Item talk:Q44541

usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:19:08.254579'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/dan-armstrong
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - "Master\u2019s degree in Civil Engineering from Montana State University (2020)"
   - "Bachelor\u2019s degree in Biology from Western Colorado University (2011)"
   email: darmstrong@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms: []
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Dan has been a Civil Engineer with the WY-MT WSC since 2018.
   name: Dan Armstrong
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0001-9816-1002
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wyoming-montana-water-science-center
   organization_name: Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center
   personal_statement: "Dan recently completed his Master\u2019s degree in civil\
     \ engineering with an emphasis in ecohydraulics and stream restoration.  His\
     \ graduate project was developed in conjunction with the Montana Department\
     \ of Transportation and the USGS to examine the use of Large Scale Particle\
     \ Image Velocimetry (LSPIV) to determine hydraulic forces and flow measurements\
     \ on bridges around Montana.  Currently, he is helping to develop flood frequency\
     \ analyses for Montana and Wyoming, along with continuing the LSPIV research\
     \ and data collection from gages around the state.  He has worked many years\
     \ as a biologist, including a year spent in South Africa on a leopard conservation\
     \ project and with endangered species around the western United States.  For\
     \ his undergraduate thesis at Western Colorado University, Dan worked on modeling\
     \ the effects of climate change on Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly colonies\
     \ and changes in their spatial distributions over multiple years."
   professional_experience: []
   title: Hydrologist - Civil Engineering