伊利诺伊州CEE的水资源工程与科学（WRES）计划在教育和研究领域一直处于世界领先地位，已有半个多世纪的历史。水资源工程师负责地表水和地下水系统的规划，设计，运营和管理，天然河流和流域环境的保护和改善，水控制设施的设计和建设以及水资源的保护。资源工程与科学学院（WRES）受益于世界一流的教师，在水资源科学与工程领域拥有丰富的专业知识。通过与整个大学的各个部门，计划和研究人员的合作，WRES计划为学生提供了全面的，多学科的教育，使他们能够解决将来将要面对的复杂水资源问题.WRES计划为计算提供了出色的设施，
The Water Resources Engineering and Science (WRES) program within CEE at Illinois has been a world leader in education and research for more than half a century. Water resource engineers are responsible for the planning, design, operation, and management of surface and ground water systems, preservation and enhancement of the natural river and watershed environment, design and construction of water control facilities, and conservation of water resources.Students in Water Resources Engineering and Science (WRES) benefit from a world-class faculty with diverse areas of expertise in the field of water resources science and engineering. Through cooperation with various departments, programs and researchers throughout the University, the WRES program offers students a comprehensive, multidisciplinary education, preparing them to address the complex water resources problems that will await them in their future careers.The WRES program offers outstanding facilities for computational, laboratory and field study. The 11,000-square-foot Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory features state-of-the-art facilities for research on environmental fluid mechanics & riverine, coastal estuarine morphodynamics. A unique course in field methods is offered in the summer academic session. WRES faculty lead the Critical Zone Observatory on Intensively Managed Landscapes (IML-CZO), one of the network of observatories funded by the National Science Foundation to investigate the coupled hydrology, ecology, geomorphology, and biogeochemistry of the near surface environments.