IIHR students have the opportunity to participate in a number of service projects. One recent example took a team of students to Ghana under the supervision of IIHR Associate Research Scientist Craig Just. Engineers Without Borders Five Weeks in Ghana: Iowa Magazine Video Adiza, a 15-year-old girl living in a small rural village in […]
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About IIHR
What is IIHR? IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering is a world-renowned center for education, research, and public service focusing on hydraulic engineering and fluid mechanics. Based in the C. Maxwell Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory, a five-story red brick building on the banks of the Iowa River, IIHR is a unit of the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering. […]
Why the Mississippi?
Wildlife, Culture, and Commerce The Mississippi River is one of the defining physical features of North America. This 2,350-mile-long “Father of Waters” drains more than 1.2 million square miles and provides a home to more than 400 wildlife species. Even while shaping the evolution of America’s history, culture, and economy, this nationally significant transportation artery […]
Education
A Multidisciplinary Approach IIHR gives graduate students the tools they need to address complex global issues through a multidisciplinary education that integrates: An understanding of the physics of flow and flow-related processes Development of analysis, modeling, and simulation skills Use of state-of-the-art equipment, instrumentation, and computer methods An understanding of environmental, economic, social, and international […]
