AWI WaterWorks
August 29
12:00PM – 1:00PM
132, Lloyd Hall
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama Water Institute is establishing an educational partnership with Woodland Forrest Elementary School, providing the STEM-certified school with an advanced augmented reality sandbox system through a long-term loan agreement.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Welcome to Watertown, USA, future leaders of hydrology. Tuscaloosa, a town synonymous with SEC football, becomes the epicenter of America’s next-generation water workforce development each summer.
BURLINGTON, Vt. – More than 225 researchers, students and practitioners gathered at the University of Vermont for the 2025 CIROH Developers Conference (DevCon), underscoring CIROH’s role as a national hub for next-generation water prediction and decision support.
BURLINGTON, Vt. – At the 2025 CIROH Developers Conference (DevCon), held at the University of Vermont, CIROH introduced two new awards designed to celebrate rising talent and practical innovation in water research: the CIROH Student Developer Award and the CIROH Early Career Paper Award.
June 30, 2025: WaterTown, USA: CIROH’s Summer of Science Shapes the Future of Water
June 30, 2025: DevCon 2025 Highlights CIROH’s National Role in Transforming Water Prediction
June 30, 2025: Empowering the Next Generation: CIROH Awards Spotlight Innovation and Real-World Impact
June 26, 2025: Alabama Water Institute Shares Hands-On Learning Technology with Elementary School
May 22, 2025: Tribal Nations, City Officials Partner with CONSERVE to Address Rising Flood Challenges
May 19, 2025: UA’s Brunetz Named Goldwater Scholar for Freshwater Research
May 15, 2025: Machine Learning Model Improves River Flow Estimates in Ungauged Basins
May 14, 2025: UA Researchers Tackle Water Challenges with AWI Equipment Grants
May 6, 2025: New Machine Learning Framework Improves National Water Model Accuracy in Drought-Prone Western Watersheds
April 28, 2025: Water-R2O Program Prepares Next Generation of Water Scientists with Real-World Focus
April 25, 2025: Advancing Weather Monitoring in American Samoa: Bridging Critical Gaps in Forecasting
April 18, 2025: Tuscaloosa, Ala., Emerges as a Global Hub for Hydrological Forecasting at HEPEX Conference
March 24, 2025: UA Researchers Detect ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water with Unique Equipment
March 24, 2025: Alabama Waterways Benefit from United Conservation Network
March 19, 2025: HEPEX at 20: Celebrating Two Decades of Advancing Hydrological Forecasting
February 24, 2025: Alabama Impact: UA Environmental and Ecological Research Serves the State
February 14, 2025: NextGen In A Box (NGIAB): Revolutionizing Hydrological Modeling with a 30-Minute Setup
February 6, 2025: AWI, CIROH Highlight Partnerships at Annual AMS Meeting
January 27, 2025: AWI Leads Marion Water Project, Inspires Future Water Stewards
January 15, 2025: CIROH AT AGU24: Advancing Water Prediction and Hydrology Research
Decemeber 5, 2024: CONSERVE Project to Advance Rivercane Conservation in the Southeast
November 15, 2024: Social Science Meets Hydrology: Bridging Human Insight and Water Innovation
November 14, 2024: CIROH Celebrates R2O Award Recipients at Annual Science Meeting
November 14, 2024: Stands of Resilience: How Rivercane and Indigenous Knowledge Preserve Each Other’s Survival
November 12, 2024: ORED Names First Cohort of Senior Fellows
November 07, 2024: CIROH 2024 Science Meeting: A Collaborative Look Toward The Future of Water Research
October 10, 2024: UA Center to Provide Environmental Analysis to Support National Security
October 04, 2024: CIROH Announces 34 New Research Projects Across 18 Institutions in North America to Advance Water Prediction and Resilience
September 24, 2024: First Alabama Water Institute Faculty Fellows Graduate, Reflect on Program
September 24, 2024: Alabama Water Institute Names Fourth Class of Faculty Fellowship Recipients
September 24, 2024: USGS Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility Offers New Opportunities for UA Faculty
September 24, 2024: AWI Fellow Investigates Greener Solvent for Water Treatment Membrane Manufacturing
September 23, 2024: Hydropower Industry Lost Billions to Drought Over Two Decades
September 20, 2024: 2024 CIROH@UVM All-Hands Meeting
September 13, 2024: Innovative Water Solutions: Graduate Students and Experts Drive the 2024 Summer Institute
September 13, 2024: AI-Powered Water Research: Undergraduate Program Prepares Future Hydrologists
August 28, 2024: Saban Center and Alabama Water Institute Partner to Showcase “Science On a Sphere”
August 14, 2024: USGS, UA Celebrate Opening of World-Class Hydrologic Facility
August 14, 2024: Interactive Map Shows Thresholds for Coastal Nuisance Flooding
August 13, 2024: NSF Supports CIROH Project on Climate Extremes in Gulf Region
August 05, 2024: From Postdoc to Pioneer: Dr. Ryan Johnson’s CIROH Journey Toward Hydrology Leadership
August 01, 2024: CIROH Visiting Scholar Advances Natural Water Hazard Forecasting and Management
August 01, 2024: Equitable Apportionment: The Wave of the Future in Interstate Water Disputes
August 01, 2024: AWI Awards $162,000 in Equipment Support to UA Faculty
July 31, 2024: UA Students Travel Abroad for International Water Research Experience
July 25, 2024: NOAA Sea Grant Awards UA Researchers $2.34M for Marine Debris Prevention
July 01, 2024: Hydrologic AI Forecasting Program Equips Undergraduates with Essential Water Research Skills
July 01, 2024: CIROH Hosts Second Annual Developers Conference
July 01, 2024: CIROH Hosts National Water Center Innovators Program Summer Institute
June 25, 2024: Cocaine Trafficking Threatens Critical Bird Habitats
May 29, 2024: Dimova Attends ‘Blue Carbon’ Workshop in China
May 29, 2024: CONSERVE Op-ed: Rivercane Ecosystem Stewardship and Cultural Resiliency for the Jena Band of Choctaw
May 29, 2024: CONSERVE Partners with Department of Defense for Networking Initiative
May 29, 2024: Atkinson Honored with Leadership Award from Society for Freshwater Science
May 29, 2024: AWI and UA Host Spring Conference for American Water Resources Association
May 29, 2024: UA Hosts Inaugural Water Observing Technology Forum
May 29, 2024: Freshwater Biology Students Prepare for National Meeting
April 19, 2024: CONSERVE Program Empowers Environmental Stewardship
April 18, 2024: AWI Student Spotlight: Amani Roberson
April 18, 2024: AWI Affiliates Published in Nature Communications UA Researchers Study Urbanization Influence on Snow Precipitation
April 18, 2024: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Scientific Research and Education Network
April 18, 2024: UA Researchers Part of $2.5M National Freshwater Ecosystem Study
February 27, 2024: AWI Spotlight: Kayla Roberson
February 27, 2024: New Initiative to Boost Ecological Education, Conservation in Southeastern US
February 27, 2024: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting
January 30, 2024: CONSERVE, Tribal Communities Work to Preserve Oklahoma Rivercane Ecosystems
January 30, 2024: Data Storyteller Joins CONSERVE Research Group
January 23, 2024: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Annual American Geophysical Union Meeting
January 22, 2024: AWI Awards $158,000 in Equipment Support to UA Faculty
January 22, 2024: AWI Interdisciplinary Innovations Program Assists Timely ‘Forever Chemical’ Detection Research
December 14, 2023: Severe Droughts Affect Global Communities and Uncover Artifacts
December 7, 2023: New Southeast Freshwater Science Chapter Emphasizes Ecosystem Conservation
December 7, 2023: Temimi Honored with CIROH R2O Award
December 1, 2023: AWI CONSERVE Research Group Selected to Lead National Preservation Program for Department of Defense
November 14, 2023: UA’s Underwater Robotics Key to Unlocking Secrets of the Past
November 14, 2023: Worlds of Work Introduces Students to Water Careers
October 19, 2023: Project Advancing Tools To Remotely Monitor Water Quality
October 18, 2023: CIROH Hosts Annual Science Meeting in Tuscaloosa
October 17, 2023: AWI’s CONSERVE Research Group Awarded $250,000
October 17, 2023: Coral Researchers Awarded $2M for New Restoration Technology
October 15, 2023: UA Researchers Discover Evidence in Disputed Evolution of Mollusks
October 7, 2023: Black Belt Students Learn Water Research, Treatment
September 21, 2023: UA Professors Get CAREER Boost
September 19, 2023: UA Hosts 89th Annual Malacological Society Meeting Focused on Mollusks
September 19, 2023: Developing the World of Water
September 19, 2023: AWI Partners with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Youth Corps Program
September 15, 2023: First Cohort of UA’s Water Operations and Forecast Graduate Training Program Begins
September 11, 2023: New Director to Oversee Water Research
September 5, 2023: New Computing Center Expands Innovation Opportunities
July 24, 2023: Defense Department Unveils Guidebook for Engaging Tribal Nations
June 26, 2023: UA Student Team Wins EPA Award for Water Quality Assessment
June 26, 2023: Alabama Water Institute, CIROH Researchers Earn Pilot Project Seed Funding
May 18, 2023: UA Faculty and Students Present at Freshwater Mollusk Symposium, Win Award
May 10, 2023: Alabama Water Institute Names Third Cohort of Faculty Fellowship Recipients
May 10, 2023: AWI Awards $110,000 in Research Support to UA Faculty
April 18, 2023: UA’s Global Water Security Center Makes Connections at UN Water Conference
April 13, 2023: National Science Foundation Selects UA Student for Competitive Fellowship
April 11, 2023: UA Biological Researchers Return to Antarctica to Discover, Study New Species
March 9, 2023: AWI, Kentuck Art Center Partner for Tuscaloosa Waterways Exhibit
February 14, 2023: UA Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Investigate PFAS Water Contamination
February 14, 2023: AWI Staff, Affiliates Attend Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting
December 16, 2022: UA Researchers Developing Drone-based Underwater Laser Mapping Technology
December 15, 2022: Op-Ed: Pine Hills and Hickory Smoke: Ichuaway’s Living Laboratory at the Jones Center
December 15, 2022: AWI Awards $144,450 in Research Support to UA Faculty
November 17, 2022: UA Hosts Symposium to Address Food and Water Challenges
November 16, 2022: UA Researchers Find Hydroplaning Risks Greater in Southern US
November 15, 2022: AWI Researcher Develops New Snow Model Machine Learning Tutorial
October 21, 2022: UA Center Recognized as Part of National Global Water Security Strategy
October 19, 2022: Alabama’s Water Sapphire Springs Forth
October 13, 2022: U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby Addresses Inaugural CIROH Meeting at UA
October 6, 2022: UA Global Water Security Center to Participate in 2023 UN Water Conference
September 26, 2022: Fedoroff Named AWI Director of Cultural and Water Resources Preservation
September 21, 2022: Testing Florida’s Freshwater Limits for Population Growth
September 21, 2022: UA Young Water Professionals Awarded Student Chapter of the Year
September 19, 2022: Small Wetlands the Focus of UA Effort to Boost Resource Management
September 12, 2022: Interim Executive Director Named for Alabama Water Institute
August 30: 2022: Moradkhani Named Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology
August 19, 2022: UA Research Enterprise Enjoys Remarkable Year
August 2, 2022: UA Researcher Investigates Drivers of Antarctic Ice Retreat
August 1, 2022: Pilot Project to Support Equitable Climate Resilience Along the Upper Mississippi River
July 15, 2022: UA Researchers Highlight Need for Gauges in Intermittent Waterways
July 14, 2022: Alabama Water Institute Names Second Class of Faculty Fellowship Recipients
July 14, 2022: UA Awarded $3M For Graduate Training in Water Operations and Forecasting
June 10, 2022: UA Researchers Develop Chemical Sensors to Detect Antibiotic Overuse in Water
May 16, 2022: UA Researchers to Study Gulf Coast Severe Weather Communications
May 2, 2022: UA Hosts AWRA National Spring Water Conference
April 6, 2022: UA Awarded $360 Million to Lead National Water Effort
January 20, 2022: UA Partners with USGS to Build Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility
January 19, 2022: Krauss Named AWI Director of Research to Operations Communications
December 15, 2021: UA-Led Collaborative Groundwater Effort Awarded NSF Funding
December 14, 2021: AWI Awards $198,500 in Research Support to UA Faculty
December 14, 2021: New Mobile App to Aid Gulf of Mexico Fishermen, Boaters
December 14, 2021: UA Research Enhanced by New Research Software Engineer
October 21, 2021: NOAA Awards Climate Science Funding for UA, Sea Grant Projects
October 20, 2021: UA Researcher Awarded Grant for Imaging Algae in Coastal Waters
October 20, 2021: Department of Defense Water Resilience Fellow Joins GWSC as Associate Director
October 11, 2021: Collaborative UA-Alabama A&M Aquatic Project Awarded National Science Foundation Funding
August 19, 2021: UA Engineering Faculty Receives Fulbright Award
August 12, 2021: Washing Away Nitrogen Through Roadside Ditches
August 10, 2021: UA Researchers Studying Storm-driven Groundwater from Barrier Islands
June 23, 2021: AWI Strategic Plan Addresses Global Water Research and Solutions
June 17, 2021: National Awards for Early Career Research go to Four UA Professors
June 16, 2021: New UA Center to Fill Need for Understanding Water Security
June 14, 2021: UA developing leading-edge radar system for critical water information
June 7, 2021: UA Research to Enhance Flood Resilience of Coastal Communities
May 25, 2021: Alabama Water Institute Names First Faculty Fellowship Recipients
May 21, 2021: UA CyberSeed Program Funds More Campus Research
May 18, 2021: UA Hires Preeminent Alumnus to Advance Water Research Initiative
April 27, 2021: Kocot Honored with UA President’s Faculty Research Award
April 16, 2021: Moradkhani, Pitt to Receive American Society of Civil Engineers Award
April 15, 2021: Moftakhari Awarded Early-Career Research Fellowship
April 14, 2021: UA Researcher Studying Impact of Humankind’s Water Footprint
April 13, 2021: Nearly a Third of Mobile Bay Marshes Gone Since 1980s, Study Finds
April 12, 2021: Alabama Water Institute Awards Multiple Equipment Grants
March 30, 2021: Groundwater Impact on Oceans Cannot Be Ignored, Major Study Finds
March 9, 2021: New UA Stormwater Detention Basin to Ease Flooding and Provide Research Opportunities
March 3, 2021: UA Researcher Awarded Grant for Severe Weather Public Communication Study
February 3, 2021: UA Food Scientist Awarded AWI Grant For Nanofiber Production Equipment
December 11, 2020: UA Professor Receives National Science Foundation Awards for Mussel and Water Research
December 9, 2020: UA Professors Awarded NSF Grant For Underwater Robotics Wireless Communications
November 12, 2020: UA Leading Rural Wastewater Treatment Pilot Program with Grant from Columbia World Projects
November 11, 2020: UA Professor Awarded NSF Grant for Symbiotic Algae and Coral Research
October 28, 2020: A Worldwide View of Water
October 14, 2020: USGS Director Reveals Vision, New Facility Plans for Collaboration with Alabama Water Institute
July 16, 2020: Balancing the Cost of Disasters
July 15, 2020: UA Researcher Studying Link Between Pollutants and Hermaphroditic Fish
July 1, 2020: Rayder to Head Alabama Water Institute
January 29, 2020: AWI’s Flournoy Named 2020 Mirzayan Fellow
January 28, 2020: UA Institutes Working Together for Healthier Lives in Rural Alabama
August 28, 2019: Combating the Harmful Effects of Illicit Supply Networks
August 7, 2019: Alabama Water Institute Interdisciplinary Innovation Program offers funding support for new research
April 29, 2019: Bonizzoni Building Student Success Through Chemistry and Collaboration
April 5, 2019: Formulating a Better Partnership for Water Quality
April 5, 2019: Alabama Water Institute Researchers Prepare for Disasters by Studying Online Behavior
January 3, 2019: Alabama Water Institute offers water research funding support through new bridge program
September 27, 2018: When Lionfish Roar
July 5, 2018: Winning the Water Quality Game
August 29
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132, Lloyd Hall
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