Program Description
- Collaborate with UA faculty to research new computational tools for forecasting floods, droughts, and water quality.
- Advance your professional skills for success in graduate school and the workforce.
- Increase internship and career opportunities in federal agencies and businesses working in the water prediction field.
- Research areas:
- Applying machine learning and process-based models to predict floods, droughts, and water quality
- Overcoming challenges working with big water data
- Using data-driven methods to improve understanding of climate change effects on water systems
- Creating cyberinfrastructure in support of water prediction research
- Developing open source tools supporting user interaction with water information
- Visualization of water information to aid decision makers
Program Contact
- Dr. Steven Burian, Director of Science, Alabama Water Institute, sburian@ua.edu
Apply Online By: Friday, March 1st