Principal Engineer
University of Washington
Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory

Education

1963 - M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

Employment

1971-present - Logistics Manager for Polar Research, University of Washington, Polar Science Center,
Seattle, Washington

1967-1971 - Engineer, The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington

1964-1967 - Engineer, Brown Boveri Co., Zurich, Switzerland

Honors

August 1992 - Meritorious Public Service Award, Department of Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Research, for meritorious public service in support of arctic research from 1971-1991.

Experience in Polar Logistics

1972       Spring          Barrow, Alaska - AIDJEX Pilot Study, Russian participation

1972       Fall               Barrow, Alaska - Return to spring camp

1973       Summer        Greenland - Greenland Ice Shelf Project

1974       Spring          Barrow, Alaska - LeadEx, ice camps

1974       Fall               Barrow, Alaska - AIDJEX Equipment Test

1975-     16 mos.         Barrow/Prudhoe - AIDJEX Main Experiment and OCS Field

1977                            Nansen Drift Planning

1977       Summer        Svalbard, Norway - Fact Finding

1978       Spring          Barrow, Alaska - CANBARX Ice Camp

1978       Fall               Nord, Greenland - Fact Finding

1979       Spring          Nord, Greenland - Fram 1, ice camps

1980       Spring          Nord, Greenland - Fram 2, ice camps

1981       Spring          Nord, Greenland - Fram 3, ice camp

1982       Spring          Nord, Greenland - Fram 4, ice camps; visit to North Pole 22

1983       Summer        Svalbard, Norway - MIZEX, ship operations

1984       Summer        Svalbard, Norway - MIZEX, ship operations

1985       Spring          Prudhoe Bay, Alaska  - AIWEX, ice camps

1986       Spring          Barrow, Alaska           Outpost Heritage, ice camp

1987       Spring          Prudhoe Bay, AK       PRUDEX, ice camp

                                    Svalbard, Norway - MIZEX, ship operations

               Fall               Nome, Alaska - Freeze Experiment

1988       Spring          Alert, Canada - Outpost Ice Shelf, ice camps

               Fall               Svalbard, Norway - CEAREX, ice camps and ship operations

1989       Spring          Svalbard, Norway - CEAREX, ice camps and ship operations

1990       Spring          Alert, Canada - Outpost Ice Shelf, ice camps

1991       Spring          Prudhoe Bay, Alaska - LeadEx pilot ice camp, Russian NP31 collaboration

1991                            Planning - US/Russian Weddell Sea camp

1992       Spring          Prudhoe, Alaska - LeadEx, main ice camp

1993       Fall               Prudhoe Bay, Alaska - SIMI, ice camp

1994       Spring          Prudhoe Bay, Alaska - SIMI, ice camp

1997-98                       Barrow/Prudhoe, Alaska - SHEBA ice camp

2000       Spring          North Pole - North Pole Environmental Observatory

2001       Spring          North Pole - North Pole Environmental Observatory

2002       Spring          North Pole - North Pole Environmental Observatory

 

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