Led by the firm Object Territories, eDesign Dynamics was on the winning team of the AIA New York 2019 Honor Award in the Urban Design category for our project +StL: Growing an Urban Mosaic. EDD developed an integrated approach to stormwater management by incorporating historic hydrologic systems, establishing “hydrologic strategies,” and identifying a broad range of amenities that green stormwater systems could provide to the residents of St. Louis.

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The College of Engineering at Drexel University has initiated a new series called Conversations, in which faculty will address topical, occasionally polemical issues from an engineer’s perspective. In their inaugural column, they feature eDesign Dynamics' Principal Engineer, Dr. Franco Montalto, who is Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE) at the University. He represented Drexel at the international 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) held last month in Katowice, Poland.

Story by Wendy Plump, published online by Drexel University College of Engineering.

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eDesign Dynamics' Senior Hydrologist, Ian Lipsky (left) is working with John Stephens and neighborhood groups near the site of deadly flooding on Washington Boulevard in 2011. They hope to reduce flooding by bringing an old stream back to life.

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Story by Oliver Morrison, published online by publicsource.org.

EDD principals Franco Montalto and Eric Rothstein traveled to Grenada for the first of 6 missions funded by the Green Climate Fund. During this first meeting they met with various stakeholders from the private sector, civil society and government, including the Deputy Prime Minister, three Permanent Secretaries, and the new national Minister for Resilience, the Environment, Forestry, Fisheries, Disaster Management and Information, pictured above. Specifically, the goal of this first mission was to synthesize local knowledge regarding the climate risks faced by this small island state, and how its wastewater, drainage, roadway, and coastal infrastructure could potentially be upgraded to reduce those risks.  Mission 2, which will be in October, will include a three day workshop to go further in elaborating these infrastructure-driven resilience strategies.

Dr. Franco Montalto, Principal Engineer at EDD, was named the Environmental and Water Resource Engineer of the Year by the Philadelphia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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