{"id":55,"date":"2025-11-10T18:28:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/blue-green\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-02-13T20:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:30:38","slug":"bluegreen-decisions-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"55\" class=\"elementor elementor-55\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8ee94 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b8ee94\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3985d6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3985d6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Transforming How Engineers, Scientists, and Policymakers Navigate Human-Environmental Systems <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-745d695 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"745d695\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5b838 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f5b838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119448821 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119448821 BCX0\">Many pressing infrastructure and environmental challenges, whether from from climate-driven drought and urban heat to energy transition and systemic resilience, are not simply engineering problems. They are<b> <\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119448821 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119448821 BCX0\"><b>human-environmental systems <\/b>problems<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119448821 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119448821 BCX0\">: complex, dynamic, and uncertain, with deep <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119448821 BCX0\">interdependencies<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119448821 BCX0\"> across ecological, technological, and social domains. The <b>Blue-Green Decisions Lab<\/b> examines these challenges by advancing systems-based, interdisciplinary approaches to infrastructure resilience, sustainable community development, and human aware decision making.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d57903 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3d57903\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8806a6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8806a6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/elementor\/thumbs\/labBanner-e1754670446972-r9yp8n6s8mjjt2wjki0s5314lewk7k72nb5yw5d7qc.png\" title=\"labBanner\" alt=\"Bluegreen Decisions Lab logo\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-393d194 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"393d194\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5721b93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5721b93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\">Focusing on <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\">decision support at the water-energy nexus<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\">, the lab integrates methods from systems engineering, environmental science, data analytics, and behavioral research. It combines model-based and data-driven insights with participatory, stakeholder-engaged processes to support decisions that are not only technically <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\">optimal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\">, but also contextually informed and socially <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\">attuned<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW74063122 BCX0\">. Our work spans utility operations, community-scale planning, policy design, and adaptive governance, with a commitment to translating science into real-world impact.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW74063122 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-521ef4b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"521ef4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-837c035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"837c035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our approach combines:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Systems modeling and resilience analytics<\/b><b> <\/b>to better understand coupled infrastructure and dynamics under uncertainty;\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>AI-augmented and human-in-the-loop decision tools<\/b><b> <\/b>that enhance judgment and transparency in complex planning contexts;\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Empirical and conceptual work on the human dimensions of engineering<\/b>, including human behavioral modeling, risk perception, institutional decision-making, and stakeholder engagement;\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Design and evaluation of nature-based solutions<\/b> that align built infrastructure with ecological function and community priorities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5253cdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5253cdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80689b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"80689b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa4a1b elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1fa4a1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tNavigating Interdependent Water-Energy Systems \t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa02ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4aa02ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Water and energy systems are increasingly interconnected through their infrastructure, operations, and shared exposure to climate and social stressors. Changes in one system, such as electricity load variability or drought-driven supply restrictions, propagate through the other, often in nonlinear and unexpected ways. Yet these coupled dynamics remain underrepresented in infrastructure planning and decision support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Early-stage modeling and decision analysis are essential to anticipate emergent vulnerabilities and identify leverage points for integrated water-energy planning.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">We are developing systems-based models and analytics to understand, simulate, and visualize these interdependencies. By integrating operational data, behavioral insights, and long-range planning scenarios, our work supports multi-utility coordination, adaptive infrastructure investment, and improved resilience assessment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ffecde e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ffecde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac7f1e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac7f1e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/shared-image-2-768x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-72\" alt=\"Joshua Oluwatumise visiting a site\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/shared-image-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/shared-image-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/shared-image-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/shared-image-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/08\/shared-image-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab8213d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab8213d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54c8d9f elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"54c8d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tHuman-Aware Design and Governance \t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc138f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc138f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4019d36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4019d36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Conventional engineering models often treat human behavior as noise or constraint. But human built systems are socio-technical by nature: their performance, resilience, and legitimacy depend fundamentally on human decisions as users, institutions, and communities. As cities becomes more complex and digitally augmented, understanding and modelling human actions becomes more critical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our work develops and applies models of decision-making, choice, institutional behavior, and stakeholder engagement within engineering contexts. We study how cognitive, organizational, and political dynamics shape decisions under uncertainty, and how system design can better anticipate human actions. This includes work on choice models, agent-based modelling, embedded AI, decision visualization, and the localization of operational and policy decisions. The goal is to reframe design and governance as not only a technical system, but as a space of evolving human decision and interaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8049c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8049c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1076989 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1076989\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/09\/Image-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-161\" alt=\"Dixie Poteet with a construction demonstration. Demonstration includes small construction vehicles and buildings in a modeled dirt pit.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/09\/Image-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/09\/Image-4-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/09\/Image-4-768x597.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d01739 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8d01739\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6228fbb elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6228fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tNature-Based Solutions and Ecological Integration \t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b40e8b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b40e8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a7bdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8a7bdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nature-based solutions offer promising alternatives to conventional approaches, with potential benefits for biodiversity, community health, and long-term resilience. However, these solutions introduce new complexities into infrastructure planning, particularly around performance uncertainty, ecological feedbacks, and institutional coordination.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">We investigate how nature-based infrastructure can be better modeled, evaluated, and governed as part of broader systems. We incorporate principles of ecological resilience and coupled socio-enviornmental knowledge into our research and approaches. This includes the development of methods to quantify ecological co-benefits, optimize performance under uncertainty, and incorporate stakeholder values in design and implementation. The challenge is not only technical; it is also epistemic and institutional, requiring new frameworks for aligning ecological knowledge with engineering decision processes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f0460b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f0460b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d1e578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d1e578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/09\/image-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-168\" alt=\"Dixie Poteet taking notes while preforming field work\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/09\/image-5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/09\/image-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/laboratories\/bluegreen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/09\/image-5-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72f3ca8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72f3ca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142e9fb elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"142e9fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tBuilding a New Generation of Systems Thinkers \t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba2d7d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba2d7d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a1edf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a1edf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Meeting today\u2019s infrastructure challenges requires new capabilities in engineering education and practice. As systems become more integrated, data-intensive, and participatory, engineers and scientists must be equipped to work across disciplinary boundaries, interpret complex feedbacks, and engage with the social dimensions of their work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Blue-Green Decisions Lab is committed to cultivating the next generation of systems thinkers through interdisciplinary research, mentorship, and experiential learning. Students and collaborators work on real-world infrastructure problems involving decision-support modeling, human behavior, stakeholder engagement, and resilience planning. 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