The University of New Orleans’ Office of Research and Center Austria welcome a group of visiting engineering faculty and post-docs from the University of Innsbruck to the UNO campus. The goal of this research visit is academic collaboration between the two institutions and the Colleges of Engineering in particular.
Activities include lectures, field trips related to engineering and water management in New Orleans, and networking opportunities.
The group at the National World War II Museum with founding president Gordon “Nick” Mueller (4th from left)
The group touring the exhibits at the National World War II Museum
Inspecting construction progress at the National World War II Museum
The group in front of the University of New Orleans’ International Center (home of Center Austria)
Innsbruck engineers visit the newly opened LSU Center for River Studies.
Innsbruck engineers inspect coastal protection measures at the LSU Center for River Studies.
LSU Center for River Studies.
The fan boat: a key mode of transportation in the shallow bayous of Louisiana.
Innsbruck engineers survey the Lower Mississippi River Physical Model at the LSU Center for River Studies.
A view from above of the Lower Mississippi River Physical Model. The model itself is the size of a basketball court.
The Lower Mississippi River Physical Model at the LSU Center for River Studies--one of the world's largest movable bed physical models. Here the red shows land lost since the 1930s.
Innsbruck engineers at the Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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