The Water Center is seeking a Virginia Tech student (second-semester sophomore or above) for a semester-long, paid internship this spring. The Water Center envisions the internship as an opportunity for a student to experience learning and work activities that will enhance the student’s knowledge about, and skills useful for, a variety…
ROANOKE, LEWIS COUNTY, WV – The Water Resources Conference of the Virginias began on Monday, Oct. 5 at Stonewall Resort. The annual meeting brought together the West Virginia Water Research Institute at WVU and the Virginia Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Tech. The two organizations meet each year to…
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Tech and the West Virginia Water Research Institute at West Virginia University will be hosting the 2015 Water Resources Conference of the Virginias. The theme for this event is “Water – Energy – Agriculture” and will take place October 5-6, 2015 at…
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….
Recently, the Water Center had its annual competition for recognizing and supporting students studying water resources in Virginia. In the Competitive Grants category, awards went to the following students and projects: Jonathan Doubek, Ph.D. student, Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech: “Effects of hypolimnetic hypoxia on zooplankton biomass, community composition, and vertical…
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…
Seminar: A Hydrologist’s Foray into the World of “Coupled Human and Natural Systems Research” by Dr. Bradford Wilcox, Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University When: March 17 at 3:00 Where: 311 Latham Hall Rangelands in the Southern Great Plains and much of the western United States have…
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…
