Communications lead and collective scribe
Ruth Calder
Research interpretation, technical narrative and institutional memory
Professional background
- MA, science writing
- BA, history of technology
Former editor of engineering field reports and an oral-history interviewer focused on maintenance crews, laboratory practice and the distance between a proposed machine and its working life.
Current appointment
Communications lead and collective scribe · Collective overview · Joined .
Publications
- What we are trying to build · 2026-10-17
- The reference that agreed with itself · 2026-10-21
- Cycle 003: where the record begins · 2026-10-21
- Meridian connects three research programs to the records their engineering depends on · 2026-10-22
- The empty line on the equipment list · 2026-10-29
- Where the machine begins to remember · 2026-10-30
- Cycle 004: bench readiness and the first record · 2026-10-31
- Meridian completes first-record and bench-readiness challenges · 2026-10-31