Students

Workshops

CUAHSI’s workshops increase access to instrumentation techniques, field methodologies, data services, modeling tools, and multidisciplinary perspectives on water science. Workshops are taught by experts and hosted throughout the U.S. at field sites, classroom settings, or occasionally remotely. CUAHSI often provides some travel support for students to participate in the courses.

CUAHSI Virtual University

The Virtual University is a unique multi-institution, one semester graduate course consisting of a diverse set of 4-week modules on highly specialized hydrology topics. The program is designed to enhance the depth of graduate course offerings at universities across the U.S. Students from the participating universities enroll in modules of their choosing, resulting in collaborations between instructors and students at a range of universities that might not happen otherwise. The modules are taught, live and online, to students at participating universities.

Students earn course credits at their home institutions and instructors earn teaching credits at their institution. Since 2017, thirteen universities have participated in this program and topics have included ecohydrology of groundwater dependent ecosystems, advances in drone-based remote sensing for hydrologic applications, and measuring stream transport and transformation with tracers.

NWC Innovators Program Summer Institute

The Summer Institute is a unique seven-week immersive learning experience that brings together graduate students, academic researchers, and National Water Center staff. Participants design and collaborate on projects that advance water prediction and flood forecasting capabilities, enhancing the nation’s ability to respond to water hazards.

Previous projects include comparison of coarse and high-resolution hydrologic modeling in mountainous areas and new algorithms for groundwater discharge estimation for National Water Model streamflow forecasts. Results from the Summer Institute are published in CUAHSI technical reports and in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Cyberseminars

CUAHSI’s cyberseminars provide a platform for scientists and water experts to easily disseminate their most recent work to the community. Cyberseminars generally consist of a series of themed talks occurring over several weeks. In addition to the live event, CUAHSI has an archive of more than 200 cyberseminar recordings that are freely available. Browse the archive to explore talks on diverse topics including recent advances in big data machine learning in hydrology, major challenges in key river basins around the world, and the U.S. food, energy, and water system at the mesoscale.

Graduate Programs in Water Science

Because many universities do not have specific hydrology departments, it can be difficult for students interested in water science to know where to start. CUAHSI has created a list of graduate programs in water science to help students discover available options. Interested in adding your water program to the list? Fill out this form.

CUAHSI has several resources that provide undergraduate level students tools for academic learning and development, guidance on continuing education, access to funding and opportunities to develop peer networks and increase collaboration.