Episode 45: Engineering the future with Earth’s oldest materials
In this episode, we talk to Arash Hosseini, Ph.D., P.E. and Matthew Ridgway, P.E. of Terracon about what it takes to make site-specific measurements consistent, accurate, and scalable.
Episode 46: Modeling Desert Water in a Changing Climate
There is both an art and a science to understanding our changing planet, and mastering that intersection requires decades of curiosity, collaboration, and innovation—and experience.
From pioneering instrumentation at Yucca Mountain to developing regional and global models that inform water management and climate risk, Drs. Lorrie and Alan Flint have demonstrated the importance of long-term data, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the evolving role of science in public decision-making. In this episode, we sit down with the Flints, retired USGS research hydrologists and current co-directors at Earth Knowledge, to explore their decades-long journey through soil physics, desert hydrology, and climate modeling. They discuss the challenges of scaling models across diverse environments, integrating remote sensing, and their commitment to mentoring the next generation of scientists.
Notes
Lorrie and Alan Flint obtained their PhDs in Soil Physics from Oregon State University and spent their careers as research hydrologists with the US Geological Survey, both recently retiring with Emeritus status. Initially working in desert landscapes, they developed measurement systems to characterize meteorology, shallow soil processes, and the deep unsaturated zone; as well as mechanistic models to simulate those processes across large landscapes. They now serve as Co-Directors of Earth Systems Modeling at Earth Knowledge, a data analytics and climate change risk company, where they continue to generate models and investigate influences of climate change in California, the western US, and throughout the globe.
Links to learn more about Drs. Lorrie and Alan Flint
- Lorrie on LinkedIn
- Lorrie on ResearchGate
- Lorrie at Earth Knowledge
- Alan on ResearchGate
- Alan on Google Scholar
- Alan at Earth Knowledge
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