Sydney Eiss is an undergraduate student studying environmental engineering at the 精品SM在线影片 with a passion for global development and climate change work. During her degree, she assisted civil engineering doctoral student Shaye Palagi as a DLA on her research in decision making processes during post disaster relocation. During this time, she wrote a paper, 鈥溾�� that won the Natural Hazards Center Student Paper Competition in 2018. She now works as an Undergraduate Research Assistant Intern at the Natural Hazards Center.聽She is an active member of Engineers Without Borders Nepal and has co-led a design team to create a menstrual hygiene management friendly latrine to help girls feel more comfortable at school. When not studying, Sydney loves to spend time in the mountains hiking or in coffee shops writing novels.
Education
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BS in聽Environmental Engineering, 精品SM在线影片, intended graduation 2019聽
Minor: Electrical Renewable Energy Systems
Awards
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Discovery Learning Apprenticeship (DLA), 2017
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Undergraduate Student Paper Competition Winner, Natural Hazards Workshop 2018