A paper published by faculty and grad students in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering has garnered the Editors' Choice Award from Water Resources Research.

CE faculty David Yu and Venkatesh Merwade, together with graduate students Nikhil Sangwan, Kyungmin Sung and others were recognized for their paper titled, "Incorporating institutions and collective action into a socio-hydrological model of flood resilience."

Starting in 2011, Water Resources Research has instituted the Editors' Choice Awards. The award is given to about 1% of published articles in any calendar year to provide professional recognition to scientists for their outstanding work. The selection is made by the Editors of WRR based on technical significance, novelty, originality, presentation, and broader implications of the publication.