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Professional Preparation

Cornell University Engineering Physics B.S. 1965

Northeastern University Physics and Math 1967

Dartmouth College Engineering Physics 1968-72

University of Melbourne Polar Met. and Geophysics 1975

Appointments

2006-present Research Associate Professor, Univ. Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)

1999-present Visiting Professor of Engineering. Clarkson University, Potsdam NY (current)

1996-1998 Senior Research Geophysicist. Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (USA CRREL), Hanover, NH (Retired, Jan. 1999)

1993-1996 Research Geophysicist. USA CRREL

1992-1993 Visiting Professor. Dept. of Ocean, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA

1986-1991 Chief, Snow and Ice Branch USA CRREL

1985-1986 Prof. of Oceanography (Arctic Chair) Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

1981-1985 Chief, Snow and Ice Branch. USA CRREL

1981-1998 Co-appointment—Adjunct Asst. and Assoc. Professor of Engineering. Thayer School of Engr., Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

1970-1981 Research Scientist. USA CRREL

Funded Research

Recipient of peer-reviewed research grants from National Science Foundation since 1976 for research on Antarctic sea ice. This research has been conducted during twelve research cruises on several nations’ icebreakers into the sea ice zone surrounding Antarctica and on the first Antarctic sea ice drifting station, Ice Station Weddell (1992). Research was also funded by Dept of the Army, NASA, Office of Naval Research, and FAA for work on various snow and ice problems requiring laboratory experiments, fieldwork in the Arctic and on Mt. Washington, NH, analysis of remote sensing data from aircraft and satellites, and computer modeling.

Selected Publications (over 150 articles, book chapters, technical reports etc, list available on request)

Ackley, S.F. et al 2003 A top-down, multidisciplinary framework for examining the pack ice ecosystem of the eastern Ross Sea, Antarctica, Polar Record,39, 210,219-230

Ackley, S.F. et al 2001 The Ronne Polynya of 1997/98: observations of air-ice-ocean interaction, Ann. of Glac., 33, p425-429

Hunke, E.C. and S.F. Ackley 2001, A numerical investigation of the 1997-1998 Ronne Polynya , Jl of Geophys. Res., v. 106, C10, p. 22,373-82

Shen, H.H., S.F.Ackley and Y.Yuan, 2004, Limiting diameter of pancake ice, Jl.of Geophys.Res., v.109,C12035

Ackley, S.F. et al, 2003, Decadal decrease of Antarctic sea ice extent inferred from whaling records revisited on the basis of historical and modern sea ice records, Polar Research, 22(1)

Ackley. S.F. and C.W. Sullivan 1994 Physical controls on the development and characteristics of Antarctic sea ice biological communities—a review and synthesis. Deep Sea Res., v.4

Fritsen, C.H. V.I. Lytle. S.F. Ackley and C.W. Sullivan 1994 Autumn bloom of Antarctic pack ice algae, Science, 266, p. 782-84

Lytle, V.I. and S.F. Ackley 1996 Heat flux through sea ice in the western Weddell Sea: Convective and conductive transfer processes, Jl. of Geophys. Res., v. 101, p. 8853-68

Golden. K.M., S.F. Ackley and V.1. Lytle 1998 The Percolation Phase Transition in Sea Ice, Science, v. 282

Weeks. W.F. and S.F. Ackley 1986 Growth Structure and Properties of Sea Ice. Chapter 1. The Geophysics of Sea Ice (N. Untersteiner. ed.) Plenum NATO ASI Series 3, v. 146. p. 9-153.

Synergistic Activities

Member, Antarctic Res. Vessel Operating Committee (ARVOC), NSF, 2001-present) (committee responsible for oversight of the operations of NSF Antarctic research vessels, NB Palmer and LM Gould)

Chairman, Science Steering Group for Autosub-Under-Ice, NERC, United Kingdom (1999-2006) (an ~$8 million project that developed, constructed and used an autonomous underwater vehicle under ice shelves and sea ice in three polar research cruises)

Chairman, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) program on Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (ASPeCt) 1998-2006, (coordinated international observations and research on Antarctic Sea Ice involving ships of several nations in cruises to Antarctica)

Developed a Joint Cold Regions Science and Engineering Graduate Program between Dartmouth College and USA CRREL, 1981-1997

Honors, Awards and Recognition

Geographic Feature Named in Antarctica (“Ackley Point”) in recognition of Antarctic Scientific Research Activities, US Board of Geographic Names, US Geological Survey, 2005

Elected to USA CRREL List of Distinguished Employees 2002

Chair, Antarctic Sea in IPY, a designated International Polar Year (2007-2009) project, by WMO/ICSU Joint Steering Committee for International Polar Year, 2006

National Science Foundation Antarctic Service Medal, 1979

Chair, AGU Snow Ice and Permafrost Committee, 1987-91

Member, International Commission on Snow and Ice, 1989-99

ONR Chair in Arctic Marine Sciences, Naval PostGraduate School, Monterey CA 1985-86

US Army Commendation Medal, awarded for ice research at CRREL, 1969

Chairman, First Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science, a continuing biannual conference held since 1997

Army Science Fellowship for Research at Naval Postgraduate School, 1992-93