November 1, 2023 Pujara earns environmental protection and stewardship fellowship Written By: Alex Holloway Departments: Civil & Environmental Engineering Categories: Awards|Faculty|Grants|Research Nimish Pujara, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded an Early-Career Research Fellowship in Environmental Protection and Stewardship. Nimish Pujara The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine hosts the fellowship program. Pujara is one of seven fellows selected from institutions across the United States. Fellows will research to predict and prepare for climate change-driven changes in coastal regions around the Gulf of Mexico. The program, which will run for two years, began in September 2023. Fellows receive $76,000 and mentoring support through the program, which encourages them to build new and unique collaborations while taking risks on untested research ideas. Pujara leads a UW-Madison research group that studies fluid mechanics to understand the role of fluid motion in environmental processes. His research touches on how water can help shape our world and is tackling issues such as how waves erode beaches as they move along the shore.