May 2025
Baton Rouge, LA
Agenda Highlights
We are proud to present our keynote speaker, Dr. Clint Willson.
Dr. Clint Willson is the Callais & Woods Professor and Dean for the College of the Coast and Environment at LSU. Clint has been at LSU for 27 years, after having earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Penn State University and M.S. in Environmental Health Engineering and Ph.D.in Civil Engineering degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He also currently serves as the Director of the Center for River Studies and was the 2022-23 Erich and Lea Sternberg Honors Professor at LSU’s Ogden Honors College.
Willson’s areas of research include water resources engineering, water quality and sustainable infrastructure, and he has been heavily involved in coastal sustainability and water resource issues throughout his time at LSU. He serves on the executive committee for the LSU Coastal Ecosystem Design Studio and the Center for Collaborative Knowledge, and is the faculty advisor for the LSU Global Water Brigades.