Grad student Maria Palmegiani was selected as second-place lightning round presenter in the American Water Works Association (AWWA) ACE21 All Virtual poster session - The New Frontier: Beyond the Meter Towards Plumbing Innovation and Water Quality. Maria's presentation is titled, "New Developments in Premise Plumbing: Integrated Hydraulic and Water Quality Modeling."

Maria is from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, and is a master's student in Civil-Environmental engineering expecting to graduate in December.