National Science Foundation
Operations Manager US Antarctic Program
About
Margaret Knuth is a civil engineer at the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). Her primary research interests are in Arctic and Antarctic logistics and engineering. Recent projects have included work on potable water production in polar environments, firn air cooling systems for food and scientific sample storage, snow roads and runway construction and maintenance and methods for consolidating airfields at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Ms. Knuth is also involved in discrete element modeling for sea ice and granular materials. Recent work in this area has included modeling of ice crushing on Arctic structures and simulations of mobility and excavation tools for Martian and Lunar rovers..
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