Melanie Vines entered college with her sights set on an engineering career focused on solving water problems and improving water quality in the United States and internationally.
Now, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in civil engineering, all from the University of Alabama, she’s a few months into a position with the Birmingham Water Works Research and Innovation Team.A significant component of her schooling was founding and leading a Water Environment Federation and American Water Works Association student chapter at her university. The group, which took the name Young Water Professionals, received WEF’s inaugural Student Chapter
