Heinz G. Stefan Fellowship

The Dhamotharan family established this fellowship in honor of Dr. Stefan to commemorate his lifetime of service to the University of Minnesota in his role as professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering and the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in the College of Science and Engineering.

Heinz Stefan is a pioneer in environmental hydraulics and well known for the development of the MINLAKE and MNSTREAM water quality simulation models. He has edited four books, written fourteen review articles, and is an author of more than 200 refereed journal articles. In addition to his scientific accomplishments, Heinz has advised, inspired, and mentored approximately 100 masters and Ph.D. students during his career, many of whom have become engineers, researchers, and faculty exploring and implementing basic sciences in understanding and protecting aquatic ecosystems, and engineering design of water resources systems.

This award is given to a University of Minnesota student pursuing graduate studies in water resources engineering who is studying at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.  Special consideration is given to students involved in environmental hydraulics. The Stefan Fellowship provides a monetary award of $8,000 to the graduate student.

Nomination Guidelines and Rules
Applicants are expected to have:

• Made satisfactory progress toward completion of the requirements of their degree.
• Maintained high academic standards.

SAFL Faculty may submit letters of nomination to SAFaward@umn.edu.