Witold F. Krajewski named AAAS fellow
Krajewski is selected for major scientific advances in hydrometeorology, flood prediction, and water resources. He is one of seven University of Iowa faculty members named as fellows.
Archive for the ‘Spotlight’ Category
New Missouri River Flood Information System
After devastating flooding in 2011 and 2019 in southwest Iowa, the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) at the University of Iowa has developed the interactive Missouri River Flood Information System (MRFIS) to help the people of this region prepare for and reduce future flood risks.
Iowa Transplant
Marcela Rojas, an engineer at IFC, traveled far and wide before joining the flood center where she brings accurate and up-to-date flood information to Iowans.
Weber Receives American Water Resources Association Award
University of Iowa Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Iowa Flood Center co-founder Larry Weber has won the prestigious Integrated Water Resources Management Award, presented by the American Water Resources Association.
Modern Mitigation
Riley Post is researching the efficacy of farm pond and wetland water storage as a way to reduce flood impacts in Iowa communities.
From the Very Beginning
Dan Gilles has worked at the Iowa Flood Center for more than a decade, helping to create IFIS, and the flood inundation maps that keep Iowans safe.
Check out this interactive online flood tool from the Iowa Flood Center
CBS Iowa News Now featured the Iowa Flood Information System in a recent news segment.
Diverting Disaster
Libby Casavant, an IFC grad student, is working closely with advisors at IIHR, IFC, and Deltares in the Netherlands to study sediment deposition in the Kosi River of Bihar, India.
Iowa Flood Center Developing Tool To Help Missouri River Communities Prepare For Flooding
“Our forecast system will provide that very specific home by home, business by business, farm by farm depth of water at the time of a levee breach or levee overtopping,” says IFC co-founder Larry Weber.
Senator Ernst Visits Iowa County Farm to Learn About IWA
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst visits the Maas Family Farm in the Clear Creek Watershed to learn about conservation efforts through the Iowa Watershed Approach program.
