Ryan Hutchins

@ryanhutchins.bsky.social

(PhD, MSc, BSc) Researching water quality and arena ice-making⛸️🏒🥌 Currently: Researcher at Toronto Metropolitan University Hobbies: subarctic biogeochemistry, limnology https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jNS5c8gAAAAJ

It’s prime season for ice skating ⛸️ January #ResearchRoundup highlights a TMU dataset, sharing insights from 55 arena managers on ice temperature, humidity & thickness, revealing best practices & research gaps for safer, sustainable rinks: doi.org/10.5683/SP3/...

Survey of Ice Arena Managers

To gather expert insights on optimal ice arena conditions, we distributed a questionnaire to 55 North American ice arena management professionals. ...

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Our new paper is out in Scientific Reports! We surveyed 55 arena pros on what makes optimal ice for hockey, figure skating & curling. A foundation for future work—next up: testing how water quality (TDS) impacts ice strength and friction. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Arena ice quality and perspectives on optimizing performance and addressing emerging challenges - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Arena ice quality and perspectives on optimizing performance and addressing emerging challenges

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