This has been my site since 2024. I redesign it when the design bugs stop keeping me up at night.
Now
What I'm working on
Current as of June 2025. Here's what's occupying my time and attention right now:
Working at Hatch — water resources and hydrology projects in Calgary. Applying ML to streamflow prediction and water balance modelling.
Open source — Keeping WSCprep, FlowDesk, and hydroSim maintained. Exploring new ideas for hydrological simulation tools.
Reading — Anything related to hydrology, open-source software engineering, and systems thinking.
Thinking about — How to make hydrological data and tools more accessible to the public. The intersection of climate science and software.
Writing
Essays
Thoughts on hydrology, software, and the spaces between.
How OpenFOAM Taught Me to Think Differently About Engineering
Building FlowDesk — a desktop GUI for OpenFOAM — changed how I approach simulation workflows. From transparent case setup to results visualization, here's what I learned.
Streamflow Prediction with Deep Learning: What Works and What Doesn't
After experimenting with LSTMs, diffusion models, and classical statistical methods for streamflow forecasting, here are my practical takeaways for hydrological ML.
Why I Build Open Source Tools for Hydrology
Water data is publicly funded but rarely accessible outside specialized tools. Building WSCprep and other open-source projects to change that.
About
A bit more about me
I'm Adil Javed, a water resources engineer based in Calgary, Alberta. I work at Hatch, where I apply machine learning and simulation tools to hydrology and water resources problems.
My engineering work focuses on streamflow prediction, water balance modelling, and making hydrological data accessible to people who need it. I use a mix of deep learning (LSTMs, diffusion models) and classical statistical methods.
Outside of my day job, I build open-source software. Most of my projects live on GitHub and fall into a few categories: web tools for Canadian water data, desktop applications for CFD, and hydrological simulation models.
When I'm not at the computer, I'm usually outside — hiking, cycling, or thinking about water systems in the Rockies.