Three students win the ANID National Master's Scholarship

Three students from the UTFSM Hydrology Group have been awarded the 2026 ANID National Master's Scholarship (Beca de Magíster Nacional ANID).

Their theses address water resources, climate change and the use of artificial intelligence in engineering:

• Jocelyn Lugo: "Ríos atmosféricos en Chile: cuantificación de su impacto en extremos hidrometeorológicos y en los recursos hídricos mediante enfoques de aprendizaje automático" (Atmospheric rivers in Chile: quantifying their impact on hydrometeorological extremes and water resources through machine learning approaches). Advisor: Álvaro Ossandón; co-advisor: Joaquín Meza.
• José María Araya: "Evaluación comparativa de modelos hidrológicos conceptuales y modelos de machine learning para el pronóstico de caudales en la subcuenca del estero Nilahue" (Comparative evaluation of conceptual hydrological models and machine learning models for streamflow forecasting in the Nilahue stream subbasin). Advisor: Álvaro Ossandón.
• Catalina Ferrara: "Downscaling de precipitación diaria en la cuenca del río Maipo mediante la integración de ERA5-Land y observaciones pluviométricas usando técnicas estadísticas y de deep learning" (Downscaling of daily precipitation in the Maipo River basin by integrating ERA5-Land and rain gauge observations using statistical and deep learning techniques).