Svalbard Fieldwork during COVID-19
I have a project at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) using drones to study glacier crevasses. Together with my master student, we are working on creating high-resolution maps of crevassed glacier areas. The goal is to understand the role of crevasses on how glaciers…
How to Mesh a Frozen Drone
Icing of drones is a severe hazard that significantly limits the usage of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) methods, originally developed for manned aircraft icing, are an important tool for understanding the effects of icing on UAVs. One of the most…
NASA Visit
Two weeks ago I had the amazing opportunity to be invited to give a small lecture about my research on icing on unmanned aircraft at the NASA Ames Research Center in California! As an aerospace engineer, this was a bit of a dream-come-true scenario that…
Published!
I took my first picture with a borrowed DSRL camera two and a half years ago. Since then, I have gradually become more and more intrigued with taking photos of the places I love. Today, some of my pictures were featured in an article about Svalbard…
Impressions 2019
With the new decade* starting, it’s a good opportunity to look back at the last year. 2019 was a very interesting year, with lots of travels, good research, new collaborations, and good photography opportunities. My favorite experience was certainly the time that I’ve spend up…
How Atmospheric “Vacuum Cleaners” Work for Science
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a type of human-made toxic chemicals that can be found all over the world. POPs can travel large distances in short time periods in the atmosphere. One of the scientific tools to measure the amount of POPs in the air…
Exploring the Hazards of Drone Icing
Icing of drones is a severe hazard that significantly limits the usage of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. Researchers conducted experiments in an icing wind tunnel to learn more about icing to test an icing protection system. This spring, researchers from the Norwegian University of Science…
Drones Help Reveal the Secrets of Glacier Crevasses
Many of the glaciers on Svalbard are heavily crevassed. A multidisciplinary research group is now using drones to create high-resolution maps of glacier surfaces to study how crevasses influence the rate of heat exchange with the atmosphere. A glacier is a large mass of snow…