Hot Topics at the Cold Regions Lab

Hot Topics at the Cold Regions Lab

Winter (4 - 8.5 hours) | This course is completed

NEW

2/18/2021-3/11/2021

2:30 PM-4:30 PM EDT on Th

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$45.00

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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, a civil engineer retired from CRREL, studied the impact of warming global temperatures on the Arctic sea ice cover.

Janet Hardy, a physical scientist also retired from CRREL, studied snow hydrology and helped NSF manage the U.S. Antarctic Program.

Jeffries, Martin

A polar scientist and resident of the Upper Valley since 2018, Martin has developed an interest in the history of the New England textile industry. Perhaps this was inevitable, as his childhood home was in Manchester, (Old) England, once known as “Cottonopolis” when it dominated the global cotton textile industry in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. He has delivered Osher courses about the Arctic; “Cottonopolis” – First Industrial City; and Liverpool, England – “Metropolis of Slavery”.