There's more to a sports playing field than meets the eye. Just ask Megan Buczynski, former first-team All Ivy while playing field hockey at Brown. Buczynski, 30, leads sports design projects at Stantec, a planning and landscape architecture firm in Boston, often drawing upon her athletic background in her work. She has designed artificial grass fields as well as many other softball, rugby, and track and field facilities.

Interview with civil engineer on sports turf

There’s more to a sports playing field than meets the eye. Just ask Megan Buczynski, former long-time defender and team captain, who earned First-Team All Ivy while playing field hockey at Brown. Buczynski, 30, leads sports design projects at Stantec, a planning and landscape architecture firm in Boston, often drawing upon her athletic background in her work. She has designed artificial grass fields like Mount Holyoke College’s outdoor stadium, as well as many other softball, rugby, and track and field facilities.


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