University Of Kansas School Of Engineering KU has developed an outstanding group in polar research and is also is expectedto prompt economic and educational improvements throughout the region. http://www.engr.ku.edu/news/article/engineering/2005-04-11/ku_engineering_-3
Extractions: toggle navigation Engineering Departments Aerospace Engineering Architectural Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Engineering Physics Engineering Management Environmental Engineering Mechanical Engineering Petroleum Engineering Engr A-Z Forms Search The National Science Foundation has announced it will establish a prestigious, multi-million dollar Science and Technology Center at the University of Kansas to research the impact of global climate change on polar ice sheets. This is the second time since 2003 that a NSF has established a major research center at KU. The five-year award for $19 million is the largest single federal research grant ever received by KU or any university in Kansas. KU is only one of two universities in the nation to be granted a Science and Technology Center this year. "The University of Kansas is honored to receive this grant from the National Science Foundation," said KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway. "These centers are awarded on a very competitive basis, and only to the top research institutions in the nation. This award is confirmation of the research strength of KU."
PSIgate - Physical Sciences Information Gateway Search/Browse Results Scott polar research Institute, University of Cambridge This situation isencountered in the polar regions where cold water sinks to the bottom of the http://www.psigate.ac.uk/roads/cgi-bin/psisearch.pl?term1=polar regions&limit=0&
Stephen Hudson Education And Research Interests education and research Interests For a long time I have been interested inpolar meteorology. I am particularly interested in processes that control the http://students.washington.edu/srh13/eri.html
Extractions: I n September 2000 I began graduate work at the University of Washington, where I am continuing to study Atmospheric Science. For a long time I have been interested in polar meteorology. I am particularly interested in processes that control the polar climates (both Arctic and Antarctic), and in how their climates might be changing. Also, I am curious as to how the weather in these areas influences the weather patterns of the mid-latitude regions. ... For my Ph.D. thesis I am studying ways in which sunlight interacts with the snow surface, clouds, and atmosphere of the Antarctic Plateau, using data we have collected at Dome C station and some atmospheric radiation models. One of the measurements we made for this project was the bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF), or the pattern in which the sunlight reflects off the snow surface. The photo below shows that the snow is not equally bright in all directions; it is brightest near the horizon, beneath the sun, and darkest directly below the observer. Understanding exactly what the BRDF of snow is at different wavelengths and for different conditions necessary for users of satellite data, which give the brightness from one particular direction, and for understanding how the atmosphere and clouds are affected by sunlight that is reflected from the bright surface.
Extractions: The 2007-2008 IPY, co-sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), is endorsed by 31 nations and more than 16 scientific bodies and other organisations. It will focus on the role of the Arctic and Antarctic in the global context by coordinating international efforts in a wide range of research disciplines. Because polar processes extend across, and in the case of the Antarctic, beyond national boundaries, the IPY Planning Group expects this coordinated approach to maximize cost-effective outcomes while encouraging researchers from all nations and disciplines to share information and build relationships for present and future programmes.
Arctic: Hypothesis Versus Fact: August Petermann And Polar Research Although the actual course of polar research disproved Petermann s In theregion of Greenland and the Labrador peninsula, those streams joined to form http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3712/is_199909/ai_n8868376
Extractions: Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. ABSTRACT. The history of polar exploration has witnessed several conceptions of the climate, presence of lands, conditions of ice, and currents in the Arctic Ocean that were hypothetical or based on scarce research data. One such conception was the view of the physical geography of polar areas put forward in 1865 by the German geographer and publicist August Petermann, which was based mainly on the findings of English and Russian polar explorers. Although the actual course of polar research disproved Petermann's hypotheses, his conception not only exerted considerable influence on the development of the theoretical knowledge of polar areas, but also promoted practical steps in Arctic exploration during the second half of the 19th century. Key words: August Petermann, history, exploration, Arctic Ocean, open polar sea, Gulf Stream, extension of Greenland, Ostrov Vrangelya (Wrangel Island)
Arctic: An Arctic Science Policy? All We Need Is A Sovereignty Crisis polar region, Canada was first pushed to conduct research in the Arctic What policy exists in regard to Canada s polar regions has evolved out of http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3712/is_200003/ai_n8895704
Extractions: Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. During the 1999 field season, various news agencies reported on a U.S. paleontological research project undertaken in Canada's High Arctic. The project, involving a team of American scientists and one Canadian researcher working in the United States, was designed to collect data from a mummified fossil forest on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The media coverage of the research brought out a controversy over the potential environmental impacts of the project, causing a stir among some Arctic scientists concerned about increasing foreign research in Canada's polar region. The well-funded research project (1.6 million $Cdn) was cited by many as yet another example of how waning federal interest and budgets for Arctic research have created an environment in which Canadian research interests are increasingly superseded by their well-funded, well-organized, and well-supported foreign counterparts.
Arctic Theme Page - Research Programs And Organizations NSF Arctic Sciences Section of the NSF Office of polar Programs Higher Educationand research in the Barents EuroArctic Region from the Barents region http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/research.html
Extractions: Research programs focused on the Arctic NSF Arctic Sciences Section of the NSF Office of Polar Programs RUSALCA - Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) project: A 10 year NSF/ONR global change program International Arctic Buoy Program from U of Washington SHEBA Home Page from U of Washington Program in Arctic Regional climate Assessment (PARCA) from U of Colorado Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) Center for Disease Control's Arctic Investigations Program CRDF - Created by the U.S. government to promote scientific and technical collaboration between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union
Secrets Of The Polar Aurora An illustrated overview of the polar aurora, its nature, its causes and and what connects the pattern of the aurora to the region of the Earth s http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/aurora.htm
Extractions: Alaska is known as a good place for seeing the polar aurora, also known as "Northern Lights." Originally the phenomenon was named "Aurora Borealis," Latin for "northern dawn," since in the lower 48 states or in mid-Europe it may appear (on the rare occasions when it does) as a glow on the northern horizon, as if the sun was rising from the wrong direction. But the southern hemisphere has the same phenomenon, with the glow coming from the south , so scientists prefer to call it simply the "Polar Aurora." Most visitors to Alaska never get to see an aurora, because they come in the summer, when skies are rarely dark enough. Alaskans claim that only around August 16 does the sky get dark enough to see stars, which is when aurora stands out. After that date, your best bet is to go to Fairbanksand since the brightest auroras occur around midnight (or later, due to Alaska's time zone), you might have to stay up a long time. Perhaps it is better then to ask the night clerk at your hotel to ring you up if a good display becomes visible. What does it look like?
International Polar Year 2007-2008 I - Cryosphere [C] IPY 20072008 will address six broad research themes. These are the presentenvironmental status of the polar regions; change in the polar regions; http://www.agu.org/meetings/sm05/sm05-sessions/sm05_C41A.html
Extractions: Cryosphere [C] C41A CC:225 Thursday 0830h International Polar Year 2007-2008 I Presiding: R Bindschadler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; S Vogel, Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University C41A-01 INVITED 08:30h The International Polar Year 2007-2008: a Preliminary Overview of Proposed Research Activities. Allison, I (ian.allison@aad.gov.au) , Australian Antarctic Division and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, Private Bag 80, Hobart, Tas 7001 Australia
Canadian Polar Commission - to research in the Antarctic region and to ensure that the Canadian polar research Dr. Pollard s research focuses on two aspects of polar desert http://www.polarcom.gc.ca/english/antarctic/ccar.html
Extractions: CCAR Mandate CCAR will serve as a national advisory body on Antarctic matters, reporting primarily to the CPC, and act as a link between the international Antarctic science community and Canadian scientists active in or seeking to become involved in Antarctic and/or bipolar research. CCAR will recommend to the CPC Canadian representatives to serve on SCAR working groups, to advise on appropriate terms of office, and to ensure a proper flow of information among Canadian scientists and the respective working groups. CCAR will review Antarctic research proposals (e.g., from the Canadian Arctic-Antarctic Exchange Program and others) when requested. Members and Advisers 2003-2004 Wayne Pollard
The NSDL Scout Report For Physical Sciences-- Volume 3, Number 23 Ohio State presents the Byrd polar research Center s internationally recognizedpolar research primarily focused on the role of cold regions in the global http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/NSDL/PhysSci/2004/ps-041112-research.php
Extractions: Create a Log In Research Printable Page Internet Scout Project NSDL Scout Reports Physical Sciences ... University of Colorado at Boulder: Polar Climate and Meteorology http://cires.colorado.edu/arcsym/ The University of Colorado at Boulder's Polar Climate and Meteorology group investigates "the climate and meteorology of the Arctic and Antarctic using global and regional climate system models, process models, statistical models, GIS, and field experiments." Users can find summaries of the group's 12 research projects including studying the changes in hydrologic regimes and arctic transitions in the land-atmosphere system. Students and educators can read about the research interests and endeavors taken on by individual members. To get a better idea of the region studied and technology used, users can find numerous images and photographs of the polar region. The website offers abstracts to many of the group's publications. [RME] Back to Contents Back to Top
Gunterspeech Both polar regions play important roles in global change research. They are earlyand sensitive indicators of change, they affect the global climate system http://www.aaas.org/programs/international/caip/isc/gunterspeech.html
Extractions: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC By Gunter E. Weller, Ph.D. Director, Center for Global Change Research NOAA-UAF Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research University of Alaska, Fairbanks Recipient of the AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Awarded Delivered at the 2000 AAAS CAIP Annual Meeting Luncheon held in conjunction with the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on February 20, 2000 I am very happy to have received the 1999 AAAS Award for International Scientific Cooperation and to have been asked to talk about may experiences in helping to bring about some of this cooperation. I have spent all my professional career on work in the polar regions, first in the Antarctic for two full years and several subsequent summers, then in Alaska over 30 years. This has involved fieldwork as well as analyzing and synthesizing data and planning additional research efforts. My talk will therefore focus on the polar regions but obviously cannot cover all aspects of international cooperation there. I will to a large extent relate my personal experiences only. This provides a fairly incomplete picture, of course, but can perhaps shed some light on individual perceptions and the problems faced by scientists trying to cooperate with researchers from other countries in a severe environment. I'll start with a historical perspective. The Polar Regions have in many respects been good models for international scientific cooperation: This started with the two so-called Polar Years of 1882-83 and again in 1932-33, during which manynations collaborated in simultaneous scientific measurements at remote polar sites. These investigations focused primarily on the Earth's climate and its magnetism.
Administration Seeks 2.4% Increase In NSF Budget Within this account, the US polar research PROGRAMS budget would increase the costs of icebreakers that support scientific research in polar regions. http://www.aip.org/fyi/2005/017.html
Extractions: advanced search FYI Number February 9, 2005 Administration Seeks 2.4% Increase in NSF Budget National Science Foundation Director Arden Bement described the FY 2006 budget request as follows: "For FY 2006, the National Science Foundation is requesting $5.605 billion. That's $132 million, or 2.4 percent, more than in FY 2005. This modest increase allows us to assume new responsibilities, meet our ongoing commitments, and employ more staff – with little room for growth in research and education programs. This means we'll all have to keep working to leverage resources and work more productively." The $132 million increase includes the transfer of $48 million from the Coast Guard to the foundation for operation and maintenance costs associated with three polar icebreakers used in Antarctic and Arctic research. Allowing for this transfer results in a requested increase of $84.0 million for NSF. Under the request, the NSF Research and Related Activities budget would increase by 2.7% or $113 million, from $4,220.6 million to $4,333.5 million. The Administration requested a cut of 12.4% or $104.4 million in the budget for Education and Human Resources, from $841.4 million to $737.0 million. The request for Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction rose significantly: by 44.0% or $73.4 million, from $173.7 million to $250.0 million.
CRREL Employee Biography - Dr. Mary Albert Welcome to the US Army ERDC Cold regions research Engineering Lab Member ofthe polar research Board, National research Council. http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/personnel/albert.mary.html
Extractions: Mary Albert was Chair of the U.S. Committee to the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 from its inception in 2003 until June 2005. Mary is also an adjunct professor at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, where she serves as thesis advisor to students at undergraduate, Master's, and Ph.D. levels. Areas of Specialization Current Projects Snow and Firn Microstructure and Transport Properties for the U.S. International Trans-Antarctic Science Expedition (ITASE). Impact of Snow Photochemistry on Atmospheric Radical Concentrations at Summit, Greenland. Characteristic Length Scales for Atmosphere-Terrain Interaction for Mobility and Acoustics. Phenomenology of the Thermal Signatures of Suface and Near-Surface Objects. Characteristics of Snow Megadunes and Their Potential Effects on Ice Core Interpretation.
PSIgate - Physical Sciences Information Gateway Search/Browse Results Scott polar research Institute, University of Cambridge A wealth of researchand educational material is also provided, including the polar magnetometer http://www.psigate.ac.uk/roads/cgi-bin/psisearch.pl?term1=polar research&limit=0
Links: C-CIARN North CCIARN North is the northern regional office of a Canada-wide network of researchers Guidebook on Scientific research in the Yukon polar Planner for http://www.taiga.net/c-ciarn-north/links.html
Extractions: Research and Researchers Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) : An international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences Arctic Climate System Study : an international study, part of the World Climate Research Programme ArcticNet : integrated natural / health / social study of the changing coastal Canadian Arctic Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS): non-profit corporation operated for educational, professional, or scientific purposes Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Flux Array (ASOF): an initiative to monitor over the long-term the exchange of heat between the Arctic Ocean and adjacent subarctic seas Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) : purpose is the advancement of northern scholarship through education and research Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study (CASES): an international effort under Canadian leadership to understand the biogeochemical and ecological consequences of sea ice variability and change on the Mackenzie Shelf
The Moscow Times - Latest Wires Spirit of Shanghai From settling border issues to multilateral regional cooperation Almost a third of the plan was devoted to cooperation in education, http://www.themoscowtimes.com/doc/HotNews.html
Extractions: Straight from the Wires URGENT: Warlord Avdorkhanov killed in Chechnya - Deputy PM RIA NOVOSTI September 17, 2005, 1:25 PM GROZNY, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - Warlord Akhmed Avdorkhanov, a close associate of terrorist leader Aslan Maskhadov, was killed in Chechnya," Chechen First Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov said Saturday. "He [Avdorkhanov] was Basayev's ideological opponent and an ardent adversary of Wahhabism," Kadyrov said. URGENT: Russian warplanes did not violate Estonian air space - Defense Ministry RIA NOVOSTI September 17, 2005, 1:07 PM MOSCOW, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russian warplanes did not violate the air space of any country, including Estonia, during the September 15 flight from the Leningrad region to Kaliningrad, the Defense Ministry said Saturday.
CSU | Public Affairs | J. Baker Institute for Educational Management, Harvard Business School (1978) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Supervisor of Laboratory research (January http://www.calstate.edu/PA/bios/prezbio/Baker.shtml
Extractions: Warren J. Baker PRESIDENT, CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO Education University of Notre Dame, B.S. (1960) and M.S. (1962) in Civil Engineering University of New Mexico, Ph.D. Degree in Civil Engineering (1966) Institute for Educational Management, Harvard Business School (1978) Administrative Experience California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, President (August 1979- ) University of Detroit: Vice President for Academic Affairs (1976-79); Dean, College of Engineering, and Chrysler Professor (1973-78); Acting Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering (1972-73); Chairman of the Faculty, College of Engineering (1968-71) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Supervisor of Laboratory Research (January 1965 to June 1966) Teaching and Research Experience University of Detroit: Professor of Civil Engineering (1972-79); Associate Professor of Engineering (1967-71); Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering (1966-67) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Visiting NSF Faculty Fellow (June 1971-Sept.1972)
