Theoretical turbulence, computational fluid mechanics, and heat transfer
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
New Mexico State University
1997
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1993
B.S., Mechanical Engineering
New Mexico State University
1991
Positions
2008 - Present | Team Leader for Atmospheric Modeling and Weapons Phenomenology Team
2005 - 2008 | Deputy Group Leader for Atmospheric, Climate, and Environmental Dynamics Group
1997 - Present | Technical Staff Member, Atmosphere, Climate, and Environmental Dynamics Group
Awards
R&D 100 Award, 2003
Federal Laboratory Consortium Far-West and Mid-Continent Regions’ Outstanding Technology Award, 2004
Selected Member of NMSU Mechanical Engineering Academy, 2004
Professional Societies
DOE representative to the OSTP Wildland Fire Science and Technology Task Force
LANL Institutional Computing Working Group
Associate Editor for International Journal of Wildland Fire
Board of DIrectors, New Mexico State University Mechanical Engineering Academy
Industrial Advisory Committee, New Mexico State University Mechanical Engineering Academy
National Core Fire Science Caucus
Publications
Pimont F, Dupuy JL, Linn R, Parsons R, Martin-StPaul N, (2016) “Wind-measurement accuracy in fire experiments: lessons learned from large-eddy simulations in a homogeneous forest”, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
Jolly WM, Hintz J, Linn RR, Kropp RC, Conrad ET, Parsons RA and Winterkamp J, (2016) “Seasonal variations in red pine (Pinus resinosa) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana) foliar thermo-physio-chemistry and their potential influence on stand-scale wildland fire behavior”, Forest Ecology and Management.
Muñoz Esparza D; Sauer JA; Linn RR; Kosovic B, (in press, 2015) “Limitations of One-Dimensional Mesoscale PBL Parameterizations in Reproducing Mountain-Wave Flows”, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences.
Sauer J.; Muñoz-Esparza D; Canfield J; Costigan K; Linn R; Kim YJ, (submitted 2015) “New Insights into Boundary Layer Influence on Stratified Atmospheric Flows over Terrain through Large-Eddy Simulations”, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences.
Hoffman CM., Canfield J, Linn RR, Mell W, Sieg CH, Pimont F, Ziegler J. (In Press 2015), “Evaluating crown fire rate of spread predictions from physics-based models”, Fire Technology.
Hoffman CM, Linn R, Parsons R, Sieg C, Winterkamp J, (2015) “Modeling spatial and temporal dynamics of wind flow and potential fire behavior following a mountain pine beetle outbreak in a lodgepole pine forest” Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 204(2015)79–93.
Canfield J.M., Linn R.R., Sauer J.A., Finney M., J. Forthofer (2014), “A numerical investigation of the interplay between fireline length, geometry, and rate of spread”, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 189–190(1): 48-59.
Shafii S., Obermaier H., Linn R., Koo E., Hlawitschka M., Garth C., B. Hamann and Joy K. (2013) “Visualization and Analysis of Vortex-Turbine Intersections in Wind Farms”, Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.
Linn RR, Sieg CH, Hoffman CM, Winterkamp JL, (2013). “Modeling wind fields and fire propagation following bark beetle outbreaks in spatially-heterogeneous pinyon-juniper woodland fuel complexes”, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 173: 139-153, ISSN 0168-1923.
Patents
Linn, R.R. and E. Koo (2012). Determining Effects of Turbine Blades on Fluid Motion. US, Los Alamos National Security, LLC. 8170813.
Linn, R.R. and E. Koo (2011). Determining Effects of Turbine Blades on Fluid Motion. US, Los Alamos National Security, LLC. 7953563.
