Dr. Kyle Niemeyer
On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Kyle Niemeyer, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University. His research focuses on developing new computational tools to better simulate important physical phenomena, including combustion, turbulence-chemistry interactions, and fluid dynamics. Kyle is also an advocate for open science and reproducibility in computational science.
Transcript (.docx)
Show Notes
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Segment 1: Growing a Research Pipeline [00:00-12:27]
In this first segment, Kyle shares about his current research and how it influences future projects.
Segment 2: Open Science [12:28-23:07]
In segment two, Kyle discusses his passion for open science.
In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:
- Find Kyle Niemeyer on Twitter: @kyleniemeyer
- For more on open science, check out RIA # 11: Steve Van Tuyl on Data Management
- Open science resources mentioned by Dr. Niemeyer:
Segment 3: Being a Journal Editor [23:08-34:19]
In segment three, Kyle shares about his experience as an editor with several open science journals.
In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:
- RIA # 34: David Brightman on Being a Book Editor
- Journal of Open Research Software
- MATLAB
- Python
- Journal of Open Source Software
- GitHub
- Engineering Archive (engrXiv)
Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-04:35]: Perceived Drawbacks of Open Science
In this bonus clip, the following resources are mentioned:
Bonus Clip #2 [00:00-02:26]: Dr. Kyle Niemeyer’s Podcasting Experience
In this bonus clip, the following resources are mentioned:
- G.E.A.R.S. podcast
Bonus Clip #3 [00:00-04:26]: Standardizing Data and Software Citations
In this bonus clip, the following resources are mentioned:
- Smith AM, Katz DS, Niemeyer KE, FORCE11 Software Citation Working Group.
(2016) Software Citation Principles. PeerJ Computer Science 2:e86.
DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.86
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