Congratulations to the team from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations that was recently featured by AmeriFlux! Assistant Research Professor Nidia Rojas-Robles wrote the blog piece and summarized the activities as: “An effort from the Southwest Integrated Field Laboratory at Arizona State University is underway to establish an urban eddy covariance flux tower network in different land covers….

Our Center Director was recently awarded the 2025 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for “his pioneering work on the integration of land surface models, sensor networks, and remote sensing to study coupled processes during the North American monsoon in the arid southwest.”. Congratulations Prof. Vivoni!

Congratulations to the team from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations that was recently featured by the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative! Postdoctoral scholar Zhaocheng Wang described the effort as: “Planet imagery is useful for the type of dryland hydrology we have in Arizona. We trained a machine learning model called a convolutional neural network that can…

Our Center Director was recently inducted as a Corresponding Member (similar to International Fellow) of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (AMC). One of AMC’s objectives is to promote scientific development in Mexico, and to foster communication and collaboration with scholars in other countries. Congratulations Prof. Vivoni!

Prof. Enrique Vivoni, Director of the Center for Hydrologic Innovations, was featured in a video from American Institute of Architects (AIA) – Arizona chapter discussing the importance of water in the design professions. See video at the link below:

The Arizona Water Innovation Initiative (AWII) featured our efforts on drought and heat wave monitoring in Arizona and the exceptional hot drought of 2023. See blog at the link below:

Two graduate students affiliated with the Hydrosystems Engineering program and the Center for Hydrologic Innovations at ASU were recently awarded 2024 Academic Scholarships from the Arizona Hydrological Society. Congratulations to both!

Meet Ruby Hurtado, a trailblazing graduate student diving deep into hydrology research in Arizona’s semi-arid landscapes. 🌵💧 Armed with a passion for innovation, she’s exploring the nexus of physics and soil moisture measurement using Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensors to unlock insights crucial for water-limited ecosystems. Embracing interdisciplinary collaboration, Ruby’s journey underscores the power of creative…

Congratulations to the team from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations that was recently featured by ASU News! Center director Enrique Vivoni described the effort as: “Applied innovation projects, such as this effort in forest health and water resilience, translate research into actions for the benefit of our renewable water supplies. Not only does our work…

Prof. Margaret Garcia, a faculty member in the Center for Hydrologic Innovations, has been recently promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. Her research is focused on studying the impacts of design and policy choices on the performance of water infrastructure systems…