Climate Connection
As a landscaper working across Middle Tennessee, Gil has witnessed how the region’s weather has become increasingly unpredictable and extreme. Climate shifts, such as sudden cold snaps in spring and extended summer droughts, are no longer rare occurrences but recurring challenges that directly impact not only the timing of planting but can also affect the health of Gil’s crew due to extremes in heat and cold during installations.
In response, Gil has turned to a climate-smart landscaping approach promoting the use of native plants—species that have evolved alongside the region’s climate and wildlife. He believes this solution will not only improve the survival of the plants he installs, but he knows this will help address the growing challenges extreme weather shifts create for all living organisms within a habitat. These native plants are naturally adapted to local rainfall patterns, soil types, and temperature fluctuations, making them more resilient to both drought and freeze events. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), native landscaping not only requires less irrigation and chemical input, but also supports pollinators and birds, contributing to healthier overall urban ecosystems. Additionally, deeper root systems in native species provide extra ecological services. Native plants can most effectively manage stormwater runoff, reduce erosion, and cool the air—natural solutions to urban environmental challenges.
For Gilberto, landscaping is more than curb appeal—it’s about building biodiverse, resilient ecosystems one yard at a time. In his work, he encourages clients to think beyond aesthetics and toward sustainability: converting traditional lawns into pollinator havens, replacing invasive ornamentals with climate-hardy natives, and incorporating design elements that reduce runoff and heat retention caused by overly concrete areas and urban heat island effect. These small but intentional changes have a cumulative impact, offering a grassroots path to environmental resilience. As cities like Nashville continue to grow and face mounting climate pressures, Gilberto sees native plant landscaping as a practical and hopeful tool for rebalancing the relationship between people, nature, and place.
Submissions from 2025
Spatiotemporal Deep Learning to Forecast Storm Surge Water Levels and Storm Trajectory: Case Study Hurricane Harvey, Junqin Hou, Muhammad K. Akbar, Manar D. Samad, and Lizhi Ouyang
Submissions from 2021
High-throughput design of high-performance lightweight high-entropy alloys, Rui Feng, Chuan Zhang, Michael C. Gao, Zongrui Pei, Fan Zhang, Yan Chen, Dong Ma, Ke An, Jonathan D. Poplawsky, Lizhi Ouyang, Yang Ren, Jeffrey A. Hawk, Michael Widom, and Peter K. Liaw
Submissions from 2020
Fundamental Results on s-Closures, William D. Taylor
Submissions from 2019
Sums of A Pair of Orthogonal Frames, Ghanshyam Bhatt
Submissions from 2018
F-singularities under generic linkage, Linquan Ma, Janet Page, Rebecca R.G., William Taylor, and Wenliang Zhang
The s-multiplicity function of 2x2-determinantal rings, Lance Edward Miller and William D. Taylor
Interpolating between Hilbert–Samuel and Hilbert–Kunz multiplicity, William D. Taylor
Submissions from 2017
Computational modeling of high-entropy alloys: Structures, thermodynamics and elasticity, Michael C. Gao, Pan Gao, Jeffrey A. Hawk, Lizhi Ouyang, David E. Alman, and Mike Widom
Thermodynamics of concentrated solid solution alloys, Michael C. Gao, Chuan Zhang, Pan Gao, Fan Zhang, Lizhi Ouyang, Michael Widom, and Jeffrey A. Hawk
On Lower Bounds for s-multiplicities, Lance Edward Miller and William D. Taylor
Tailoring magnetic behavior of CoFeMnNiX (X = Al, Cr, Ga, and Sn) high entropy alloys by metal doping, Tingting Zuo, Michael C. Gao, Lizhi Ouyang, Xiao Yang, Yongqiang Cheng, Rui Feng, Shuying Chen, Peter K. Liaw, Jeffrey A. Hawk, and Yong Zhang
Submissions from 2016
Prediction and Optimal Scheduling of Advertisements in Linear Television, Mark J. Panaggio, Pak-Wing Fok, Ghan S. Bhatt, Simon Burhoe, Michael Capps, Christina J. Edholm, Fadoua El Moustaid, Tegan Emerson, Star-Lena Estock, Nathan Gold, Ryan Halabi, Madelyn Houser, Peter R. Kramer, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Qingxia Li, Weiqiang Li, Dan Lu, Yuzhou Qian, Louis F. Rossi, Deborah Shutt, Vicky Chuqiao Yang, and Yingxiang Zhou
Submissions from 2015
Elastic and electronic properties of Ti2Al(CxN1−x) solid solutions, Sitaram Aryal, Ridwan Sakidja, Lizhi Ouyang, and Wai-Yim Ching
Submissions from 2013
Understanding the Factors That Control theFormation and Morphology of Zn5(OH)8(NO3)2⋅2H2Othrough Hydrothermal Route, Xu Liu, Chunrui Wang, Xiaoyun Liu, Lizhi Ouyang, Ziyin You, Yeqing Lu, and Xiaoshuang Chen
Submissions from 2011
Structure and properties of the low-density phase ι-Al2O3 from first principles, Sitaram Aryal, Paul Rulis, Lizhi Ouyang, and Wai-Yim Ching
Ab initio investigation of hydrogen bonding and network structure in a supercooled model of water, Lei Liang, Paul Rulis, Lizhi Ouyang, and Wai-Yim Ching
Chemical Abundances of Red Giant Stars in the Globular Cluster M107 (NGC 6171), Julia O'Connell, Christian I. Johnson, Catherine A. Pilachowski, and Geoffrey Burks
Submissions from 2010
Spatial Distribution of Calcium-Gated Chloride Channels in Olfactory Cilia, Donald A. French, Dorjsuren Badamdorj, and Steven J. Kleene
Submissions from 2009
Ab initio tensile experiment on a model of an intergranular glassy film in β-Si3N4 with prismatic surfaces, Wai-Yim Ching, Paul Rulis, Lizhi Ouyang, and Anil Misra
Submissions from 2008
Chemical Analysis of Five Red Giants in the Globular Cluster M10 (NGC 6254), Sharina Haynes, Geoffrey Burks, Christian I. Johnson, and Catherine A. Pilachowski
Submissions from 2006
Enrichment As Categorical Delooping I: Enrichment Over Iterated Monoidal Categories, Stefan Forcey
Higher Dimensional Enrichment, Stefan Forcey
Vertically Iterated Classical Enrichment, Stefan Forcey
Operads In Iterated Monoidal Categories, Stefan Forcey, Jacob Siehler, and E. Seth Sowers
Submissions from 2005
Associative Structures Based Upon a Categorical Braiding, Stefan Forcey
Submissions from 2004
Enrichment Over Iterated Monoidal Categories, Stefan Forcey