Kenny Gruchalla

Kenny Gruchalla, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist & Distinguished Member of Research Staff, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Assistant Professor Adjunct, Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
Affiliate Faculty, RDC, Colorado State University

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
15013 Denver West Parkway Golden, CO 80401-3305


Curriculum Vitae (pdf updated 01/23/24)
Resume (pdf updated 01/23/24)

Arenophilia noun 1. The love of sand.

The complexity and variety of sand first caught my attention from the Scientific American article [Mack 1996]. I collected physical samples for several years but became concerned about pontential ecological and legal issues of collecting physical specimens. Fortunately, portable wireless digital micrscopes (e.g. Skybasic 1000x) vastly simplify collecting digital samples in field.

Mack, W.N., and Leistikow, E.A. (1996, August) Sands of the World. Scientific American, 275(2), 62-67.

Samples

Pu'u Poa Point, Kaui HI USA


Pu'u Olai, Maui HI


Pacific City Beach, OR USA


Santa Monica, CA USA


Moab, UT USA


Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO USA


Sandbanks Provincial Park, Ontario Canada


Providenciales, Turks & Caicos


Salt Cay, Turks & Caicos


Bonaire, Bonarie N.A.


Saba, Saba


Playa de la Barceloneta, Barcelona Spain


Ko Tao, Thailand


Olowalu, Maui HI
Coming soon


Sandy Cay, B.V.I.
Coming soon


Fortescue Bay, Tasmania Australia
Coming soon


Cape Canaveral, FL USA
Coming soon


Del Coco Beach, Costa Rica
Coming soon