Rachel W. Obbard
Senior Lecturer/Adjunct Associate Professor
Senior Scientist, SETI Institute
I'm an engineer and a professor in Dartmouth's Institute of Writing and Rhetoric, where I teach Writing 5 (Expository Writing), Writing 7 (First Year Seminar) and Writing 44 (Science and Technology Writing).
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Department(s)
Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
Education
- Ph.D. Engineering, Dartmouth College
- M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of New Hampshire
- B.S. Engineering Physics, Colorado School of Mines
Selected Publications
Remotely monitored buoys for observing the growth and development of sea ice in situ. R. Obbard, A. Bradley, I. Rigor (2022) Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0183.1
Emerging Capabilities for Mars Exploration: Whitepaper #315 Submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. C. Edwards, M. J. Amato, J. D. Baker, N. J. Barba, J. Balaram, E. J. Brandon, P. Briggs, B. D. Davis, J. C. Day, A. Freeman, M. R. Grover, G. S. Hubbard, D. B. Lavery, L. Mandrake, L. H. Matthies, G. Meirion-Griffith, M. M. Munk, I. A. Nesnas, R. W. Obbard, M. Ono, M. A. Peck, V. Stamenković, S. A. Townes, T. G. Trenkle, E. Venkatapathy, and K. A. Zacny (2021) Bulletin of the AAAS. https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.e7f8e763
Micro computed tomography for in situ analysis of subsurface structure. R. W. Obbard, P. Sarrazin, N. T. Vo, J. Palmowski, P. Ngo, K. Zacny, Z. Begland (2021) 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100), pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1109/AERO50100.2021.9438421 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9438421
In situ microCT for planetary exploration: Whitepaper #190 Submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. P. Sarrazin, R. Obbard, N. Vo, K. Zacny, N. Hinman, B. Lafuente, J. Chen, D. Blake, T. Bristow, E. Rampe, S. Byrne, S. Eckley (2021) Bulletin of the AAAS. https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.9d6a5500