Project Coastal Bend

Environmental Science & Policy Article

Masten-Cain Consulting Inc. CEO Kathryn Masten is co-author of a recently published article in the journal Environmental Science & Policy entitled “Building adaptive capacity to address coastal flooding: The case of a small Texas City“. The article chronicles industrial development and its resulting climate impacts on the City of Ingleside on the Bay (IOB) in […]

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Smart Cities Designed by Smart Communities

Masten-Cain Consulting Inc. CEO Kathryn Masten co-authors paper for 2023 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, entitled “Smart Cities Designed by Smart Communities: An Engaged Approach to Develop a Sociotechnical Network“. Made possible by a four-year NSF Smart and Connected Communities Integrated Research Grant, for which Kathryn serves as co-Principal Investigator, the paper describes the

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Coastal Bend Water Supply Analysis

As a sub-contractor for “Economic Analysis: Cost Benefit Analysis Study of Coastal Bend Water Supply Options“, Masten-Cain Consulting Inc. provided research about desalination plants to supply industrial water that are proposed for the drought-stricken Coastal Bend region of South Texas, along with information about other options, such as floating solar.

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Smart Coast NSF Grant

Masten-Cain Consulting Inc. CEO Kathryn Masten is co-Principal Investigator on a research team based at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) for a four-year $2.4 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Smart and Connected Communities (SCC) Integrative Research Grant (IRG) entitled: “Enabling Smart Cities in Coastal Regions of Environmental and Industrial Change: Building Adaptive Capacity

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