The Walker Award winner for 2015-16 is Carlos F. Mantilla Pena. Carlos is a Ph.D. candidate at Virginia Tech in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Carlos is beginning the second year of his Ph.D. studies after completing his M.S. in civil and environmental engineering at Tech in 2014 and transitioning…
Stephen Schoenholtz, director of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, was elected this week to serve as the president of the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR). NIWR is the organization of state water resources research institutes or centers authorized by section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1964….
New degree program will help students with both the scientific and human sides of water issues Competition for clean water around the world intensifies year after year. Stressors, such as climate change, land use, and changing demands on water resources, call for people with a scientific understanding of the water…
Applications are now welcome for the 2015 William R. Walker Graduate Research Fellow Award. Graduate students from Virginia Tech are invited to submit applications to the Water Center. Individuals pursuing graduate work in a water resources field different from the field of emphasis as an undergraduate, or individuals with work experience returning…
The Water Center is co-sponsoring an ICTAS New Horizons seminar by Dr. Brian McGlynn on Tuesday, February 24th. The seminar, titled “Watershed Storage and the Spatial Patterns of Streamflow Generation,” will focus on the storage and release of water to streamflow as a fundamental watershed process. Despite it this, our understanding of…
Our local news, WSLS in Roanoke, did a story on the new bachelor’s program at Virginia Tech called Water: Resources, Policy and Management. To view the story, click here. For more information on the degree program, go to: http://waterdegree.frec.vt.edu.
From VT News BLACKSBURG, Va., Jan. 23, 2015 – Virginia Tech’s new undergraduate degree in water, approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia in early December, is one of the most innovative, interdisciplinary offerings in the country and will position graduates for a wide spectrum of careers in…
In early December, Virginia Tech received approval from the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV) for a new undergraduate, water resources degree at the university. This followed approval by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors during its June 1-2, 2014, meetings. The new “Water: Resources, Policy, and Management”…
The Office of the Vice President for Research at Virginia Tech recognizes Kevin McGuire, an associate professor of forest resources and environmental conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, for expertise in hydrology and watershed management and for his work on runoff generation processes, forest ecosystems, and water-soil-biogeochemical interactions. Read…
BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 5, 2014 – Even during summer dry spells, some isolated patches of soil in forested watersheds remain waterlogged. These patches act as hot spots for microbes that remove nitrogen from groundwater and return it to the atmosphere, researchers from several institutions, including Virginia Tech, report in a leading…
