The 13th installment of the Currents, Waves and Turbulence Measurement (CWTM) Workshop concluded with great success, showcasing cutting-edge research and innovations in the field. Among the highlights of the event was the presentation of the Best Student Paper Award, recognizing outstanding contributions from young researchers. This year, the prestigious award...
Film Shows Why Creativity Is an Essential Tool of Science
Eighth educational video in Rutgers-led series tracks science in action to illustrate how imagination fuels discovery Creativity is essential in every step of the scientific process, asserts a team of Rutgers researchers. To illustrate their point, they have put together a short film showing how biologists, chemists, physicists, mathematicians and...
DMCS Distinguished Seminar Speaker, Mick Follows
Mick Follows seeks to understand how the interactions of physical, chemical and biological processes modulate the structure and function of marine microbial communities and regulate the oceanic cycles of carbon and nutrient elements on global and climate scales. Using idealized theory, numerical models and the analysis of observed data he...
Congratulations to Suman Shekhar
Congratulations to Suman Shekhar for being selected for the very competitive NCAR Summer Internship program in Parallel Computational Science (SIParCS) ("sigh parks"), to spend two months in Boulder, CO, working with the Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART).
2024 TOS Ocean Observing Team Award
The Oceanography Society (TOS) congratulates the Rutgers Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) team on its selection as the recipient of the TOS Ocean Observing Team Award. This award recognizes innovation and excellence in sustained ocean observing for scientific and practical applications. The citation on the team’s certificate recognizes RUCOOL...
MOO Students Learn About Operational Platforms at Ocean Power Technologies (OPT)
MS of Operational Oceanography (MOO) students recently visited Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) in Monroe, NJ to learn about OPT’s diverse marine technologies and their applications. The visit was hosted by Maria Force, Jeremiah Mendez, Ariana Dyer (a Rutgers '23 alum), and Luis Cartagena-Soto, who provided an informative tour of the...
Apply to our Research Internships in Ocean Sciences for summer 2024
Deadline to Apply is February 15, 2024 RIOS website
Students from the RUCOOL Masters in Operational Oceanography installed and configured a 5 MHz High Frequency radar in Sea Bright, NJ this past week
Students from the RUCOOL Masters in Operational Oceanography installed and configured a 5 MHz High Frequency radar in Sea Bright, NJ this past week. The students installed the SeaSonde radar and configured the antenna pattern kit and communication router. The data was flowing a few hours after they arrived. This...
With Global Ambitions, Rutgers Engineers and Scientists Launch Wind Energy Research Center
Multidisciplinary collaboration involving three schools and multiple departments will combine efforts of environmental and marine scientists as well as engineers A Rutgers research project focused on offshore wind energy is poised to make New Jersey a global leader in the field in a little more than a decade. The effort...
RUCOOL Awarded Gift to Enhance Global Exploration in the Caribbean Sea
Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) has been awarded a $250,000 gift from the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation to support climate, weather and ecosystem research and capacity building in the Caribbean Sea. “The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation has been an invaluable supporter of Rutgers and the Department of...