At the end of June I was able to present the first results from my PhD journey to fellow academics at the International Symposium for Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST) in Pittsburgh.

I presented twice, the first one about a class project which I was able to turn into a small LCA study and the other about the literature review I did the past semester to dive deep into background knowledge on my research (which I totally recommend for every first-year PhD students, you read and learn so much from a review and will end up with many ideas for your dissertation chapters).

The titles of my presentations were „Life Cycle Assessment of Managed Aquifer Recharge“ and „An Exploratory Study of Criteria for Transition to Infrastructure Resilience“. Thanks to my advisor Dr. Markolf and Dr. Fortier, who taught me how to do LCAs in her class, I was able to discuss with many other professors and PhD students. (The photo Dr. Fortier makes it look like the room is empty, but I promise it was just that no-one sat in the front rows.)