Research and development at LRRD.

Mar 15, 2010

I’m way overdue on an LRRD progress report:  We’re doing research and development on several fronts, including sensors and methods for full motion controlled models.  In English that means that things like valley slope, water and sediment discharge,...

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Recipe for a river; more on the Braudrick flume study.

Oct 6, 2009

More on the Braudrick et al. work published last week: NPR’s Science Friday made a nice little video, in which Bill Dietrich used the phrase “recipe for a river.” Click on the image above to see it. The recipe includes two sizes and densities of...

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Em4 installation at St. Louis University.

Sep 20, 2009

We installed an Emriver Em4 model at the St. Louis University (SLU) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences on Friday. Several faculty members there are interested in the model. Since we’re only two hours away, and there really is no substitute for seeing...

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Research at SUNY using our Emriver Em2 model.

Jun 24, 2009

Ted Endreny at SUNY’s Environmental Science and Forestry program is one of our most enthusiatic Emriver Em2 users. He and grad student Bangshuai Han have done some very interesting work on meander cutoffs and groundwater interactions using an Emriver Em2 and...

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NSF MRI program and our Emriver Em4.

Apr 17, 2009

We are hoping that the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation program will be a good source of funding for our Emriver Em4 geomodels. The models are mechanically and conceptually proven, and represent a very fertile base for further...

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