SEAS master's capstone project group on team that wins American Society of Landscape Architects award

An image of a burning wildfire next to an image of the publication.
Image Credit: SWA, NASA/Landsat 8
September 5, 2025

Congratulations to the Community-Scale Wildfire Mitigation in California’s Wildland-Urban Interface master's capstone project team and their client, SWA Group/XL Lab, for being awarded the American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award in Communications! 

The research, which was completed in 2023 by University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) alums Shannon Clancy (MS '23), Dallas Ford (MS '23), Peter Rustad (MS '23), Rajpankaja Talukdar (MS '23), Ted Vuchinich (MS '23), was advised by SEAS Associate Professor of Practice and Engagement Lisa Du Russel (BS ’02, MLA ’06) and was turned into a publication by SWA Group/XL lab.

 

https://www.asla.org/2025awards/11710.html
Lisa DuRussel
Specialization
Landscape Architecture