Please help us celebrate Professor Witold Krajewski's retirement as Iowa Flood Center (IFC) director! Witek has served as the visionary leader guiding the Iowa Flood Center's success over the past 15 years. To honor his contributions and impacts on improving Iowa's flood resiliency and advancing scientific discovery and innovation for the broader water resources engineering community, a series of events will take place on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, details below.  *Important Update: We're...

The Southeast Iowa STEM Hub and Collins Aerospace will host a Community STEM Day on Thursday, July 18, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., at Collins Aerospace, in Cedar Rapids. This event is open to the public and *free of charge to exhibitors and participants. This event will feature a STEM FAIR, STEM Workshops, and Collins Aerospace Lab Tours. The Iowa Flood Center will have a booth showcasing our watershed model and other materials. Join us to learn more about your watershed and how to mitigate flooding in...

Join us on Aug. 21-23 for the ISAC Annual Conference taking place in person at the Veteran’s Memorial Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center. Each August, ISAC brings together county officials and employees from across the state for this educational conference. This is going to be an unforgettable event that will feature a great agenda and a casual feel with a lot of education, networking, and activities. Registration opens on the ISAC registration website on Wednesday, June 5, and will...

Learn more about Engineering Student Organizations, enjoy FREE food and music, play some outdoor games!   Sponsored by Stanley Consultants, LT Leon Associates, Braun Intertec, Wells, New Leader Manufacturing, Fehr Graham Engineering and Environmental, Collins Aerospace, U.S. Marine Officer Programs and the Iowa National Guard. Located on S. Capital Street between Seamans Center and the Old Capital Mall. 

The 18th annual Iowa Water Conference will be held on Sept. 10-11, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Coralville, Iowa. This year, the conference theme is “Life Depends on Water. Water Depends on You.” Iowa’s source waters are under ever-increasing stress due to climate change, land use demands, and various contaminants. As water professionals and community members, we all play a part in protecting our source waters. Creating a resilient water cycle is critical and relies on a systems approach...

IIHR's Iowa Flood Center will have an educational exhibit at the Iowa League of Cities Annual Conference happening Sept. 18-20 in Sioux City, Iowa. This is great opportunity for city officials and staff to learn about tools and resources to help their communities understand and reduce their impacts to floods, as well as learn about resources available through the Iowa Flood Information System (https://ifis.iowafloodcenter.org/ifis/). 

The Iowa Environmental Council's annual conference is returning this fall! The conference features a daylong educational and networking event for Iowans to learn and engage on issues ranging from water quality, renewable energy, environmental justice, federal funding opportunities, and more. IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering will have an educational exhibit during the event to share new projects and resources available to support water resources management efforts across the state. Stop by and...

For more than 130 years, the Iowa Geological Survey (IGS) has been dedicated to understanding geology and hydrogeology in Iowa to serve state agencies, communities, and the public with scientific information needed to effectively manage our natural resources for long-term sustainability and economic development.  The IGS invites partners, stakeholders, and interested citizens to join a tour of the Muscatine County area on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to learn more about the...

The 2024 annual conference will be a joint conference with the Minnesota Association of Floodplain Managers, to be held Nov. 13-15 in Austin, Minnesota. Conference attendees consist of federal, state and local government officials, planners, engineers, consultants, researchers, educators, watershed organizations, realtors, appraisers, and insurance agents. The conference agenda will focus on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, floodplain management guidance, recovery programs, flood control...

The Iowa Flood Center and Iowa Geological Survey students, staff, and researchers will host their annual legislative breakfast reception on Tuesday, March 11 from 7 to 9 a.m. at the Iowa State Capitol building in the first-floor rotunda. Legislators and partners are invited to attend a light breakfast and visit with IFC and IGS experts about innovative projects providing a direct benefit to help Iowans understand their water resource challenges. For more information, contact Breanna Shea (brean...