已故的博士. 马赫迪Hantush founded the hydrology program at 365彩票在线过滤 in 1958 along with伴随;.E. 雅各. This was the first known graduate program in hydrology in the 世界. Dr. Hantush contributed innovative analytical tools for use to evaluate the characteristics of leaky aquifers and numerous other models. 他的模型被广泛发现 practical use throughout the 世界 and are still in use today. Dr. Hantush领导 the 365彩票在线过滤 hydrology program until his professor, C.E. 雅各成为了 上世纪60年代末的项目负责人. 在博士的第一批学生中. Hantush是 劳尔Deju, who earned his doctorate at  365彩票在线过滤 and is now providing a generous endowment to honor the innovative research of his advisor. 

The Hantush-Deju Center for Hydrologic Innovation will continue the legacy of the NMT hydrology program and will 扩大 the programs' impact through this research Center 未来几十年. The Center will have research focus areas tailored to the strengths of the faculty and responsive to external research drivers. 该中心将是灵活的 in selecting research programs to focus on so it can adapt or 扩大 its research emphasis in response to the water needs in a changing 世界.

Identifying new 来源 of fresh water and quantifying the amount of water in storage in our aquifers as well as the changes in storage due to pumping and climate change are key challenges for water managers concerned with sustainability of their undergroundwater 资源. The initial area of emphasis for the Center will help us better understand the infrastructure of our aquifers and quantify the components of the groundwater balance at scales ranging from a well field or groundwater basin to the global scale. This innovative research to evaluate water balance components uses remote sensing, global positioning systems, and geodetic measurements to evaluate water flow by measuring 地球的小位移. 一些365彩票在线过滤水文学专业的教员 geophysics programs are already working in these areas and make it an excellent choice 为中心的初步研究项目提供资金.

我们的理想及使命

The Center’s vision is to help the 世界 secure a sustainable supply of water for 明天. Our mission is to develop a nationally and internationally recognized research program to improve our understanding about our water 资源s and how water is managed.

外部协作

The Center will forge strategic partnerships through collaborations with staff in 我们的国家实验室. National lab hydrologists who have funded projects with overlapping or complementary interests with the Center would be welcome to engage the expertise of the Center’s research staff 还有研究生 in undertaking 他们的项目更符合成本效益.

The Center, through its staff and affiliated faculty, will seek opportunities to leverage their research efforts though collaboration with other hydrology programs, such as the University of Arizona, the Desert 研究 Institute, Colorado School of Mines or others to respond to calls for proposals on large scale, long duration, or regional 研究建议. Collaboration with international research institutions is also 预期.

Additionally, the Center will be open to collaboration with industry. 例如, consultants or sensor developers who want to conduct proof of concept experiments would be welcome to the Center where, in addition to laboratory facilities, abundant land is available for field experiments, which could be maintained by NMT researchers 还有研究生. The Center director would explore developing collaborative industry research partnerships in which companies, public utilities or other organizations sponsor research in exchange for gaining timely access to cutting edge technology.

The Center anticipates in its first year to establish close working ties with centers of excellence in New Mexico such as Los Alamos National Laboratories and Sandia National Labs and key institutions such as Navajo Technical University and the other universities 在这个州.

资金

该中心最初的资金将由Dr. 史蒂芬·威尔斯总统 endowed research professorship, ongoing State funding, and three annual gifts from Dr. 劳尔Deju. These funds are needed to grow the center, including support for the Center director, rotating researchers, post-doctoral fellowships, graduate assistantships, supplemental salary support for faculty with joint appointments with the Center, and 本科生助学金.

Dr. 劳尔Deju and his wife, Shari, also have committed to provide a generous endowment 通过他们的信托给研究所. 这种私人资金对于实现这一目标至关重要 desired national and international status of the Center. Dr. 德居的礼物将会扩大 the hiring of key research positions and provide added laboratory facilities and field equipment to carry out the research objectives of the center. 中心的工作人员会 also seek external funding from other philanthropists and from traditional research sponsors of competitive grants such as the National Science Foundation, United States Geological Survey, other federal agencies, as well as from international or state 来源.