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Warren A. Hall Medal Recipients
Early Career Award for Applied Research
Early Career Award for Extension/Outreach/Engagement
Mid Career Award for Applied Research
Mid Career Award for Extension/Outreach/Engagement
Ph.D. Dissertation Award Recipients
Education and Public Service Award Recipients
Warren A. Hall Medal Recipients
2023
David R. DeWalle, Pennsylvania State University
2022
Dr. Jeffery Allen, Clemson University
2021
Dr. Ron Lacewell, Texas A&M University
Dr. Mac McKee, Utah Water Research Laboratory
2020
Dr. Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona
2019
Dr. Jackson Webster, Virginia Tech University
2018
Dr. Leonard A. Shabman, Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future
Dr. Dr. Ari M. Michelsen, awarded posthumously, formerly Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at El Paso
2017
Dr. Deborah L. Swackhamer, University of Minnesota
Dr. John W. Labadie, Colorado State University
2016
Dr. Norman Whittlesey, Washington State University
2015
Dr. Bonnie G. Colby, University of Arizona
Dr. Larry W. Mays, Arizona State University
2014
Dr. Jay R. Lund, University of California-Davis
2013
Dr. James P. Heaney, University of Florida
2012
Dr. John B. Braden, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2011
Dr. Jery R. Stedinger, Cornell University
2010
Dr. Thomas Dunne, University of California-Santa Barbara
2009
Dr. Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland
2008
Dr. Peter P. Rogers, Harvard University
2007
Dr. Patrick L. Brezonik, National Science Foundation and University of Minnesota
2006
Dr. Robert C. Ward, Colorado State University
2005
Dr. Henry J. Vaux, Jr., University of California
2004
Dr. Robert Young, Colorado State University
2003
Dr. Charles Howe, University of Colorado
2001
Dr. Miguel A. Mariño , University of California Davis
2000
Dr. Daniel P. Loucks, Cornell University
2000
Dr. Vernon L. Snoeyink, University of Illinois
1999
Dr. William Yeh, University of California, Los Angeles
1998
Dr. Neil Grigg, Colorado State University
1997
Dr. Yacov Haimes, University of Virginia
1996
Dr. Richard S. Engelbrecht, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1995
Dr. Gilbert White, University of Colorado
1994
Dr. Warren “Bud” Viessman, Jr., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1993
Dr. William Butcher, Washington State University
Early Career Award for Applied Research
2023
Dr. Johnathan A. Czuba, Virginia Technical Institute
2022
Dr. Belize A. Lane, Utah State University
2021
Dr. Amir Haghverdi, University of California, Riverside
Dr. Ali Mirchi, Oklahoma State University
2020
Dr. David Lampert, Oklahoma State University
Dr. Virginia Smith, Villanova University
2019
Dr. Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Early Career Award for Extension/Outreach/Engagement
2023
No recipient for 2023
2022
Dr. Drew Gholson, Mississippi State University
2021
No Award Given
2020
Dr. Megan Weber, University of Minnesota Extension
2019
Dr. Saleh Taghvaeian, Oklahoma State University
Mid Career Award for Applied Research
2023
Dr. Matthew Gribble, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2022
Dr. Leigh-Anne Krometis, Virginia Tech
2021
Dr. Kenneth C. Carroll, New Mexico State University
2020
Dr. Zachary M. Easton, Virginia Tech University
Mid Career Award for Extension/Outreach/Engagement
2023
Dr. Jake Mowrer, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
2022
No award given
2021
Dr. Jonathan Aguilar, Kansas State University
2020
Dr. David Sample, Virginia Tech University
Friends of UCOWR Award Recipients
2023
Dr. Daniel L. Devlin, Retired Kansas State University
2022
Dr. Doug Parker, Retired, Director of the California Institute for Water Resources, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
2021
Dr. Nicole Wilkinson-McIntosh, North Carolina State University
2020
Jackie Crim, Elaine Groninger, and Shelly Williard
UCOWR Home Office, Southern Illinois University
2019
Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné), University of Arizona
2018
David R. DeWalle, Pennsylvania State University
Richard M. Vogel, Tufts University
2017
Doug Bennett, Southern Nevada Water Authority
John C. Tracy, Texas Water Resources Institute
Faith Sternlieb, Colorado State University
Reagan Waskom, Colorado State University
2016
Dr. James Heaney, University of Florida
Dr. Brian Hurd, University of New Mexico
Dr. Mac McKee, Utah State University
2015
Jim Dobrowolski, National Institute for Food and Agriculture, USDA
Chris Lant, Utah State University
Patricia Mulroy, The Brookings Institute
2014
Dr. Paula Sturdevant Rees, University of Massachusetts
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
2013
Dr. John Nicklow, Provost & Vice Chancellor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
2012
The Ivanhoe Foundation
Dr. Joseph J. Delfino, University of Florida
Ms. Roseanne M. Gard, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2011
The Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University
Institute for Water Resources, USACE
Jonathan Bulkley, University of Michigan
2010
Edmund G. “Ed” Archuletta, El Paso Water Utilities
David Kreamer, Desert Research Institute, UNLV
Gerald Sehlke, Idaho National Laboratory
2009
Gretchen Rupp and M.J. Nehasil, Montana Water Center
Ronald D. Lacewell and Michele Zinn, Texas A&M University
2008
Penny Firth, National Science Foundation
Don Rice, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Alan Vaux, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2007
Paul Bourget, Institute for Water Resources, USACE
Gary S. Johnson, University of Idaho-Idaho Falls
Michael O’Neill, USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Gilbert F. White, University of Colorado (posthumous)
2006
Mark Limbaugh, Assistant Secretary for Water & Science, U.S. Dept. of the Interior
New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
2005
Lynne Lewis, Bates College
2004
Ari Michelsen, Resident Director, Agricultural Research Center, Texas A&M University
Walter V. Wendler, Chancellor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Margret Skerley, UCOWR Program Admin. Asst., Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale
2003
Lisa Bourget, Engineering Advisor, US Section International Joint Commission (IJC)
Mark Dunning, Chief, US Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources
Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2002
Dr. Duane D. Baumann, Executive Director of UCOWR
2001
Charles W. Howe, University of Colorado at Boulder
2000
William H. Funk, Washington State University
1999
John S. Jackson, Southern Illinois University
Kyle E. Schilling, Director of the USACE Institute for Water Resources (IWR)
Robert Ward, Colorado State University
1998
Peter Black, State University of New York
Helen Ingram, University of California, Irvine
1997
Faye Anderson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Patrick Brezonik, University of Minnesota
Theodore M. Schad, The Conservation Foundation
1996
L. Douglas James, Utah Center for Water Resources Research (UCWRR)
David H. Moreau, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Howard S. Peavy, University of Idaho
1995
Jon F. Bartholic, Michigan State University
M. Wayne Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
William L. Powers, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
1994
Robert D. Varrin, University of Delaware
Henry J. Vaux, Jr., University of California, Berkeley
1993
Marvin T. Bond, Mississippi Water Resource Research Institute
Glenn E. Stout, University of Illinois
1992
J. Ernest Flack
Gerald E. Galloway, Jr.
John C. Guyon
Ernest T. Smerdon
Warren Viessman, Jr.
1991
Eugene D. Eaton
William B. Lord
William R. Walker
1990
Henry P. Caulfield
Maynard M Hufschmidt
Absolom W. Snell
1989
Daniel D. Evans
1988
Merwin P. Dougal
John C. Frey
Daniel J. Wiersma
1987
Wade H. Andrews
John D. Hewlett
Gerard A. Rohlich
Dan M. Wells
1986
Leonard Dworsky
Peter Eagleson
Benjamin Ewing
George Maxey
George Smith
1985
Bernard B. Berber
William Butcher
Ernest Engelbert
David H. Howells
William Shipple
1984
Ernest F. Brater
Norman H. Brooks
Ven Te Chow
Nephi A. Christensen
Robert E. Dils
Warren A. Hall
John W. Harshbarger
A.T. Ingersoll
John F. Kennedy
Carl E. Kindsvater
Emmett M. Laursen
Arno T. Lenz
Ray K. Linsley
Walter L. Moore
Dean F. Peterson
Sol D. Resnick
Verne H. Scott
David K. Todd
Calvin. Warnick
M. Gordon Wolman
E. Roy Tinney
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Ph.D. Dissertation Award Recipients
2023
Anna Gitter, University of Michigan, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
David Gold, Cornell University, Natural Science & Engineering
2022
Sofia Borgias, University of Arizona, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
Kaitlin Reinl, University of Minnesota, Natural Science & Engineering
2021
Tushar Apurv, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
Rebekah Martin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Natural Science & Engineering
2020
Mojtaba Fakhraee, University of Minnesota, Natural Science & Engineering
Susana Garcia Gonzalez, Penn State University, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
2019
Nathan Reaver, University of Florida, Natural Science & Engineering
Christopher Chini, Air Force Institute of Technology, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
2018
Julianne Quinn, Cornell University, Natural Science & Engineering
Landon Marston, University of Illinois, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
2017
Madeline Gotkowitz, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey, Natural Science & Engineering
Marwa Salem, North Carolina State University, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
2016
David Warsinger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Natural Science & Engineering
Miguel Morales, University of Florida, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
2015
Megan Kelly, Lake Superior State University, Natural Science & Engineering
Ken Friedman, Northwest Florida Water Management District, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
2014
Mario Fernandez, Texas A&M University, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
Joseph Kasprzyk, Pennsylvania State University, Natural Science & Engineering
2013
Andrew Leidner, Texas A&M University, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
Laxman Sharma, University of Hawaii, Natural Science & Engineering
2012
Joshua Dickenson, University of Florida, Natural Science & Engineering
Stanley Mubako, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Water Policy & SocioEconomics
2011
Christine J. Kirchhoff, University of Michigan, Integrating Science and Policy: Climate Change Assessments and Water Resources Management
Joshua B. Kollat, Penn State University, Many-objective groundwater monitoring network design using bias-aware ensemble kalman filtering, evolutionary optimization, and visual analytics.
2010
Heather Byrne, University of Florida, Adsorption, Photocatalysts, and Photochemistry of Trace Level Aqueous Mercury
David Rosenberg, University of California, Davis, Integrated Water Management and Modeling at Multiple Spatial Scales
2009
Kathryn van Werkhoven, Penn State University, Evaluating Model Behavior for Hydrologic Forecasting in Gauged and Ungauged Watersheds
Filiz Dadaser-Celik, University of Minnesota, Impact of Large-Scale Irrigation on a Closed-Basin Wetland: Water Flow Alterations and Participatory Irrigation Management Effects on the Sultan Marshes Ecosystem in Turkey
2008
Mariam Masid, Colorado State University, Reforming the Culture of Partiality: Diffusing the Battle of the Experts in Western Water Wars.
Amy Tidwell, Georgia Institute of Technology, Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on River Basin Management: A New Method with Application to the Nile River.
2007
Bethany T. Neilson, Utah State University, Dynamic Stream Temperature Modeling: Understanding the Causes and Effects of Temperature Impairments and Uncertainty in Predictions
Daniel Petrolia, University of Minnesota, A Long Way from the Gulf: Economic and Environmental Targeting of Agricultural Drainage to Reduce Nitrogen Loads in a Minnesota Watershed
2006
Dominic Frigon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Mechanism Explaining Seasonal Biological Foaming in Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Systems: Foam-Causing Bacteria Specialize in Consuming Lipids
Carlos Patiño-Gomez, University of Texas at Austin, GIS for Large-Scale Watershed Observational Data Model
2005
Kara Sorensen, U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program (NMMP), San Diego CA, The Toxicity of Pesticides to Mammalian Cells as Altered by Redox-Modified Smectites
Xiangming Fang, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Water Shortages, Water Allocation, and Economic Growth: the Case of China
2004
Kimberly Hageman, Oregon State University, Measuring in situ reductive dechlorination rates in trichloroethene-contaminated groundwater
Patricia Saco, University of Illinois (UIUC), Flow dynamics in large river basins: self-similar network structure and scale effects
2003
David Walters, University of Georgia, Ecology Department, Influence of geomorphology and urban land cover on stream fish assemblages in the Etowah River Basin, Georgia
Arthur Schmidt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Civil Engineering, Analysis of Stage-Discharge Relations for Open Channel flows and their Associated Uncertainties
2002
Mark Borsuk, Duke University, Environmental Science and Policy, A Graphical Probability Network Model To Support Water Quality Decision Making For The Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina
Shira Yoffe, Oregon State University, Department of Geography, Basins At Risk: Conflict and Cooperation Over International Freshwater Resources
2001
Laurie McNeill, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Civil Engineering, Water Quality Factors Influencing Iron and Lead Corrosion in Drinking Water
Beth Lemberg, Texas A&M University, Integrating Ecological, Hydrologic, and Economic Models for Water Valuation in the Frio River Basin, Texas
2000
Eric LaBolle, University of California, Davis, Theory and Simulation of Diffusion Processes in Porous Media
David Joseph Hurlbut, University of Texas at Austin, Irrigation for Sale: A Case Study of Marketing and Conservation in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
1999
David Cummings, University of Idaho, Microbial Fe(III) Reduction in the Sediments of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Susan Sharpless Hubbard, University of California, Berkeley, Stochastic Characterization of Hydrogeological Properties Using Geophysical Data
Alison Adams, Colorado State University, Analysis of Regional Water Conflicts: The Case Study Approach
1998
Jennifer Crawford, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Anaerobic Dissipation of Herbicides in Microbiologically-Induced Soil Redox Regimes
Youn Sim, University of California, Irvine, Virus Transport in Physicochemically Heterogeneous Porous Media
David W. Watkins, Jr., University of Texas at Austin, Optimization Techniques for the Planning and Management of Robust Water Resources Systems
1997
Dr. Yung-Ming Chen, University of Michigan for his paper titled, Mathematical Modeling of In-Situ Bioremediation of Volatile Organics in Variable Saturated Aquifers
Dr. Jianmin Lu, New Mexico State University for his paper titled, Stripping Analysis-Based Remote Electrochemical Sensors for Trace Metal Contaminants
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Education and Public Service Award Recipients
2023
Dr. Michael Kuitu, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service
2022
Dr. Bharat Sharma Acharya, Oklahoma State University
2021
Dr. W. Cully Hession, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
2020
Dr. Darren Lerner, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
2019
North Central Region Water Network
University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage Treatment Program (OSTP)
2018
None awarded
2017
Community Relations and Outreach Program of Prince William County Service Authority – Karen Takacs
2016
Dr. Todd Jarvis, Oregon State University
Tom Cech, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Dr. Christopher Obropta, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey
2015
Soil & Water Science (SWS) Youth Curriculum Development Team, led by Dr. Natalie Carroll, Purdue University
Llano River Field Station, Texas Tech University
2014
Clemson Carolina Clear
Mystic River Watershed Association
2013
Jon Bartholic, Water Research Institute, Michigan State University
Heather Segale, UC David Tahoe Environmental Research Center
2012
Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at El Paso
Water Ambassador Program, Douglas County (Colorado) Water Resource Authority
2011
Colorado Foundation for Water Education Modular Curriculum for Hydrologic Advancement (MOCHA)
Penn State, Montana State, U of Arizona, Virginia Tech, U of Freiburg
2010 The Freshwater Trust
Washington State University Beach Watchers
2009
Alliance for Water Efficiency
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
2008
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund
2007
Penn State University College of Agricultural Sciences/School of Forest Resources
National Water Research Institute-USA
2006
Texas A&M Univ. Water Management & Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Degree Program
El Paso Water Utilities
2005
Penobscot Partners
Arizona University, Johns Hopkins University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and The University of Florida
2004
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
1998
Tom Cech
1998
Donald Vonnahme
1997
Carole Baker
1990
Joseph J. Delfino, Philip Courter, Gay Courter, Michael Green (for PBS Documentary: The Florida Water Story)
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2023
Michael Schramm, “Total Maximum Daily Loads and Escherichia coli Trends in Texas Freshwater Streams”. JCWRE 176, August 2022
2022
Theresa Sinecrope Talley, California Sea Grant, “Using Community Science to Address Pollution in an Urban Watershed: Lessons about Trash, Diverse Engagement, and the Need for Science Mindsets.”, JCWRE 174.
2021
Katy E. Mazer, Purdue University, Integrated Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis of Torrential Flood Hazard in Arequipa, Peru. JCWRE 171: 93-110.
2020
Amit Pradhananga, Mae Davenport, and Emily Green, University of Minnesota. Cultural Narratives on Constraints to Community Engagement in Urban Water Restoration. JCWRE 166: 79-93.
2019
Sibyl Diver. Native Water Protection Flows Through Self-Determination: Understanding Tribal Water Quality Standards and “Treatment as a State”. JCWRE 163: 3-30.
Wendt et al. Scientist–Nonscientist Teams Explore Methane Sources in Streams Near Oil/Gas Development. JCWRE 164: 80-111.
2018
M. Flores Marquez et al. Water Budget Development for SGMA Compliance, Case Study: Ukiah Valley Groundwater Basin. JCWRE 162: 112-127.
