Awards, Honors, and Achievement

Recent awards, honors, and achievements of Students, Faculty, and Staff are noted below.

To read about Alumni Achievement, go here. To read a summary of El Dia del Agua award and prize winners, go here.

Click on the Title for details about the award, honor, or achievement. (You can click on tags within details for additional categories.) You can sort this list by Date, Title, or Name or view the semester Awards and Honors Lists here.

Congratulations to the honorees for their hard work and dedication to the department and to the field of hydrology and water resources!

Date Award, Honor, or Achievement Namesort icon
2010 AY4 Fall International Water Prize (Creativity Prize) Zreda, Dr. Marek G., Professor
1987 AY4 Fall John and Margaret Harshbarger Doctoral Fellow in Hydrogeology Zhang, Youkuan
2010 AY4 Fall Graduate College Fellow Zapata Rios, Xavier
2012 AY1 Spring Galileo Circle Scholar Zapata Rios, Xavier
2011 AY1 Spring John and Margaret Harshbarger Doctoral Fellow in Hydrogeology Xue, Liang
2011 AY3 Summer Water Sustainability Program Fellow Witte, Becky
2012 AY4 Fall Arizona Water Scholarship Witte, Becky
2010 AY4 Fall National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Outstanding New Advisor in Faculty Advisor Category, National Winner Whitaker, Dr. Martha P.L., Undergraduate Coordinator, Assistant Research Scientist
1996 AY4 Fall John and Margaret Harshbarger Doctoral Fellow in Hydrogeology Villinski, John
2000 AY4 Fall American Geophysical Union Fellow Valdes, Dr. Juan B., Professor
2011 AY1 Spring European Geosciences Union John Dalton Medal Troch, Dr. Peter A., Professor
2012 AY1 Spring Galileo Circle Fellow Troch, Dr. Peter A., Professor
2011 AY4 Fall Boussinesq Hydrology Lecturer, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Troch, Dr. Peter A., Professor
2010 AY1 Spring College of Science, Staff Advisory Council, HWR Department Staff Award of Excellence 2010 Thompson, Terrie
2010 AY1 Spring College of Science, Dean's Award, Best of the Best 2010, Outstanding Staff Member of College Thompson, Terrie
2001 AY4 Fall John and Margaret Harshbarger Doctoral Fellow in Hydrogeology Tartakkovsky, Alexandre
2012 AY3 Summer Central Arizona Project Award for Water Research, First Place Stroud, Matthew
2013 AY1 Spring Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Soto-Lopez, Carlos
1994 AY4 Fall American Geophysical Union Fellow Sorooshian, Dr. Soroosh, Affiliate (Adjunct Professor)
2010 AY4 Fall Galileo Circle Scholar Somor, Andrew J.
2009 AY4 Fall Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellow Simpson, Scott C.
2010 AY4 Fall Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship Simpson, Scott C.
2011 AY4 Fall Walter B. Langbein Lecturer, American Geophysical Union Shuttleworth, Dr. W. James, Regents Professor
1997 AY4 Fall American Geophysical Union Fellow Shuttleworth, Dr. W. James, Regents Professor
2013 AY1 Spring American Meteorological Society Robert E. Horton Lecturer in Hydrology Shuttleworth, Dr. W. James, Regents Professor