Udaykumar’s research uses artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computer simulations to explore new materials that can withstand extreme and conflicting conditions.

Greg Ewing, a PhD student at IIHR, is working with Ibrahim Demir to build new ways for communities to prepare for and respond to the next disaster.

The IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa has been studying water resource management for a century.

University of Iowa graduate student Federico Antolini proposes small reservoirs like ponds could mitigate flooding better than dams.

University of Iowa Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Iowa Flood Center (IFC) co-founder Larry Weber has won the prestigious Integrated Water Resources Management Award, presented by the American Water Resources Association.

Caterina Lamuta was recently awarded a prestigious Young Investigator Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new self-morphing, stretchable soft skins (S⁴) for use in underwater vehicles and robots.

New research led by IIHR Director Gabriele Villarini has developed a probabilistic rainfall generator to provide crucial rainfall data for more accurate modeling of tropical cyclones in coastal states.

IIHR's Zhi and LeFevre took samples and measured chemical composition of a local creek for over three years in an ecological study.

Iowa Flood Center graduate student Libby Casavant presents the IFC weather briefing at IFC weekly meetings, but she spends most of her time mapping the sediment flow through the Kosi River using two- and three-dimensional modeling software.

IIHR Research Engineer Jerry Schnoor was selected as the 2021 Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) Fellow.