BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Sept. 18 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news release:
While exploring graduate programs in his home country of Nepal, Somnath Luitel, a WKU graduate student pursuing an M.S. in Geoscience, had a single conversation that changed his academic trajectory.
Luitel spoke with Dr. Manmeet Singh, an Assistant Professor in the WKU Department of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS), discussing developing AI models that could turn large-scale weather forecasts into detailed local information.
"What stayed with me was how seriously he engaged with those possibilities," Luitel said. "I could see a place for my interests, my questions, and my ambition at WKU. That conversation helped me imagine...