Kristine Lu

Staff Research Scientist, Geology

Campus

Reno Campus

Division

Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Publications

2025

Feldman, A. D., Kielhofer, J., Harsha, G. L., Korotkin, M., Houseman, S. M., Uka, N., Lu, K., Bustarde-Endrina, J., Page, D. J., & Sion, B. (2025). Technical Report: Soil Characteristics and Seasonal Variations in Soil Strength at TRTC Panama. Report prepared for U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground under contract #W9124R23C0002

Raeofy, Y., Samburova, V., Berli, M., Furtak-Cole, E., Sion, B., Houseman, S. M., Lu, K., Curtiss, W., Andrade, A. J., Martinez, B., Khlystov, A. Y., & Moosmüller, H. (2025). Physical and Chemical Properties of Fire-Affected Soils from the Sagebrush Ecosystem of the Western US: A Laboratory Study. Soil Syst., 9(4), 111. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems9040111

Kielhofer, J., Staley, S. E., Korotkin, M., Feldman, A. D., Houseman, S. M., Lu, K., Harsha, G. L., Page, D. J., & Sion, B. (2025). Environmental analysis of the Arctic Regions Test Center (ARTC), Alaska as an analog site for northern Europe, Report prepared for the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground under contract W912R23C0002. 47 pp.

Kielhofer, J., Staley, S. E., Korotkin, M., Feldman, A. D., Houseman, S. M., Lu, K., Harsha, G. L., Page, D. J., & Sion, B. (2025). Environmental analysis of the Tropic Regions Test Center (TRTC), Panama as an analog site for southeast Asia, Report prepared for the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground under contract W912R23C0002. 66 pp.

Kielhofer, J., Harsha, G. L., Page, D. J., Hartshorn, E. J., Feldman, A. D., Korotkin, M., Houseman, S. M., Lu, K., & Sion, B. (2025). Automotive durability course research and development at the Arctic Regions Test Center (ARTC), Alaska, Report prepared for the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground under contract W912R23C0002. 116 pp.

2024

Houseman, S. M., Korotkin, M., Kielhofer, J., Page, D. J., Lu, K., & Sion, B. (2024). Technical Report: TRTC Sherman Exposure Site Environmental Analysis., 61. Report prepared for U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground under contract W9115121D0004

Staley, S. E., Briem, C. M., Harsha, G. L., Hartshorn, E. J., Hibbard, S., Korotkin, M., Houseman, S. M., Lu, K., & Sion, B. (2024). Task Deliverable Report: Evaluation of field procedures for rapid measurement of mobility related soil properties at Fort Hunter Liggett. Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory under contract W912HZ23C0008.

Kielhofer, J., Baish, C. J., Patton, N., Korotkin, M., Sabol, D. E., Borkowski, J. E., Houseman, S. M., Lu, K., & Sion, B. (2024). Technical Report: Developing new technical capabilities to predict near-surface soil properties for cold-region soils in thaw-weakening environments, 74 pp.. Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory under contract W913E520C0021.

Hartshorn, E. J., Harsha, G. L., Korotkin, M., Kielhofer, J., Soldano, V. A., Feldman, A. D., Houseman, S. M., Lu, K., Sabol, D. E., Adams, K. D., & Sion, B. (2024). Technical Report: Evaluating spatial variability of dust emissions and testing techniques to examine how spatial scale influences emissivity., 89 pp.. Report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory under contract W913E520C0021.

2023

Feldman, A. D., Page, D. J., Lu, K., Houseman, S. M., & Sion, B. (2023). Technical report: YTC Countermine Training Range Soil Property Analysis, 92. Report prepared for U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground under contract W9115121D0004