Charles Burgis and Faria Tuz Zahura, both Ph.D. students in civil engineering in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, were recognized as outstanding presenters at the Global Water Initiative's Graduate Water Symposium on Nov. 20. Burgis presented “Tracking Denitrification in Green Stormwater Infrastructure with Nitrate Stable Isotopes” and Zahura presented “Assessing a machine learning surrogate for a detailed physics-based model used to predict urban coastal street flooding.”
The University of Virginia's Interdisciplinary Global Water Initiative, hosted by the Darden School of Business, brings together UVA scholars from diverse fields to address the world's water needs through cross-cutting research and scholarship. The initiative recognizes that ensuring water quality and availability in a time of increasing demand for resources and challenges presented by climate change and insufficient infrastructure requires a multifaceted approach.