River Basin Center hosts Confluence poster event highlighting graduate research in water resources


Thirty graduate students showcased research at a poster session on Friday, October 20, hosted by the UGA River Basin Center. The event, titled Confluence, was the first annual poster session of its kind and featured interdisciplinary work from all over campus that focused on freshwater science and policy.

“We were encouraged by the diverse water resource research projects showcased at the event. Our goal is to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among students and faculty, and the enthusiastic response encourages us to make this an annual fall tradition,” said Sechindra Vallury, RBC director of policy and assistant professor at the Odum School of Ecology, who organized the event.

Awards were given to several graduate students, including second prize to our very own  Haley Selsor (College of Engineering), as well as Swaty Kajaria (Agricultural and Applied Economics, CAE) and Stevens Charles (School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechnical Engineering, COE) for 3rd prizes. Posters were judged by an interdisciplinary panel including Don Nelson, Seth Wenger, Deepak Mishra, Nandita Gaur, Whitney Lisenbee, Charles van Rees, Jesse Abrams and Susan Wilde

Read more from the RBC here.