Coastal Research With Industry, For Industry

Who We Are:

The Delta Institute is an innovative cooperative industry-university center for coastal research. It enables industry to access university research assets and expertise to jointly develop powerful, practical, and cost-effective engineering and design solutions.


  • INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES

    Develop design tools to use natural and restored ecosystems as resilient infrastructure for coastal risk reduction, carbon sequestration, and other environmental services.

  • BUILDING LAND

    Drive wetland expansion, conservation, and stabilization via bays, inlets, navigable rivers and canals, and shorelines by dredging and harnessing and amplifying natural currents.

  • CLIMATE ADAPTATION

    Co-produce residential and industrial infrastructure and protection measures across coastal landscapes.

  • SYSTEM RESILIENCE

    Support a sustainable maritime industry by enhancing navigation, renewable energy use, and the resilience of ports, waterways, pipelines, and cable to extreme weather events and dynamic environments.

Our Capabilities:

  • Jointly develop a research portfolio

  • De-risk early-stage research, development, and demonstration

  • Connect directly with graduate students working on your projects

  • Access university, center, and industry networks

  • Accelerate return on research investment

Why Join:


How to Join:

The Delta Institute is based on the proven National Science Foundation industry-university cooperative research center model. IUCRCs are partnership mechanisms that bring industry, universities, and government together to jointly work on research.


Contact us to learn more about how to become a member:

Full Member

$50,000/yr

Benefits:
1 Vote

Associate Member

$25,000/yr

Benefits:
1/2 Vote