I’m very happy to announce that Meriam Lahlou has joined LRRD as our business manager. Meriam is a delightful and fascinating person we’re very lucky to have. Originally from Morocco, Meriam came to the United States in 1987 to study international business at...
In late January Cara Bergschneider left LRRD to work for the NRCS in southern Illinois. We miss her very much. She’s one of a kind. When I decided to expand LRRD from a home-based business in 2007, I knew I’d need an extraordinary person to handle a...
I hired Jesse Riechman as a prototyper in late summer of 2007 as LRRD outgrew my home office. Jesse left us last November to become a full time grad student in SIUC’s Forestry program. Jesse had many skills, from fixing motorcycles to deftly dropping 250-pound...
Several of our friends and collaborators at SIUC have been awarded $3.2 million by the NSF IGERT program to develop an elite watershed science and policy program. Nicholas Pinter is leading the effort, and our collaborators Matt Whiles, Lizette Chevalier, John...
So much LRRD news to report, but I’ve been too busy to blog. Some interesting work from this week: We’re designing a small 2D flume. Here’s a Google SketchUp excerpt. And a photo of Jesse making inserts for the Emriver Em2 to simulate hydraulic...
