# Events

### Nov 20, 2024 First Group Meeting

[First Group Meeting_1_20241220](NBI.pdf)  

[First Group Meeting_2_20241220](EPA_RP_Presentation.pdf)

### August 28, 2026: AI-powered green infrastructure planning dashboard
Introducing the proposed AI-powered green infrastructure planning dashboard to software engineering students and inviting their participation in developing its interactive visualization and AI-assisted decision-support features.
![Presentation](Presentation_SES.png)

## January 23, 2026: Student Team Wins Poster Presentation

FGCU software engineering students Michael Alvear, Luis Cabrera, Mark Schwartz, and Christopher Smith presented *“Large Language Models for the Democratization of Groundwater and Climate Data: An Example of Groundwater Climate Resiliency in South Florida”* at the 35th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference. The students demonstrated an AI-enabled groundwater and climate dashboard that allows users to search, visualize, interpret, and download project data through natural-language queries. Their work received **third place in the student poster competition**, recognizing the team’s interdisciplinary contribution to making groundwater and climate information more accessible to researchers, decision-makers, and South Florida communities.![Poster_Win](Poster_Win.png)

### December 17, 2025: AGU25 Annual Meeting

Presenting research on the effects of projected rainfall and sea-level rise on groundwater–surface water interactions and salinity in South Florida at the AGU25 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
![AGU25 presentation](AGU25.png)

### September 05, 2025: LLM-Powered Dashboard 
Introducing the proposed LLM-Powered Dashboard for Groundwater Climate Resiliency in South Florida to software engineering students and inviting their participation in developing its interactive visualization and AI-assisted decision-support features.
![Presentation](Presentation_SES_2025.png)


### June 16–17, 2025: Seminole Tribe of Florida Engagement
The project team visited Immokalee, the Brighton Reservation, and Big Cypress to present preliminary findings from Task 1 and engage with Seminole Tribe representatives and staff. The meetings and field discussions provided opportunities to exchange perspectives on regional environmental and hydrological priorities, identify areas of mutual research interest, and strengthen collaboration between the project team and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
![Engagement](Seminole_Tribe_Engagement.png)
### Oct 18, 2024 The Water School Seminar

![Flyer](Flyer.png)