200 év a víztudományokért

István

doi:10.59258/hk.19238

István Ijjas Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Management; Honorary President of the Hungarian Hydrological Society; President of the Scientific Committee

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59258/hk.19238

Keywords: Water sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, academics, Hungarian Hydrological Society

Abstract

200 years ago, on 3 November 1825, Count István Széchenyi offered a year's income from his estates for the establishment of a Hungarian Society of Scientists. The history of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) is counted from this day. In recognition of the two-century-old successes of Hungarian science and Hungarian scientists, the National Assembly supports the worthy celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Therefore, the years 2025 and 2026 were declared the Year of Hungarian Science by Parliamentary Resolution No. 20/2024 XI.6. This article recalls the achievements of the Academy in the field of water sciences during its 200-year history, without claiming to be exhaustive, illustrating the effectiveness of scientific work in water science with the activities of certain academics. The aim of this article is to initiate a better overview of the experiences of the 200 years of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences during the 2025-2026 Year of Hungarian Science, which will be launched in the spirit of the bicentenary, and to formulate proposals on how the Hydrological Society should help the development of water sciences in the coming decades.

Author Biography

István Ijjas, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Management; Honorary President of the Hungarian Hydrological Society; President of the Scientific Committee

ISTVÁN IJJAS is a certified engineer, certified civil engineer, candidate of technical sciences, habilitated doctor. He is currently a professor emeritus at the Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management of the Hungarian University of Technology, honorary president and chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Hungarian Hydrological Society. He was the president of the Society from 2003 to 2011. He was a member of the Water Management Science Committee of the Department of Technical Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Agricultural Water Management Committee of the Department of Agricultural Sciences, the Hydrology Committee of the Department of Earth Sciences and the System Engineering Committee. He was the secretary of the Construction, Architecture and Transport Science Committee of the Scientific Qualification Committee and a member of the Scientific Council of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences VAHAVA Project. On the nomination of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he was a member of the National Environmental Protection Council, chairman of the Water Management and Water Protection Committee and scientific vice-chairman of the Council. He was the Secretary General and later President of the Hungarian National Committee of the ICID (International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage) belonging to the Department of Technical Sciences, Vice-President of ICID, and a member, secretary, and president of several of its central committees. He presented his professional career in the volume of his oeuvre entitled “Integrated Water Management – “The Birth of Hydroinformatics – European and Global Integration”.

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200 years for water sciences

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