Water & Society

Connecting science, decisions, and society for resilient water futures.

The Lin Lab for Intelligent Nexus Systems of Water and Society (LINS Lab) investigates the interactions among the environment, infrastructure, technology, and society to advance sustainable and resilient water systems planning, management, and operation.

We integrate hydrology, systems modeling, artificial intelligence, and decision analytics to support decision-making under uncertainty and to co-create solutions with diverse stakeholders.

Opportunities

Research Thrusts

Decision Analytics for Human-Water Systems 

Our work explores how people, infrastructure, and the environment interact to shape the use and sustainability of finite water resources. We adopt system modeling approach to capture behavioral drivers alongside climate and infrastructure impacts, offering risk-based policy insights.

Resilience in Socio-Technical Systems 

Technological advances, such as sensors and real-time control, are transforming water systems. Our research looks at how these shifts affect both infrastructure performance and social dynamics, with the goal of designing systems that are not only efficient but also robust, resilient, and equitable.

Water Use
& Data Science 

Water use is central to sustainability, shaping cross-scale and cross-sector risks, yet the role of human drivers, such as decision-making, infrastructure, water rights, and policies, remains underexplored. Our research tackles this gap by using big data and modern analytics to reveal how water is used.

Join Us

All are welcome.

We are hiring

The LINS Lab is part of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University
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