[6][5] Edwards served as the chair of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS)'s Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee from 2004 until 2007.
[7] Edwards' research centers on the development of high resolution maps, and analysis of photographic and acoustic data.
[18][19] Her work in Hawaii uses time-lapse photographs[20] of military munitions disposed at sea at the end of World War II.
[21][22] Edwards' research informed the discussion on the potential destruction of chemical weapons as she noted the munitions should remain on the seafloor.
[24][25] In 2007, Edwards received the Distinguished Public Service Award from Admiral Thad Allen when he was the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.