Geoscience teaching from another perspective.

Dec 8, 2010

No post for nearly a month here.  I’ve been overwhelmed with filling orders for our new Em2 geomodels.  Our latest big challenge has been shipping logistics.  Not geology, exactly, but creating cutting-edge equipment and delivering it (undamaged, please,...

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Full scale Emriver Em2 shipment begins!

Nov 12, 2010

We’re in full effect now on Em2 shipment; all the kinks are out and we hope to get a model to everybody on the waiting list by the end of November.  We hope the overseas shipments won’t be far behind. If you haven’t been following, we’ve...

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Fun with cardboard (and geomorphology).

Nov 10, 2010

We’re a little loopy at LRRD now, from both overwork and excitement. Today we moved the Em4 model we hauled to GSA-Denver off a truck and into our lab. The rules of hydraulic similitude dictated a 4-meter length for the Em4.  It’s about the size of a car...

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Home from Denver at last.

Nov 6, 2010

After something like 17 hours of solo big truck driving, I made it home today. (Lily, next time I will take you up on your offer to go along!)  I’m beyond exhausted, but it was an incredibly satisfying trip. I picked up aluminum parts for a few more of the new...

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GSA Denver summary: We had a blast!

Nov 5, 2010

We had a marvelous time at GSA–everybody worked so hard; thanks to my wife Kate, to Lily and Meriam, and also to Andrew Podoll, a treasured collaborator; here you see the entire crew. I really enjoyed watching Lily work with kids who dropped by.  She has so many...

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