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Conference Update

AIH Awards at the 60th Anniversary Joint Water Resources Conference and Call for 2025 Award Nominations

Salam Murtada and Jule Rizzardo represented the American Institute of Hydrology (AIH) this year at the 60th Anniversary Joint Water Resources Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, back in September 30th through October 2nd, 2024.

The Joint Conference brought together members of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR), and the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR). This provided for a great opportunity for AIH to network with UCOWR and NIWR on future collaborations.

AIH provided student attendees of the conference with free AIH student membership for calendar year 2025!

In addition to free AIH membership, students attending the conference had the opportunity to take a free Hydrologist-in-Training (HIT) Exam training course from AIH’s very own Dr. Zhong Zhang. The review course and practice exam was both informative and entertaining! Thank you to Dr. Zhang for sharing his hydrology knowledge and exam preparation tips with our next generation of professional hydrologists.

 

During the award ceremony, Ms. Rizzardo presented two AIH awards for outstanding hydrologists in the areas of groundwater, and surface water. The Ray K. Linsley Award for Surface Water was presented to Deborah Lee. The Charles V. Theis award for groundwater was presented to Dr. Rao Govindaraju. 

 

The 2025 Award nomination process is here!
It is time to nominate an accomplished colleague for our next round of AIH Awards! AIH is seeking nominees for accomplished hydrologists in all four awards:

  • Ray K. Linsley Award for Surface WaterThe Ray K. Linsley Award was established in 1986 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions in surface water hydrology. Dr. Linsley made numerous contributions to surface water hydrology and was the principal author of the textbook, Applied Hydrology, published by McGraw-Hill in 1949. He directed the PhD dissertations of 35 students at Stanford University covering research on mechanics of overland flow, rainfall synthesis, stochastic hydrology, and modeling of the hydrologic cycle. These efforts led to the development of the Stanford Watershed Model, a state-of-the-art tool of hydrologists worldwide.
  • Charles V. Theis Award for Groundwater The Charles Vernon (C.V.) Theis Award was established in 1986 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions in groundwater hydrology. Charles V. Theis graduated with a PhD from the University of Cincinnati in June 1929 and made numerous contributions to the field of groundwater science throughout his life. An excellent biography of C.V. Theis’ life and contribution to groundwater science is found online at http://www.olemiss.edu/sciencenet/saltnet/theisbio.html.
  • Robert G. Wetzel Award for Water Quality
    The AIH Wetzel award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the field of water quality. This award was dedicated in 2006 to the family of the late Robert G. Wetzel. Dr. Wetzel was a true leader in the field of freshwater science. His thoughts and brilliant synthesis of all aspects of lakes and streams are included in more than 30 books and 400+ publications including the definitive college text book of this field, Limnology.
  • Founder’s Award for Institute Development
    The AIH Founders Award was established in 1990 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding, long-term, dedicated service to the Institute. It was established to honor the AIH founders Sandor Csallany, Alex Zaporozec, and Roman Kanivetsky. The award is given at the discretion of the AIH Executive Board to a member in good standing.

Award nominees do not have to be AIH members (except for the Founder’s award). Nominations should include the following information:

  1. A formal nomination letter by the nominator, outlining the education, career, and a record of performance detailing accomplishments and noteworthy impact achieved by the potential candidate.
  2. A current resume of the nominee.
  3. A minimum of two, and maximum of four, supporting letters with a limit of three pages each.

Submit your award nominations to admin@aihydrology.org by March 31, 2025. See the  AIH Award webpage for full details.,