WRRC Affiliate Faculty Clifford Voss and colleagues recently published “Effect of Flow-Direction-Dependent Dispersivity on Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers” in Water Resources Research. The article describes an approach that has been used in the USGS SUTRA code (variable-density groundwater flow and…
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Congratulations Nicolas Storie! 2022 Lau ScholarJune 2022
I am beyond grateful to be selected as the 2022 L. Stephen Lau Water Research Endowed Scholar. This scholarship will support my studies analyzing microbial communities across cesspools and septic tanks in Hawaiʻi. My project will help the…
Summer 2022 WRRC Faculty Tenure and PromotionJune 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Jonghyun Harry Lee, promotion to Associate Professor — WRRC and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Hawai‘i
New Publication by Leah Bremer — Managing for Diverse Coastal Uses and Values Under Sea Level Rise: Perspectives from O‘ahu, Hawai‘iiJune 2022
Congratulations to Leah Bremer and colleagues who published “Managing for Diverse Coastal Uses and Values Under Sea Level Rise: Perspectives from Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi” in Ocean and Coastal Management (Volume 225, 15 June 2022, 106151). Effective and equitable coastal decision-making under…
UH EPSCoR Awarded $20M for Climate ResilienceMay 2022
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded one of five 2022 Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) RII Track-1 grants to the University of Hawai‘i’s EPSCoR. The project “Change Hawai‘i: Harnessing the Data Revolution for Island Resilience” (Change) will…
UHM Selected by NOAA for New $360M National Water EffortMay 2022
As a partner in the recently formed Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH), UH Mānoa Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) will coordinate the UHM portion of the $360 million grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Book Release by Dr. Clark C.K. Liu — Water Environment ModelingMay 2022
Clark C.K. Liu (Emeritus Professor of the University of Hawai’i WRRC), and his co-authors Drs. Pengzhi Lin and Hong Xiao have published a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of civil and environmental engineering and related academic fields. This…
Congratulations Dr. Brytne Okuhata!March 2022
On 9 March 2022, Brytne successfully defended her dissertation “Assessment of groundwater age and transport in West Hawai‘i aquifers.” Her hard work and perseverance helped her to earn her Doctorate degree during these extraordinary times. Brytne is an ‘Ike Wai…
Water Quality and Hydrology Related Research at the Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryApril 26, 2024 (2:00 pm, HST)
Speakers: Ms. Lisa Newburn and Dr. Jen Willis Abstract: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), a Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, possesses unique capabilities particularly relevant to sampling, modeling, and analysis of water contamination. In this seminar, we will…
What Can American Samoan Corals Tell Us About the Future of Coral Reefs in a Changing Climate?April 19, 2024 (2:00 pm, HST)
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Barshis Abstract: Coral reefs around the world are threatened by rising ocean temperatures. Dr. Dan Barshis will present a summary of his work over the last 20 years investigating how some corals can survive these rising…