Luis Garcia
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PRONOUNS he/him
Pronouns
he/him
Alma mater(s)
- Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Spring 1990
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Fall 1985
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Fall 1983
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Affiliated Department(s)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Water Resources Institute
Areas of expertise
Water resources, climate change and hazard mitigation, sustainability and energy, environmental and public health, agricultural water use, decision support systems
Courses
- CEE 1000 – Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
- CEE 2000 – Geomatics
- CEE 5990 – AI for Water Resources
Awards and Achievements
National/International Academic Awards
- 2026 Paper selected as one of the winners of the Arab Water Council Award for Creativity and Innovation, 4th Edition (2026), under the theme "Pioneering Resilient and Climate-Adaptive Water Management Systems, with a Special Focus on Arab Countries”
- 2016 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 2015 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 2015 Best Honorable Mention Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 2014 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 2008 Best Honorable Mention Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 1999 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 1996 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
Courses
- CEE 1000 – Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering
- CEE 2000 – Geomatics
- CEE 5990 – AI for Water Resources
Awards and Achievements
National/International Academic Awards
- 2026 Paper selected as one of the winners of the Arab Water Council Award for Creativity and Innovation, 4th Edition (2026), under the theme "Pioneering Resilient and Climate-Adaptive Water Management Systems, with a Special Focus on Arab Countries”
- 2016 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 2015 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 2015 Best Honorable Mention Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 2014 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 2008 Best Honorable Mention Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 1999 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
- 1996 Best Research Paper Award for the Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, ASCE
Associations and Affiliations
- Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
- Member of the United States Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (USCID)
- Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Member of the Civil Engineering Honor Society (Chi Epsilon)