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Dean’s Distinguished Lecture
Rafael Bras, the K. Harrison Brown Family Chair and Regents Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech, will deliver a lecture titled “The Protection of Venice from Tidal Flooding: the Story of the Venice Gates” as part of the Fulton Schools Dean’s…

Center director featured in AIA – Arizona Chapter
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:

Center efforts featured in Arizona Water Innovation Initiative
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:

JOSS Publication
A new publication in Journal of Open Source Software (Raming et al., 2024) describes the release of the open source version of the tRIBS model for forest applications, including a new set of tools and documentation that will facilitate user access and interactions. Congratulations to authors associated with the Center for Hydrologic Innovations!

ASU Flow 2024
The Arizona Hydrological Society, Phoenix Chapter, and ASU’s Center for Hydrologic Innovations have partnered to bring the water community together to celebrate the start of the new water year. This annual event, held at the Salt River Project’s PERA Club this year, is an exciting opportunity for students and researchers to engage with practitioners from the private sector, government…

Scaling Water Resilience and Stewardship
Forests and grasslands play a significant role in providing freshwater for ecosystems and regional economies. However, these ecosystems are at risk of elevated levels of drought, wildfire and land degradation. Under increasing water risks, private sector investors need methods to quantify and verify water related benefits to report on corporate water goals. Practitioners need to…

Center for Hydrologic Innovations at ASU Foundation
The Center for Hydrologic Innovations is a hub of water science and engineering research at Arizona State University. Our faculty, postdoctoral researchers and students work collaboratively to bring new technologies into the hands of those who need them most. Your gift through the ASU Foundation fosters the creation of new areas for hydrologic innovations and…

World Water Week at CHI
The Center for Hydrologic Innovations celebrated World Water Week 2024 with two events: (1) A joint seminar with the Arizona Hydrological Society, Phoenix Chapter with Prof. Jay Famiglietti on March 20, 2024, who spoke on “How Climate Change and Human Activities are Shaping Global Freshwater Availability”, and (2) The ASU Water Institute launch event on March…

Lab and field efforts featured in ASU Thrive Magazine
ASU Thrive Magazine features the laboratory and field efforts of students and staff from the Center for Hydrologic Innovations in their March 2024 issue to illustrate water research in Phoenix for an article entitled “Don’t Flee the Southwest Just Yet” by Tom Zoellner:

Hydrologic monitoring efforts featured in ASU End of Year video
“A Brighter Future For All” includes footage from Center graduate students Ruby Hurtado, Jose Becerra and Zachary Keller (MS 2021) on efforts for monitoring Arizona’s water for stewardship, conservation and sustainability goals. See video at the link below: