2. Madmen, Mysteries and the Pursuit of Jacques Cousteau
Dr. Marty Auer
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI

3. What do you want to do when you grow up?
… this is about discovery … about exploration.

4. … and a boat … oh yes … a boat !
An explorer … moi?
… and a boat … oh yes … a boat !
We’ll need funding …

5. … perhaps I’ll become a wood and polymer engineer instead !
This is highly impractical …
… perhaps I’ll become a wood and polymer engineer instead !

6. Enter the madman … E.A. Birge: The Undersea World An Explorer of Lakes
Of Jacques Cousteau
E.A. Birge:
An Explorer of Lakes

7. the places …
the people …
the things…

8. and so we’re talkin’ Jacques …
and Bill …
at least I’ve got the hat right …
and me.

9. and hey, the boats are back …

10. and there are many mysteries …
Lake Superior
Lake Ontario
NYC Reservoirs
Onondaga Lake
Crystal Lake
Lake Alice
Watson, come quickly … the game is afoot.