reviewed article which explores the many disciplinary definitions, goals, and forms of “green infrastructure,” Franco Montalto makes the top 10 of prominent authors in the field.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program welcomed Drexel Professor and EDD Founder and President Dr. Franco Montalto, P.E. to serve as an author for the Northeast chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5). Attached is his official appointment letter welcoming him to the NCA5 team.
Drexel Professor and EDD Founder and President Dr. Franco Montalto, P.E. was interviewed by 6ABC for news piece, “Flooding after Ida brings new focus on Philadelphia’s aging infrastructure”
Dr. Franco Montalto was Interviewed for article in Philadelphia Inquirer on the impacts of climate change on Philadelphia’s sewer infrastructure.
Dr. Franco Montalto was interviewed by NBC 10 regarding flooding of the Vine Street Expressway after remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through the northeast US.
EDD Founder and President Dr. Franco Montalto, P.E. was interviewed for a NJ.com story regarding impacts of Hurricane Ida as it passed through New Jersey.