As flood waters from the remnants of Hurricane Ida ravaged parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the mighty Raritan spilled over its banks, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Rutgers University was not absolved from its share of damage, and the RU Crew team bore the weight of...
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Liza won the Walter Munk Scholar Award and Commemorative Lecture
On behalf of Zdenka Willis, President of the Marine Technology Society (MTS), and Mary Munk, of the Walter Munk Foundation for the Oceans (WMFO), it is my pleasure to inform you of your selection as recipient of the Walter Munk Scholar Award and Commemorative Lecture. This award seeks to underscore...
Congratulations to Jonathan Sherman!!!
Congratulations to Jonathan Sherman for successfully defending his dissertation "Photosynthetic Energy Conversion Efficiency in the Ocean."
DMCS Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS)
This summer we were happy to welcome 12 undergraduate students to SEBS for an in-person summer internship. Students based on main campus in New Brunswick and our Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory completed authentic research experiences that ranged from undersea volcanos, shellfish aquaculture, to offshore wind. Our students spanned topics from...
RUCOOL 2021 Annual Report Released
The year of the pandemic has been challenging for everyone. When the COOLroom was formed, one goal was to develop an automated system that minimized the amount of time humans need to be at sea to collect ocean data and use it to educate our future generations. Given social distancing...
Clear Water On The Jersey Shore Dazzling Visitors
BELMAR, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – It’s prime vacation time in our area. CBS2’s Meg Baker spoke to people visiting the Jersey Shore noticing how clear the water is. “Oh, the water is beautiful is crystal clear. Has a bluish tint to it. Absolutely beautiful,” said Belmar visitor Linda Brennan. You can...
Ailey Sheehan successfully defended her Master’s Thesis
For the second time in as many days, an RUCOOL graduate student has completed her thesis. Ailey Sheehan successfully defended her Master’s Thesis "Developing an Open-Source Analysis Pipeline For a Glider-Based Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler (AZFP)" in our Master's in Operational Oceanography program! Congrats, Ailey!
Julia Engdahl Wins NOAA CO-OPS Professional Excellence Award
Julia Engdahl, recent RUCOOL Masters in Oceanography graduate, won the NOAA Professional Excellence Award during her first year as a contractor for NOAA CO-OPS (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services). NOAA CO-OPS Director, Richard Edwing, said the following: This award provides recognition for outstanding accomplishment in furthering CO-OPS’ mission...
Ted is a Master of Operational Oceanography
RUCOOL grad student Ted Thompson successfully presented his Thesis in our Master’s in Operational Oceanography program this morning titled “Best Practices for Sea-Bird Scientific deep ISFET-based pH sensor integrated into a Slocum Webb Glider”. Congrats, Ted! He’s moving on soon to a position at the U.S. Geological Survey, so we...
Four Rutgers DMCS/EPS Grad Students Selected as Knauss Fellows
NOAA and Sea Grant are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 class of the Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The one-year fellowship places early career professionals in federal government offices in Washington, D.C. The 74 finalists in the 2022 class represent 28 of the...