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The Graduate Interdisciplinary Earth Science Symposia: a year in review, and looking to the future

Below is an article I wrote for our department newsletter about the GIESS symposia. I'm publishing it here because it didn't make the cut for the newslett...

Predicting equilibrium channel geometry with a neural network

In an attempt to learn more about ML I decided to just jump in and try a project. Predicting channel geometry with a simple neural network.

Matlab speed comparison of switch-case and if-then statements and hard-code

I frequently use the extremely methodical approach in scientific programming of “just trying things”. This means that I create a lot of different ways to tr...

Markov Chain stratigraphic model

I recently returned from the NCED2 Summer Institute for Earth Surface Dynamics at Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory at University of Minnesota, which is a 10-da...

Rivers 2 Stratigraphy

Explore the construction of stratigraphy through the interaction of channel geometry, lateral migration rate, subsidence rate, and avulsion frequency — inter...

A LaTeX package for peer review

I recently needed to do a peer review for a co-author’s manuscript. I rarely use MS Word or LO Writer anymore except for really simple documents (e.g., a qui...

Python 3 silly random name generator

I was recently working on a project to try to annoy my collaborator Eric by a scheduled script that sends him an email if there are open pull requests that I...

Density stratification in fine-grained rivers

2017 was the year of my first talk at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. It was pretty exciting and I was extremely nervous. In the end, it ...

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