Montgomery & Associates, a Legacy Sponsor, awards the The Montgomery Prize of $2,500 at the annual student research symposium, El Día del Agua y la Atmósfera, to recognize the best oral presentation in the field of Hydrology and Water Resources. Created by the company's original founder, Dr. Errol "Monty" Montgomery, the prize represents the company's commitment to encouraging and rewarding excellence in oral presentation of hydrologic research.
Dr. Errol "Monty" Montgomery, HAS alumnus and doctoral student of Dr. John Harshbarger, created the prize many years ago to honor the legacy of John Harshbarger, the founder of the original Department of Hydrology and Water Resources. The modern day company, Montgomery & Associates, continues to sponsor this award and similar awards during annual research events at the University of Arizona's Department of Geosciences and at Northern Arizona University's Department of Geology.
The inaugural award was made in 1998.
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2024, Lin Ji
- Machine learning analysis of Martian valley networks: Paleoclimatic implications
2023, Sidian Chen
- Pore-scale modeling of PFAS transport in water-unsaturated soils: Air-water interfacial adsorption and mass-transfer processes in thin water films on soil grain surfaces
2022, Amanda Triplett
- Climate warming-driven changes in the cryosphere and their impact on groundwater-surface water interactions in the Heihe river basin
2021, Chloe Fandel
- A new tool to assess risk zones and optimize data collection in karst systems
2020, Garrett Rapp
- Sensitivity of simulated mountain-block hydrology to subsurface conceptualization
2019, Alissa White
- Water routing through the critical zone: A hydrometric, hydrochemical, and isotopic investigation in northern NM
2018, Antonio Meira
- Hydrologic assessment of biogeochemical interactions at the sub-meter scale
2017, Alissa White
- Investigating hydrologic and environmental controls on uranium isotopes in a natural mountainous environment
2016, Nicholas Dawson
- A new snow density model for land data assimilation and modeling
2015, Zhao Yang
- Urban effects on regional climate, water, and energy demand: A case study in the Phoenix and Tucson corridor
2014, Daniel Ritter
- Relationship between recharge, redox conditions, and microbial methane generation in coalbeds
2013, Joel Bierderman
- Compensatory processes dampen impacts of insect-induced forest die-off on catchment water balance and biogeochemical fluxes
2012, Clare Stielstra
- Quantifying the role of hydrologic variability in soil carbon efflux
2011, Melissa Schlegel
- Constraining the timing of microbial methane generation in an organic-rich shale using noble gases, Illinois basin, USA
2010, Erika Gallo
- Controls of monsoonal storm runoff magnitude and quality of urban catchments in the Tucson basin
2009, Ingo Heidbuechel
- Water transit time controls
2008, Joseph Gustafson
- Quantifying variations of snow-water-equivalent, chemistry, and water isotopes in a montane snowpack: Valles Caldera national preserve, New Mexico
2007, Kristopher Kuhlman
- Development of transient elliptical analytic elements and their direct solution
2006, Mehmet Sarikaya
- Glaciations in Aladaglar and Sandiras: new paleoclimatic clues in Turkey
2005, Aleix Serrat Capdevila
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2004, Justin Marble
- In situ oxidation of TCE NAPL in heterogeneous porous media: 2-D flow-cell experiments
2003, Noah Molotch
- Assimilation of remotely sensed snow-cover properties into an operational snowmelt model
2002, Dale Rucker
- A comparison of responses from buried instruments to cross borehole GPR during the advance of a wetting front
2001, Kyle Blasch
- Application of time domain reflectometry for soil moisture profiling in an ephemeral stream channel
2000, Eric Henry
- Vadose zone drainage caused by an advancing contaminant plume
1999, James Leenhouts
- Application of boron isotopes in atriplex canescens for determining fracture flow activity and potential for infiltration at Yucca mountain, Nevada
1998, David Quanrud
- Efficiency and sustainability of soil-aquifer treatment leading to wastewater reclamation and reuse