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VideoJames H. Lever
Mechanical Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, CRREL
Adjunct Professor of Engineering
Education
- B.Eng., Engineering Physics, McMaster University (Canada) 1977
- M.A.Sc., Aerospace Science and Engineering, University of Toronto (Canada) 1979
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University 1983
Research Interests
Cold region robotics; mechanical design for cold regions; lightweight vehicular mobility on snow-covered terrains
News
High-tech ‘Yeti’ may revolutionize exploration near North and South poles
The Washington Post
March 11, 2013Battery-Powered Yeti Guides Antarctic Explorers Past Concealed Crevasses
Gizmodo
March 11, 2013Robot Yeti Tells You Where Not to Go in Antarctica
IEEE Spectrum
March 7, 2013Yeti Robot Finds Deadly Antarctic Crevasses So We Don’t Have To
Slate
March 5, 2013In Greenland and Antarctic Tests, Yeti Helps Conquer Some “Abominable” Polar Hazards
National Science Foundation
March 1, 2013Curiosity’s Cousins: Autonomous Polar Robots Explore Earth’s Extremes
Wired Science
December 12, 2012Yeti Roves the Ice Sheet
May 9, 2012
In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine
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Cold Truths: From the microstructure of snow to the massiveness of ice sheets, from fundamental science to practical applications, from Thayer’s ice lab to the earth’s polar regions, Thayer researchers are uncovering what snow and ice reveal about the world.
Winter 2012 -
Lab Reports: Cool Robot
Fall 2005
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