Midwest Glaciology
May 11 - 12, 2026 at Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
May 11 - 12, 2026 at Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
We plan to have the 2026 Midwest Glaciology meeting in West Lafayette, IN from May 11-12, 2026. This will be an informal event with emphasis on ongoing research and discussion. Please fill out the registration form if you plan to come.
The Midwest Glaciology meetings are early career centric. We encourage PIs to attend but encourage talks and presentations from early career researchers. Oral presentation time slots will be 20 min, so please plan for a 15 min presentation to leave 5 min for discussion and change-over.
Talks on works in progress are encouraged.
Preliminary schedule:
Monday, May11th:
8:45-9:00: coffee and pastries
9:00 - 11:15: talks (6 x 20 min)
opening remarks
Henry Loope, Indiana Geological and Water Survey: Chronology of Laurentide Ice Sheet fluctuations in Indiana during the global LGM
Douglas MacAyeal, University of Chicago: The Ice-Shelf Rumples field study
Sarah Wells-Moran, University of Chicago: Near-total loss of buttressing observed on Pine Island Glacier
Kayla Willis, Ohio State University: Antarctic Ice Shelf Thickness, Structure, and Stability from Remote Sensing and Deep Learning
Kayla Hubbard, UW Madison: Linking Taylor Glacier dynamics to seasonal hydrologic variability and episodic groundwater discharge at Blood Falls
Olivia Doty, UW Madison: Notch Your Average Melt: Wave-Induced Erosion of Ice Cliffs
11:15 - 12:30: lunch
12:30 - 14:10: talks (5 x 20 min)
Meghana Ranganathan, University of Chicago: Are ice streams rivers?
Aiyana Leigh, University of Chicago: Investigating extent and drivers of Margin Migration in Antarctica
Xueji Shi, Purdue University: Numerical simulation of iceberg calving-induced fjord dynamics
Abhinav Gupta, Vanderbilt University: Scalable Phase-field Implementation of Crack Evolution for Modeling Surface Crevasse Growth and Interaction In Glaciers
Ashvin Oli, Vanderbilt University: A full-Stokes phase field fracture model for simulating creeping flow and brittle fracture of glaciers
14:10 - 15:30: coffee and 10 posters
Mallory Miller, Indiana University Bloomington: Ice Flow Fluctuation of Dibble Glacier
Mya Chaille, Indiana University: Using Radar Data to Determine Fabric in Kangerlussuaq
José Luis Antinao, Indiana University: Luminescence chronology of buried MIS 6 and older glacial deposits in northern Indiana
Anjali Subramanian, University of Chicago: What causes ice to fracture on Pine Island Glacier?
Emma Liu, University of Chicago: Inferring Ice Rheology Using Probabilistic Machine Learning
Syd Brinker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Glacial River-blocking
Julia Votava, UW Madison: Constraining Bedrock Fracture Orientation in a Late-Glacial Spillway Using Seismic Methods
Zoe Loschke, UW Madison: Channelization at the Base of Antarctic Ice Streams
Nathan Schoedl, University of Chicago: Modeling Grain-Scale Deformation and Dislocation Density Evolution of Ice
Sidi Liu, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Down to ice: Satellite detection and analysis of iceberg sizes
15:30 - 16:30: talks (3 x 20 min)
Perianne Johnson, Purdue University: Glaciers and Ice Deposits throughout the Solar System
Krutika Appaswamy, Purdue University: Wave interaction and breaking of sea-ice
Karan Sah, Kathmandu University (virtual): Deep Learning-based Rock Glacier Inventory and Permafrost Change Assessment in the Central Himalaya Range
16:35 - 17:00: cleaning up and leave the building by 5pm
17:20 - 18:00: lab tour - internal wave demonstration
18:00: Dinner at Delon and Elizabeth Hampton Hall of Civil Engineering (HAMP) 1st floor faculty lounge (near main office)
Tuesday, May 12th:
8:45 - 9:15: coffee and pastries
9:15 - 11:15: talks (6 x 20 mins)
Luke Zoet, UW-Madison: Examine the formation of subglacial landforms
Dougal hansen, Washington University in St. Louis: Subglacial effective stress constrained from normal incidence active source seismics
Jeremy Brooks, University of Wisconsin-Madison: TBD
Natasha Morgan-Witts, UW-Madison: How Transient Effective Pressure Alters Subglacial Mechanics and Water Flow
Mara Corum, UW-Madison: The impact of tills mechanical properties on lobe dynamics of the Lake Superior Region
Jaiden Zak, UW Madison: Icequakes Beneath Thwaites Glacier
11:15 - 12:30: lunch
12:30 - 13:30: talks (3 x 20 mins)
Zoe Schlossnagle, Washington University in St. Louis: Passive Seismic Observations on Taku Glacier
Noah Le Brun, UW Madison: Exploring Bubble-Ice Interactions using Cryogenic Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD)
Kathy Licht, Indiana University Indianapolis: What do featureless till plains tell us about Laurentide ice sheet behavior?