Kenneth Larrieu
Graduate Student Researcher
Kings Beach, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKenneth Larrieu is a PhD candidate in Civil & Environmental Engineering and a hands-on researcher applying fluid mechanics to solve transport and mixing problems in rivers, lakes, estuaries, and coastal systems. He blends in situ instrumentation, hydrodynamic simulation, and open-source software engineering—co-developing tools like River Architect and contributing RiverREM—to evaluate and optimize river restoration designs. As an autonomous vehicle technician/pilot in the CITRIS Environmental Robotics Lab and a former lidar/data-science intern at OpenTopography, he bridges field robotics, geospatial data processing, and environmental modeling. His eight years of varied experience range from tutoring advanced math and physics to running remote commercial salmon-fishing operations where he maintained electrical and mechanical systems. Based in Kings Beach, CA, he combines rigorous academic training (MS in Hydrologic Sciences, BS in Physics) with practical fieldcraft, making him adept at translating messy real-world observations into quantitative environmental insights.
8 years of coding experience
PhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering, PhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering at University of California, DavisBS, Physics, BS, Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara
Github Skills (62)
data-generation10
conda10
forge10
speech10
lidar10
elevation10
conda-forge9
image-editing9
digital-elevation-model9
architect8
ctypes8
smithy7
mandelbrot7
eco7
camera6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
klarrieu/GCS_Scripts
Sep 2018 - Jun 2020
Contributions:81 commits, 59 pushes in 1 year 9 months
klarrieu/RiverREM
May 2022 - Aug 2022
Make river relative elevation models (REM) and REM visualizations from an input digital elevation model (DEM).
Contributions:101 commits, 21 PRs, 73 pushes in 2 months
relativeriverelevationvisualizationsrem
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