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ECE's Prof. Furse and student Lubber are BACK from Antarctica

Four people from the University of Utah set out on an Antarctic Expedition beginning November 15th, 2010, to measure the electrical properties of sea ice to find out more about how ice is controlled by the climate when it is produced.


Update: December 13th, 2010 Prof. Furse and student David Lubbers have returned safely from Antarctica with more data than you can shake a stick at.

Read their blog posts for details about the expedition: RedThread Utah blog: Antarctica


Past updates:

ECE undergraduate student David Lubbers and his professor, ECE Professor Cynthia Furse, are taking a trip to Antarctica to measure sea ice.


Introduction

"Hi, I’m Cindy Furse, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah. Electrical engineers like me use electricity to invent things or discover things that can change the world. Four of us from the U are setting out on an Antarctic Expedition Nov 15 to measure the electrical properties of sea ice to find out more about how ice is controlled by the climate when it is produced. Later, we may be able to use that information to better understand the long term climate changes and how they have affected the world’s ice packs."


What is a Math-pedition?

Math + Expedition = Math-pedition.

Prof. Furse is dedicated to making science and engineering accessible to students. She is therefore keeping the theme of her Antarctic voyage as a "Math-pedition," or an expedition in applied mathematics.

Prof. Furse will, through her U of U blog, present her daily trials and research activities in an accessible way for younger students to experience the mathematics behind traveling to Antarctica and measuring variables in sea ice.


Blog Entries:

Red Thread, the University of Utah blog featuring entries during the Antarctic voyage.

This is an expanding list of blog entries before, during, and after the expedition (updated regularly).


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