Matthew Wiley
Master's Student, Graduated 2004
Research Scientist: 2004-2006
Consultant: 2006 - present
Matt
graduated from the Colorado College with honors and a BA in
Biology in 1993. After working for several years as a laboratory
technician for the Puget Sound Blood Center he returned to
academia to pursue a career in Civil Engineering. Matt earned a BSCE degree for the University of Washington in 2001, receiving
the Hawkins prize for outstanding academic achievement.
Matt received his MSCE degree from the University of Washington
in 2004. He worked with Rick Palmer at the University of
Washington as a research engineer from 2004 to 2006.
Currently Matt works as a Research Hydrologist for
3 Tier Environmental
Forecast Group, but does occasional consulting with the TAG
group.
While at the UW, Matt worked largely on the development of new components and features for
the
Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model (DHSVM), including a
stream temperature component, a groundwater module, glacier movement, and a soil chemistry
module. These efforts are in conjunction with the development of a new
Earth Systems modeling framework, the
Virtual Scaled
Basin.
