The CIROH Visiting Scholars Program provided Dr. Mohamed Fathi Said and Dr. Wei Zhang with everything they needed to learn about hydroclimatic whiplash. Through their research collaboration with Dr. Mukesh Kumar, high-performance computing resources and plenty of uninterrupted coding time, these visiting scholars impacted hydrologic forecasting and created a lifelong friendship and collaboration.
Every week, students in our Research Experience for Undergraduate program participate in Water Wednesdays, a field learning experience designed to offer them the chance to physically experience the realities of water research and operations.
CIROH community resources allow students, researchers and water professionals to access, share and improve on existing work. Whether it is a model like NextGen In A Box, a presentation, published paper or notebook, open-source assets remain critical for the future of water resources modeling in a consortium made up by diverse fields, talents and careers.
Drs. Kate Brauman and Glenn Tootle, two faculty members affiliated with the Alabama Water Institute have been selected to receive the 2026-2027 Fulbright Research Scholar Award to contribute to global water sustainability efforts through research and teaching.
CONSERVE Research Group is developing digital twin ecosystems as part of an emerging portfolio for watershed conservation and management. This shift represents a new way of thinking about how conservation and restoration decisions get made, and how to understand their consequences before they play out on the ground.
CIROH partnered with NIDIS through hydrologic scientist Dr. Elliot Wickham to connect drought research to drought preparation in the Southeast. By making critical information available to community decision-makers as droughts develop, this partnership supports drought resilience throughout the region.
More than 230 researchers, hydrologists, students and practitioners gathered in Salt Lake City for DevCon 2026 to explore emerging technologies, strengthen partnerships and advance the science behind operational water prediction and decision support.
A new research program is bringing three distinct projects to working landscapes across the Southeast, from aquifer modeling to on-farm rivercane restoration to mapping underground root systems to advance the science of natural erosion control and watershed protection.
In 1827, the location of The University of Alabama was influenced by the presence of a critical water resource called Marr’s Spring. Nearly 200 years later, the University is at the center of water research advancing science, technology and policy to create a more secure and sustainable water future for the nation and the world.
Colton Byrne has been named a 2026-2027 Goldwater Scholar for his first-of-its-kind research on seafloor sediments near Thwaites Glacier, work that is helping scientists better understand Antarctic glacial recession and sea-level rise. Byrne conducted the research under Dr. Rebecca Totten, a CONSERVE Faculty Fellow and a Goldwater Scholar herself.
