This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Jackie Stolze contributed a whooping 61 entries.
Imagine if people felt free to throw their garbage into your home. Imagine how the swan feels in a nest overwhelmed by trash, or the sea turtle who has to swim through a mass of plastic refuse. Now imagine we can do something about it. That’s exactly what IIHR Engineer Dan Ceynar hopes kids will […]
National Flood Safety Awareness Week is March 16-22, 2014. Learn about the importance of preparing for a flood before it strikes and teach the actions you should take when faced with a flooding situation.
Staff engineers at the Iowa Flood Center served as experts for local students in this year’s FIRST Lego League.
A statewide group of Iowa scientists believe that Iowans should act now to reduce economic costs due to climate change.
With a $25,000 grant, the Oakdale Renewable Energy Plant on a University of Iowa satellite campus will locate and procure additional sources of feedstock to supplement the oat hulls and wood waste its boiler already uses.
Floods can strike with surprising speed, and they often occur in unexpected places. That’s why — even in December — the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) at the University of Iowa continues to expand a network of affordable stream sensors. Attached to the downstream side of bridges, the sensors provide Iowans with an up-to-the-minute report on […]
The Iowa Flood Center has utilized the state’s unusually mild start to winter by installing an additional 50 electronic stream stage sensors across Iowa.
The Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM)® Exam Review Course has been scheduled for Friday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (review), and Saturday, Nov. 19, from 7–8:30 a.m. The exam begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, and ends at noon. All sessions will be held at the Iowa Flood Center in the C. Maxwell […]
NPR’s Ira Flatow and guests discuss how engineers have boxed in the Mississippi River with dams, levees and spillways, and whether human-induced climate change might bring more frequent floods.
Iowa Flood Center
The University of Iowa
100 Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory
Iowa City, IA 52242
E-mail: iihr-iowafloodcenter@uiowa.edu
Contact: Breanna Shea
Phone: 319-384-1729
Fax: 319-335-5238
