
Go With the Flow Hydraulics research has a venerable history on the Hill—and now it’s helping to save the planet
Blair Johnson, PhD '16, is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where she teaches civil engineering. For her graduate work on the Hill - where she studied fluid mechanics - she conducted research on how sand and other sediments are transported in churning, fast-moving waters, like a wave slamming into the shore during a hurricane. "You want to be able to predict whether natural shorelines are going to be washed away during storms," she explains. Read more