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A red barn and other farm buildings surrounded by vegetables planted in lush rows.

Planting the Seed: Connecting with the Land and Local History

by Jacqueline Hartling Stolze
In Iowa, we hear a lot about the rural-urban divide. Where we live can color our work, our social lives, our politics, and even our perceptions of ourselves and our neighbors. But near Iowa City, there’s a place for all Iowans, where urban and rural meet in a unique and productive way — the Johnson County Historic Poor Farm.
Three people look down into a hole in the ground

Illuminating the Subsurface

by Jacqueline Hartling Stolze

There’s a lot more going on underground than most of us imagine.

IIHR researcher Jessica Meyer is working to develop new insights on how groundwater moves and innovative ways to characterize its flow. Meyer, an assistant professor in the University of Iowa Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, says that understanding the flow of groundwater can be difficult. “It’s challenging because you can’t observe any of it directly,” she says.

The Germ of an Idea: Research During a Public Health Emergency

Closeup of a coronavirus

The Surprising Science of COVID-19

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering
H.S. Udaykumar, a professor of mechanical engineering, is part of a team conducting COVID-19 research to study how long viruses can survive in droplets that land on different surfaces.
Magnified image of air filter fibers.

A Recipe for Better Masks

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
IIHR Research Engineer David Cwiertny decided to shift his research from water filtration to air filtration materials for use in masks.
Researchers test ventilation in a classroom

Safer Classrooms

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering
IIHR Research Engineer Charles Stanier was part of an effort to learn which classrooms at the University of Iowa (UI) are the safest for in-person classes.
map of the western United States showing drought conditions in early 2020

Does Less Pollution Mean Less Precipitation?

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
A NASA-funded study at IIHR explores connections between reduced air pollution due to COVID-19 and decreases in precipitation in the western United States

Behind the Scenes: Bringing IIHR’s History to Life

A huge water scales was part of the exhibit

A River Flowed Through It: IIHR’s Legacy in Fluid Mechanics

Wednesday, March 17, 2021
IIHR—Hydroscience & Engineering
Early in 2020, IIHR and the Old Capitol Museum partnered to create a centennial exhibition that celebrates the institute’s important contributions to fluids-related research. Titled “A River Flowed Through It: Iowa’s Legacy in Fluid Mechanics,” the exhibit brings IIHR’s extraordinary history to life through artifacts, storytelling, and historical photos.

Scenes from an Exhibition

A woman sits on the floor using a ruler to measure
a man and a woman hang a photo on the wall
A smiling woman peeks out from behind a wall
A little boy watches water flow through a mini-model of a dropshaft
A man's head pops up from behind a wall
Two men look at a model ship hull
A smiling man and woman
Two men work on the installation
Two smiling women at the exhibit
Two students and the curator check out the exhibit
Two smiling women
Two women canoe down a fast-moving river

Working Hard and Having Fun

Laura Myers has been making life at IIHR more for for almost 20 years.

A young man smiles at the camera while holding a book

Propelled into the Future

By Margot Dick

Mehedi Bappy is studying cavitation modeling to predict the growth and evolution of bubbly wakes.

Black and white image of a 1960s student working on an early IBM computer

Staying Afloat and Learning to Think

IIHR alumnus Fred Locher has some good stories to tell about his student days at the institute.

IIHR Currents Archives

IIHR Currents Archives

Cover of IIHR Currents featuring a mosaic of photos of the people who make up IIHR

IIHR Currents 2019–20

IIHR Currents Cover 2019

IIHR Currents 2018–19

IIHR Currents cover 2018

IIHR Currents 2017–18

Gold Award

Best Annual Report

CASE District V’s “Pride of CASE V,” 2018–19

Award of Excellence

Communicator Awards, 2018-19, and 2019-20

Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts

Award of Excellence

Communicator Awards, 2017–18

Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts