Hot Topics at the Cold Regions Lab
Winter (4 - 8.5 hours) | This course is completed
This short course will feature research scientists and engineers from the Cold Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), who will be discussing ongoing projects that address significant challenges to military operations and civilian communities.
The discussion series will open with a history of CRREL, explaining the rationale for establishing a federal lab specializing in cold regions research and engineering. Working from this basis, the other presentations will describe current major projects. Technology permitting, virtual tours of the unique and world-renowned laboratory facilities will be given.
The overall aim of this course is to provide a perspective on the broad range of issues that are tackled by the CRREL research staff, many of which benefit our local community.
Jackie Menge
Jackie Menge, a civil engineer retired from CRREL, studied the impact of warming global temperatures on the Arctic sea ice cover.
Janet Hardy
Janet Hardy, a physical scientist also retired from CRREL, studied snow hydrology and helped NSF manage the U.S. Antarctic Program.
Martin Jeffries
Martin is an accidental geophysicist and polar scientist, and, since 2021, a member of Osher at Dartmouth and the Curriculum Committee. He has given Osher courses about the Arctic and Antarctica, the socio-economic history of the U.K. (Liverpool & Slavery, Manchester & Cotton), and the Amoskeag cotton and wool mills on the Merrimack River at Manchester, NH. Martin is retired, lives in West Lebanon, NH, and is the Chair of the Polar Research Board of the National Academies.