2025 South 啵啵直播秀 Student Water Conference
A conference exclusive for students
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025
Location: University Student Union, South 啵啵直播秀 State University
What's in it for students?
- Develop skills, like science communication and oral and poster presentation.
- Compete and win in student competitions.
- Learn, share and grow your science.
- Networking opportunities with peers, academicians, state and federal agency scientists and more.
- Travel grants available to offset the cost of attending the conference.
Join us for this exciting event.
Professor of agricultural and biological engineering, director of the Institute for a Sustainable Future, and the lead on international outreach for the Institute for Digital and Advanced Agricultural Systems at Purdue University. Her research focuses on water resources with emphasis on water quality, integrated hydrologic and water quality modeling, and data-driven decision-making and management. Gitau has developed over 180 products from her work including peer-reviewed journal articles, presentations and datasets and has given at least 25 invited talks and seminars, both in the U.S. and internationally. Gitau serves on the editorial boards of two internationally renowned journals and on the advisory board of Auburn University鈥檚 Department of Biosystems Engineering.
Extension field specialist III 鈥 community vitality field specialist based out of the Aberdeen Regional Center, SDSU Extension.
Program | ||
Time | Event | Location |
7:30-8 a.m. | Registration | University Student Union, |
8-8:15 a.m. | Welcome | University Student Union, |
8:15-9:45 a.m. | Hands-on Workshop "Change is fluid" Speaker 鈥 Kellie Kolb, Extension field specialist III 鈥 community vitality field specialist based out of the Aberdeen Regional Center, SDSU Extension | University Student Union, |
9:45-10 a.m. | Break and coffee social | University Student Union, |
10-11:50 a.m. | Oral presentations | University Student Union, |
11:50 a.m.-noon | Move to Hobo Gallery | University Student Union, |
noon-1 p.m. | Lunch and professional development "How to plan for a dream job?" Speaker 鈥 Sushant Mehan, assistant professor 鈥 water resource engineer, SDSU |
University Student Union, |
1-1:15 p.m. | Break and setup | University Student Union, |
1:15-2:45 p.m. | Speed networking | University Student Union, |
2:45-3 p.m. | Move to poster session | University Student Union, |
3-5 p.m. | Poster session | University Student Union, |
5-5:30 p.m. | Tour | Raven Precision Agriculture Center |
5:30-6 p.m. | Evening social and hors d'oeuvres | University Student Union, |
6-6:45 p.m. | Alan R. Bender Memorial Lecture in Water and Climate Resilience: "The Future of our Freshwater: Tackling water-quality impairments at the root." Speaker 鈥 Margaret W. Gitau, professor of agricultural and biological engineering, director of the Institute for a Sustainable Future and the lead on international outreach for the Institute for Digital and Advanced Agricultural Systems at Purdue University, Indiana. | University Student Union, |
6:45-7 p.m. | 啵啵直播秀 announcements/closing remarks/group picture/vote of thanks | University Student Union, |
7 p.m. | Adjourn | |
