AWARDS

The Hydrology Days Award is presented each year in recognition of outstanding and significant contributions to hydrologic science. Recipients of this prestigious award are listed below. We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Hydrology Days award will be presented to Martha Anderson, Research Physical Scientist at the USDA Agricultural Research Center Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory.

More information about the 2024 keynote speakers is available here: http://hydrologydays.colostate.edu/keynote-speakers/

Hydrology Days Award Recipients

Martha Anderson (2024) Research Physical Scientist – USDA Agricultural Research Center Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory.

Mary C. Hill (2023) Professor of Geology – University of Kansas

Soroosh Sorooshian (2020*) Distinguished Professor – Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science, Director, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS), The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine

*Note – Due to COVID-19, Dr. Sorooshian was selected in 2020 but could not accept the award until 2022 when the event could be held in-person

Bridget R. Scanlon (2019) Senior Research Scientist – Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin

Stephen J. Burges (2018) Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou (2017) Distinguished Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – University of California, Irvine

Dara Entekhabi (2016) Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Scott W. Tyler (2015) Professor – Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada – Reno

William W-G Yeh (2014) Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, University of California – Los Angeles

Vijay P. Singh (2013) Distinguished and Regents Professor – Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A&M University

Michael A. Celia (2012) Professor & Director, Princeton Environmental Institute

James Shuttleworth (2011) Regent’s Professor – Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona

Andrea Rinaldo (2010) Director – Ecole Polytechnique Fedarale de Lausanne, Switzerland

George F Pinder (2009) Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Vermont

Wilfried Brutsaert (2008) Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Jean-Yves Parlange (2007) Professor – Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Rafael L. Bras (2006) Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Charles A Troendle (2005) Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service

Andras Szöllözi-Nagy (2004) Division of Water Sciences, UNESCO

Jose D. Salas (2003) Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University

Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe (2002) Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University

Stanley Schumm (2001) Professor Emeritus – Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University

Hubert J. Morel-Seytoux (2000) Professor Emeritus – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University

Each year at Hydrology Days we honor a speaker by inviting them to present a Borland lecture, in either hydrology or hydraulics. More information about the 2024 keynote speakers is available here: http://hydrologydays.colostate.edu/keynote-speakers/

Hydraulics Recipients

Christa D. Peters-Lidard (2024) Director in Sciences and Exploration Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Fred L. Ogden (2023) Chief Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Water Center Office of Prediction.

Ellen Wohl (2020*) Distinguished Professor – Geology and Geosciences, Colorado State University

*Note – Due to COVID-19, Dr. Wohl was selected in 2020 but could not accept the award until 2022 when the event could be held in-person

Fotis Sotiropoulos (2019) Dean – College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University

Jeffrey R. Koseff (2018) Professor – Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Harindra J.(Joe) Fernando (2017) Wayne and Diana Murdy Endowed Professor – Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame

Mark Schmeeckle (2016) Associate Professor – Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University

Gordan Grant (2015) Research Hydrologist – USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station

Martin Doyle (2014) Director – Water Policy Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University

Peter Wilcock (2013) Professor and Department Head – Watershed Sciences, Utah State University

Heidi Nepf (2012) Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Stephen G. Monismith (2011) Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

John M. Buffington (2010) Geomorphologist – Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service

Marcelo H. Garcia (2009) Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

William E. Dietrich (2008) Professor – Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley

Hydrology Recipients

Hoshin V. Gupta (2023) Regents Professor of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona.

Ana Barros (2020*) Distinguished Professor – Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University

*Note – Due to COVID-19, Dr. Barros was selected in 2020 but could not accept the award until 2022 when the event could be held in-person

Nandita Basu (2019) Associate Professor – Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology, University of Waterloo

Jeffrey Arnold (2018) Agricultural Engineer – Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS

Thomas J. Jackson (2017) Hydrologist – Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, USDA-ARS

Casey Brown (2016) Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amilcare Porporato (2015) Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton Environmental Institute

Elfatih A.B. Eltahir (2014) Breene M. Kerr Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Richard M. Vogel (2013) Professor Emertius – Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University

Jeffrey McDonnell (2012) Professor and Associate Director – Global Institute for Water Security, School of Environment and Sustainability

Tissa H. Illangasekare (2011) Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Shaun Lovejoy (2010) Professor – Dept. of Physics – McGill University

Efi Foufoula-Georgiou (2009) Distinguished Professor – Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine

Dennis P Lettenmaier (2008) Distinguished Professor – Geography, University of California Los Angeles

The Hydrology Days Student Showcase provides an opportunity for students at different points in their careers to exchange ideas, give research presentations and enhance their scientific communication skills. The showcase offers students an enriching environment that sparks peer-to-peer learning and collaboration.

Student Awardees are featured in a special issue of Colorado Water; the publication produced by the Colorado Water Center devoted to highlighting water research and activities at CSU and throughout Colorado.

Oral Presentation Awards

2024 Recipients

1st Place Elizabeth Ellis (PhD Student) CSU Soil and Crop Sciences – Presentation: An interdisciplinary evaluation of regenerative agriculture in the Midwest
2nd Place Naiara Doherty Garcia (PhD Student) CU-Boulder Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology – Presentation: Sunflower adaptations and resilience to embolism in drought conditions
3rd Place (tie) Brendan Allen (MS Student), CSU Forest and Rangeland Stewardship – Presentation: Point of No Return: Identifying Critical Thresholds for Plant Functioning and Recovery from Drought
3rd Place (tie) Gillian Gallagher (PhD Student), CU-Boulder Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering Department – Presentation: Examining Annual Peak Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) and the Sensitivity of SWE to Climate Change in Colorado