Seattle, Washington, United States
Dylan Ahearn is a hydrologist who has spent the last 20 years figuring out how best to eliminate toxic pollution in our waterways. He is currently an adjunct professor at Edmonds College and the Associate Practice Director of Water Science with Herrera, Inc. Dylan specializes in Green Stormwater Infrastructure, with a particular focus on stormwater treatment research, development, and verification. Goal: develop strategies and execute projects to collect, organize, and present information to increase understanding of how to reduce our impact on the environment. Specialties: green stormwater infrastructure, project management, distance learning, IOT, nonparametric statistics and data visualization, stormwater treatment, biking up things, and gardening.
At Herrera I am a Trustee and the Director of Science for the Water Group. I manage a team of scientists who conduct studies to quantify pollutant fate and transport and verify the performance of both GI-based stormwater technologies as well as manufactured treatment systems. I conduct R&D and provide expert consultation for my many clients in the stormwater treatment industry as they navigate ever-changing regulatory requirements.
At Edmonds I am a Geology instructor specializing in distance learning. I use Blackboard and Canvas to instruct students in physical and historical geology. I use embedded and linked tools including Journi, Twitter, screencasts, and Google maps to create an immersive learning experience for my students.
At West Yost I assisted with GIS analyses and conducted thermal plume mapping in the Sacramento River. I used a combination of shoreline and boat-based GPS and thermal and rhodamine plume mapping tools to quantify the impact of industrial discharges on the river.
At HSDP we were drilling the deepest core through the Hawaiian shield ever. I analyzed core and interpreted lithology working with a team of scientists and engineers from around the globe.