Dr. Dokou has been awarded a grant to collaborate with the city of Sacramento by providing expertise on permeable paver effectiveness, designed to minimize local flooding and augment recharge to the local aquifer in a disadvantaged neighborhood.
The City of Sacramento has recently initiated a project titled “Dixieanne Neighborhood Clean & Green Alleys” which aims to clean and beautify residential alleys in the community of Old North Sacramento with permeable interlocking pavers, fencing repairs, shade trees, and public art, to allow them to function as safe, low-stress corridors for pedestrians, bicyclists, and play areas for kids.
The Civil Engineering Department has been collaborating with the City of Sacramento over the years, and will contribute to this important effort. This project will provide hands-on experiences for Sac State students, by connecting them to industry partners and community-based organizations involved in the project.
Civil Engineering students will connect with industry partners and community-based organizations involved in the project, increasing their civic engagement skills and allowing for participation in a high-quality research project that will lead to improvements in an underinvested neighborhood.
Joaquin Fraga, graduate student at Sac State, has started working on the project and was recently on site to observe the exploratory borings taken by Geocon Consultants. Our team will be working closely with Fedolia “Sparky” Harris, Principal Planner with the City of Sacramento, Public Works Department, who is leading the “Dixieanne Neighborhood Clean & Green Alleys” project.
Our project was featured at the CE Connection Newsletter. Read more about it here: https://www.csus.edu/college/engineering-computer-science/civil-engineering/_internal/_documents/ce-connection/ce-connection-summer-2022.pdf#page=10
More information on the award can be found here:
Information about the overall project that the City of Sacramento is implementing: “The Dixieanne Clean & Green Alleys project” can be found here: