News and Events
Seminars, opportunities and accomplishments
Announcements
The Center for Hydrologic Innovations organizes campus and external events such as seminars, trainings, and workshops. We celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty, postdoctoral scholars, researchers, and graduate students. Our labs, programs, and solution spaces seek to recruit new students and professionals and the description of opportunities are listed below.
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Measuring how water and heat move in a desert city
Congratulations to the team from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations that was recently featured by the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative! Research Assistant Professor Nidia Rojas-Robles, Research Technologist Alonso Haros, Laboratory Manager Efrain Vizuete, and PhD student Khayrun Mitu have deployed and maintained a new urban network of eddy covariance towers in Phoenix.
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Agricultural Water Management Publication
A new publication in Agricultural Water Management (Wei and Xu, 2025) describes a new method to detect irrigation events by applying explainable artificial intelligence (xAI) to groundwater well records, remotely-sensed indices, and precipitation, with applications in the High Plains aquifer. Congratulations to the authors associated with the Center for Hydrologic Innovations!
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A water “control center”: Developing the Arizona Water Observatory with stakeholder engagement
Congratulations to the team from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations that was recently featured by the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative! Senior Program Manager Vivian Hobbins and Research Software Engineer Callahan Stormer played an important role in the planning and execution of the workshop, which was organized with the Center for Geospatial Solutions.
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City and Environment Interactions Publication
A new publication in City and Environment Interactions (Su et al., 2025) describes a new method for estimating the amount of urban runoff that can be captured through stormwater management infrastructure, with applications in Phoenix. Congratulations to the authors associated with the Center for Hydrologic Innovations!