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Uwrl Opens Funded Research Opportunities, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Uwrl Opens Funded Research Opportunities, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL) is looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated applicants for a variety of funded water resources research opportunities. As a multidisciplinary laboratory in the College of Engineering, the UWRL attracts applicants from a variety of STEM backgrounds and is engaged in a wide range of challenging national and international research efforts. Current research opportunities are in the following areas:
Water Lab Hosts 2018 Homecoming, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Water Lab Hosts 2018 Homecoming, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The Utah Water Research Lab celebrated an Alumni Homecoming on October 13th, 2018. Over 200 alumni and current water lab affiliates joined in this celebration, including emeritus faculty and staff, current faculty and students, and their families.
Identifying Usu Energy Loss, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Identifying Usu Energy Loss, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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AggieAirTM, a Service Center of the UWRL specializing in the development and use of small unmanned aerial systems for collecting scientific imagery and data, recently worked with USU Facilities to help them identify energy waste on campus.
Uwrl Welcomes Two New Faculty, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Uwrl Welcomes Two New Faculty, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The Utah Water Research Lab is excited to welcome two new faculty members, Assistant Professor Brian Crookston and Assistant Research Professor Zac Sharp. These two new faculty members bring in a great wealth of professional experience and knowledge to the UWRL and it's staff and students.
Aggieair Is Extending Its Wings, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Aggieair Is Extending Its Wings, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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This week marks another milestone for AggieAirTM, the UWRL remote sensing research unit that pioneered the development and use of small unmanned aerial systems (sUASs) for collecting and processing high-resolution, scientific grade imagery and other data. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the AggieAir program two of their largest Certificates of Waiver or Authorization (COAs) to date. The FAA grants COAs to public operators for specific UAS activity only after extensive and comprehensive operational and technical review. These new COAs allow AggieAir open access to a vastly larger area than ever before. One COA covers the entirety of Cache …
Graduate Student Mahyar Aboutalebi Receives Spie Award, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Graduate Student Mahyar Aboutalebi Receives Spie Award, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Graduate student Mahyar Aboutalebi recently received the Runner-up for Best Paper Award at the SPIE 'Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping III' Conference in Orlando, L, April 2018.
Graduate Student Mahyar Aboutalebi Receives Spie Award, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Graduate Student Mahyar Aboutalebi Receives Spie Award, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Graduate student Mahyar Aboutalebi recently received the Runner-up for Best Paper Award at the SPIE 'Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping III' Conference in Orlando, L, April 2018.
June 2018 Water Blog Newsletter Now Available, Utah Water Research Laboratory
June 2018 Water Blog Newsletter Now Available, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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There's no doubt about it; good data is essential to good water management. In this issue of the Water bLog, we highlight research at the UWRL that focuses on meeting Utah's need for ongoing long-term data to inform future decisions about water resources management.
June 2018 Water Blog Newsletter Now Available, Utah Water Research Laboratory
June 2018 Water Blog Newsletter Now Available, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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There's no doubt about it; good data is essential to good water management. In this issue of the Water bLog, we highlight research at the UWRL that focuses on meeting Utah's need for ongoing long-term data to inform future decisions about water resources management.
Uwrl Presented With An Institutional Recognition Award From Astm International, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Uwrl Presented With An Institutional Recognition Award From Astm International, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The UWRL recently received an Institutional Recognition Award from ASTM International for testing that led to improvements to ASTM's D6459 Test Method for Determination of Rolled Erosion Control Product (RECP) Performance in Protecting Hillslopes from Rainfall-Induced Erosion.
Adel Abdallah Receives Awwa Intermountain Section Diversity Award, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Adel Abdallah Receives Awwa Intermountain Section Diversity Award, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The American Water Works Association Intermountain Section has selected USU/UWRL graduate student Adel Abdallah to receive their 2018 Diversity Scholarship. This scholarship "was created to encourage education and training in the field of conservation, water quality, supply, resources, reuse and treatment among minority students" and is presented to one outstanding minority student pursuing education in one of these areas.
Usda/Ars And Aggieair Research Featured In The December 2017 Issue Of Usda's Agresearch Magazine, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Usda/Ars And Aggieair Research Featured In The December 2017 Issue Of Usda's Agresearch Magazine, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The December 2017 issue of AgResearch magazine (USDA) featured ongoing precision agriculture research that incorporates AggieAir’s advanced scientific remote sensing technology and analytical products developed at the UWRL into ARS computer models. This research is providing the tools and data that will help California’s vineyards better evaluate vine health and manage irrigation water more efficiently across differing soils and climate conditions.
December 2017 Water Blog Newsletter Now Available, Utah Water Research Laboratory
December 2017 Water Blog Newsletter Now Available, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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As water researchers, we challenge ourselves to see water-related issues from a fresh perspective in our quest to find new and better solutions. Often this means either taking a much closer look or backing off to view things in a broader frame of reference. In this issue, we look at projects on both ends of the spectrum, from the microscopic to the regional.
David Tarboton Awarded A Nsf Grant To Improve Hydrological Data Sharing, Utah Water Research Laboratory
David Tarboton Awarded A Nsf Grant To Improve Hydrological Data Sharing, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Dr. Tarboton will lead a team of hydrologists to improve HydroShare, a system designed to allow scientists to collaboratively work on and share hydrological research and data, using a $4 million grant awarded from the National Science Foundation.
Uwrl Welcomes Four New Faculty Members, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Uwrl Welcomes Four New Faculty Members, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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In early 2017, the USU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Utah Water Research Laboratory announced that we were seeking “bright, creative and interdisciplinary researchers to lead and develop the next generation of resilient solutions to water problems, …creative and talented individuals that will become world leaders in water related research”—and we found them!
Herald Journal Article About Iutah Team Symposium, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Herald Journal Article About Iutah Team Symposium, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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A team of researchers from USU and other Utah universities, government agencies, industry partners, and non-rofit organizations came together 5 years ago to establish iUTAH (Innovative Urban Transition and Aridregion Hydro-sustainability) as a way to strengthen science for Utah's water future. This 5-year interdisciplinary research and training program was funded by the National Science Foundation through July 2017. These researchers, including UWRL faculty members Jeff Horsburgh, Bethany Neilson, and David Rosenberg recently presented a symposium to present their progress and accomplishments over the course of this enormous undertaking.
David Rosenberg Received An Ewri Award For Best Associate Editor, Utah Water Research Laboratory
David Rosenberg Received An Ewri Award For Best Associate Editor, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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David Rosenberg recently received the Best Associate Editor Award for the Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management. The award was presented at the 2017 EWRI Awards at the World Environmental & Water Resources Congress in Sacramento, CA, on May 22, 2017. The award is presented by the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Asce Recently Featured An Article On Improving Flow From Irrigation Splitter Boxes, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Asce Recently Featured An Article On Improving Flow From Irrigation Splitter Boxes, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Irrigation splitter boxes are used in piped gravity-flow systems to divert water from the main supply line to local users, but when flow is high and turbulent, the split isn't uniform. In the paper, the authors show how to implement a solution they designed and tested successfully; this paper is available in ASCE's Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering for free for a limited time, courtesy of ASCE Library.
Oroville Dam Scale Model At The Uwrl Helps Test Repair Plans Before Construction, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Oroville Dam Scale Model At The Uwrl Helps Test Repair Plans Before Construction, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Engineers at the Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University have constructed a 1:50 scale model of the Orovill Dam spillway. The model initally featured the terrain conditions that were formed following the damaging flow events in February, and later tested the designs for the reconstruction plans. Lead engineers Dr. Michael Johnson and Dr. Zachary Sharp worked with a team of 15 engineers and technicians to construct the approximately 100-foot-long by 60-foot-wide model in just 40 days.
Randy Martin Joins Utah Air Quality Board, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Randy Martin Joins Utah Air Quality Board, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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UWRL researcher and professor, Randy Martin, has been named to a four year term to the Utah Air Quality Board. Martin was chosen by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to provide scientific insight and opinion on air quality and legislative policy.
Mac Mckee Named Engineering Faculty Researcher Of 2017, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Mac Mckee Named Engineering Faculty Researcher Of 2017, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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UWRL Director, Mac McKee, was nominated as a Faculty Researcher of 2017 for the College of Engineering. McKee's research has taken him all over the world and has included work on flood control and planning in the Philippeans to water quality management in India. Currently Dr. McKee's research focuses on small unmanned aerial systems solve natural resource problems using remote sensing and data analysis.
Congratulations To 2017 Usu Engineering Graduates, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Congratulations To 2017 Usu Engineering Graduates, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Congratuations to all 2017 Engineering graduates! The UWRL is proud of our talented and diverse students and wish them all the best in their futures.
Uwrl Students Sweep Awwa 2017 Scholarships, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Uwrl Students Sweep Awwa 2017 Scholarships, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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USU Civil Engineering and UWRL Students win scholarships from American Water Works Association. The scholarships support students studying water quality, supply, and treatment in the West. The scholarship is awarded to both graduate and undergraduate students, with USU taking them all this year.
Student, Mahyar Aboutalebi, Wins J. Paul Riley Awra Paper Competition, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Student, Mahyar Aboutalebi, Wins J. Paul Riley Awra Paper Competition, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Mahyar Aboutalebi was selected as a winner and scholarship recipient in the J. Paul Riley AWRA Utah Section Student Paper Competition. The paper, Satellite-based Prediction of Internal Migratory Movement under the Lack of Sufficient water for the Entire U.S.” will go on to compete in the oral presentation contest during the 2017 Spring Runoff Conference.
2017 Spring Runoff Conference, Utah Water Research Laboratory
2017 Spring Runoff Conference, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The annual USU Spring Runoff Conference will be held on March 28 – March 29. Students, faculty, and professionals are invited to attend and participate in the presentations and poster sessions.
Aggieair Researchers Unveil The Latest Uav Platform, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Aggieair Researchers Unveil The Latest Uav Platform, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The AggieAir research team unveiled the new BluJay line of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) during the GRAPEX conference. The new UAV, nicknamed Darkhorse, is outfitted with additional scientific sensors and beyond line of sight capacity. Darkhorse is capable of flying over 200 miles and remain airborne for over 3 hours on a single battery charge.
Uwrl Professor Provides Perspective To National Media On Threats To Oroville Dam Spillway, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Uwrl Professor Provides Perspective To National Media On Threats To Oroville Dam Spillway, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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The UWRL’s Dr. Blake Tullis is a leading authority on spillway design. When extreme weather and resulting excessive water flows threatened the integrity of California’s Oroville Dam’s spillways this week, national media reporters from CNN, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal reached out to him to gain a clearer explanation of the situation.
Uwrl Researchers Develop Techniques To Identify Arsenic Contamination In Drinking Water, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Uwrl Researchers Develop Techniques To Identify Arsenic Contamination In Drinking Water, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Environmental engineer researchers at the UWRL have developed a new genetic tool in identifying the bacteria that releases contaminating arsenic in water supplies. Arsenic contaminates drinking water for millions of people worldwide and this microbial ecosystem research is the first step in understanding and reducing arsenic contamination in groundwater The team published their findings in the Applied and Environmental Microbiology journal on February 1.
Uwrl Engineerings Featured In "Creating Tomorrow" Magazine, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Uwrl Engineerings Featured In "Creating Tomorrow" Magazine, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Dr. Beth Neilson and her team were featured in the College of Engineering’s 2016 annual magazine Creating Tomorrow about their research in Alaska.
Blake Tullis Receives Prestigous Asdso Award, Utah Water Research Laboratory
Blake Tullis Receives Prestigous Asdso Award, Utah Water Research Laboratory
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Dr. Blake Tullis was recently selected to receive the 2016 ASDSO Terry L. Hampton Medal. This award was established in 2007 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to dam safety. Recipients must work the field of dam safety, hydrology, and hydraulics; conduct hydrologic or hydraulic research related to dams of significant impact to dam engineering; participate in organizations focused on dams, dam safety, dam engineering, etc.; and have made significant contributions to the practice of hydrologic and/or hydraulic engineering for dams.