Brigham Young University
242 Clyde Building
Provo, UT 84602

emrl@byu.edu
(801) 422-2812
FAX (801) 422-0159

 

       The Environmental Modeling Research Laboratory (EMRL) at Brigham Young University is part of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. The EMRL consists of three faculty members, ten full-time research associates, an office manager, and 20-30 graduate and undergraduate students. The EMRL creates state of the art environmental modeling software specializing in ground water, watershed, and surface water modeling. This software is being used by over 4,000 consulting firms, universities and government agencies in over 60 countries. 
       The mission of the EMRL is to promote an atmosphere of academic research consistent with university goals and within which faculty and students can pursue issues related to computer graphics and environmental modeling. The laboratory is funded through a combination of royalties from software sales and research contracts. Our primary research sponsor is the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
       The EMRL was originally organized as the Engineering Computer Graphics Laboratory in 1985. The lab was reorganized and the name was changed in September, 1998.