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Julie Shortridge
Julie Shortridge
Dr. Shortridge is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her research develops new methods for understanding long-term risks to water supply and agricultural systems. She is particularly interested in developing new approaches to support climate resilience in water supply, agricultural, and coastal settings.
She holds a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley in Environmental Engineering Science and an M.S.E. and Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University in Geography and Environmental Engineering. Prior to conducting her graduate studies, she spent six years working as an engineer focused on groundwater contamination and remediation, and as a consultant for the United Nations Environment Program on disaster preparedness.
Contact information
Contact information
Department of Biological Systems Engineering
Seitz Hall, RM 205
155 Ag Quad Lane
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Email: jshortridge@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-2797
Students
Students
Suman Budhathoki
Suman Budhathoki
Suman is a Ph.D. student in Biological Systems Engineering department at Virginia Tech. He received his BS degree in Agricultural Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, and an MS degree in Biosystems Engineering from Auburn University. For his MS work, he used X-ray CT and image analysis to quantify the 2D and 3D soil macropore characteristics in pasture and row crop fields. Prior to starting his MS degree, he spent two years working as an agricultural engineer focused on construction and design of micro irrigation systems and greenhouses in Nepal. In his PhD work he is using advanced numerical, statistical and machine learning methods to conduct hydrological signature analysis on agronomic soils for improved irrigation management.
Email: szb0153 at vt.edu
Alumni
Alumni
Zahra Nourali, PhD 2024. Now a Water Resources Engineer at WSP USA
Natalie Larsson, MS 2024. Now an Environmental Engineer at ERG
Laljeet Sangha, PhD 2022. Now a Community Water Systems Advisor with University of California Cooperative Extension
Katherine Quion, BS 2021. Now a Research Associate at the United States Geological Survey
Jill Grzelak, BS 2021. Now a Process Engineer at Merck.
Momtaz Jahan, MS 2020. Now a PhD student at Virginia Tech.
Julia Reis, Postdoctoral Researcher 2017-2019. Now a data scientist with Via in New York.
Morgan McCarthy, MS 2019. Now a Hydrologist with the US Forest Service in Oregon.
Morgan DiCarlo, MS 2018. Now a PhD student at North Carolina State University.
Mitchell Paoletti, BS 2018.
Haley Kujawa, BS 2017.
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