2012 Polar Technology Conference - Participant List
3-5 April 2012, The Lake
Morey Resort,
Fairlee, Vermont, USA
| Name |
Affiliation | Topic |
Tuesday, 3 April 2012 |
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| Roy
Stehle |
Steering
Committee |
Welcome
and Introductions |
| Jennifer
Mercer |
Cold
Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) |
Engineering
and Technology Solutions for Operational Challenges in Polar
Environments - An Overview of CRREL's EPOLAR Program |
| Dan
Breton |
Dartmouth
College |
Photonic
Measurements of Firn and Ice Structure |
| Seth
White |
UNAVCO |
Remote
Instrumentation Stations: Progress in the last year |
| Todd
Valentic |
SRI
International |
You
Ought to Be in Pictures: Experiences deploying low-cost
camera systems in the Arctic |
| Ben
Aspholm Nathan Kren Rhyan Lange Dan Rhodes |
U.S.
Naval Academy U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Naval Academy U.S. Naval Academy |
IceGoat1 - USNA Polar Science Program |
| Bob
Bruninga |
U.S.
Naval Academy |
Amateur
Satellite and APRS Data Links |
| Alberto
Behar |
NASA
/ JPL / ASU |
Micro
Subglacial Lake Exploration Device (MSLED) |
| Louis
Whitcomb |
Johns
Hopkins University |
Development
of a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle for Oceanographic Access
Under Ice |
| Mary
Albert |
Dartmouth
/ IDPO |
Innovations
from Ice Drilling Program Office / Ice Drilling Design &
Operations |
Wednesday, 4 April 2012 |
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| Andy
Stillenger |
New
Jersey Institute of Technology |
Update
of Automatic Geophysical Observatory (AGO) power system status and new
equipment |
| Frank
Heid |
SFC
Energy Inc. |
EFOY
fuel cell operation in Arctic environments |
| Roy
Stehle |
SRI
International |
Update:
GPS Trackers |
| Alberto
Behar |
ASA
/ JPL / ASU |
Technology
for autonomous monitoring and investigations of polar environments |
| Ngoc
Hoang |
NAL
Research |
New
Iridium SBD and Full Data Modems |
| Gil
Jeffer |
New
Jersey Institute of Technology |
AGO
Station Monitoring: Environmental and Instrumentation Parameters in
"Real-Time" / Iridium Direct-IP SBD Feed |
| Tracy
Dahl |
CH2M
Hill Polar Services (CPS) |
2012
SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge |
| Owen
Roberts |
NREL |
USAP,
AntNZ, Meridian Energy, Powercorp, RPSC, DOE-NSF Collaboration
& The Ross Island Wind Project |
| Paul
Riley |
University
of New Hampshire |
Autonomous
Real Time Remote Observatory (ARRO) |
| Steering
Committee Renee Crain* Pat Haggerty* Alex Isern* Vladimir Papitashvili All Attendees |
- National Science Foundation National Science Foundation National Science Foundation National Science Foundation - |
Open
discussion on the goals and roles of the Polar Technology Conference
and it's future content, format, venue(s), and operations. PTC History * Via telecon |
Thursday, 5 April 2012 |
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| Sally
Shoop |
ERDC
- CREL |
Evaluation
of a Snow Miller/Paver |
| Chuck
Ryerson |
ERDC
- CRREL |
Atmospheric
Icing: How It Forms and How to Treat It |
| Kenneth
Rancourt |
Mount
Washington Observatory |
Mount
Washington's Observatory's Capabilities and Lessons Learned |
| David
Blake |
British
Antarctic Survey |
Halley
VI The Development of a Hot Water Drill to Access Subglacial Lake Ellsworth |
| Dick
Armstrong John Rand |
Richard
S. Armstrong, PE, LLC CRREL |
USAP
Proof of Concept Projects |
| Jennifer
Mercer |
Cold
Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory |
Using
High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and Ground Penetrating Radar to Avoid
Crevasses Along the Greenland Inland Traverse (GrIT) Route |
| Rebecca
Williams |
Dartmouth
College |
Autonomous
Crevasse Detection using a Robotic Ground Penetrating Radar System |
| Jay
Burnside |
Polar
Field Services |
Greenland
Inland Traverse (GrIT) |
| Paul
Thur |
Lockheed
Martin |
Traversing
in the Antarctic |
| Jason
Weale |
Cold
Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory |
High-Efficiency
Polar Heavy Traverses |
| Jack
Dibb Bob Hawley Tracy Dahl |
ESRC University of New Hampshire Dartmouth College CH2M Hill Polar Services |
Open
discussion on plans for Summit / APEX in Greenland Presentation Audio record |
Posters |
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| Alden
Adolph |
Thayer
School of Engineering |
Gas
Diffusivity in snow and firn |
| Robert
W. Busby Katrin Hafner Robert Woodward Allan Sauter |
IRIS IRIS IRIS IRIS PASSCAL |
Transportable
Array in Alaska |
| James
Kinsey Louis Whitcome |
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute James Hopkins University |
Development
of a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle for Oceanographic Access
Under Ice |
| Margaret
Knuth |
ERDC-CRREL |
Proof
of Concept: Firn Air Facility cooling at Summit Station, Greenland |
| Robert
Melville Michelle Brown |
New
Jersey Institute of Technology O. Henry Middle School |
Science
Outreach with Space Weather Research at the Automatic Geophysical
Observatories |
| Sally
Shoop Margaret Knuth Russell Alger |
CRREL CRREL Keweenaw Research Center |
A
New Snow Miller/Paver for Snow Roads and Skiways |
General Attendees |
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| Giselle
Amow |
Defense
R&D Canada |
|
| Kent
Anderson |
IRIS |
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| Amy
Burzynski |
ERDC-CRREL |
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| Paul
Carpenter |
IRIS
PASSCAL |
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| Satish
Chetty |
Beyond
66 |
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| James
Clarke |
SAIC |
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| Steve
Daly |
CRREL |
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| Dave
Finnegan |
ERDC-CRREL |
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| Diana
Garcia-Lavigne |
Polar
Field Services |
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| Stephanie
Gregory |
Dartmouth
College |
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| Jim
Hanlon |
Xeos
Technologies Inc. |
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| Erin
Hardy |
Dartmouth
College |
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| Jason
Hebert |
IRIS
PASSCAL |
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| Derek
Inglis |
Xeos
Technologies Inc. |
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| James
Kinsey |
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute |
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| Ben
Kopec |
Dartmouth
College |
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| Marc
Lessard |
University
of New Hampshire |
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| Adam
LeWinter |
CRREL |
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| Ross
Lieb-Lappen |
Dartmouth/Thayer |
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| David
McGaw |
Dartmouth
College |
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| Terry
Melendy |
CRREL |
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| John
Merlino |
Sirius
Integrator |
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| Alex
MeVay |
Genasun
LLC |
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| Scott
Paine |
Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory |
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| Vladimir
Papitashvili |
National
Science Foundation |
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| Clay
Ross |
SRI
International |
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| David
Smith |
CH2M
Hill Polar Services |
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| Bill
Spindler |
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| Eric
Talman |
Whenever
Communications LLC |
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| Mike
Trimpi |
Dartmouth
College |
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| Ben
Urmston |
McMurdo
Station |
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| Kevin
Vermilion |
SRI
International |
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| Al
Weatherwax |
Siena
College |
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| Gifford
Wong |
Dartmouth
College |
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| Bert
Yankielun |
SAIC |