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July 9, 2001

Highlights

  • Ken Able is the recipient of an Alumni Award from Marian College. Ken received the Donald A. Fleming Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement at a ceremony at the college on June 29, 200l.
  • The Summer 2001 HyCODE/COMOP experiment has begun at Tuckerton. Groups are arriving from around the world for this summer's effort. The COOL group expects 5 aircraft, 6 ships, and over 200 scientists partaking in this summer's nerd festivities. We have two web-sites updating everybody of the ongoing efforts. The HyTimes is back popular demand and can be found at http://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/hycode2/hytimes/. The more standard science web site is at http://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/hycode2/hycode2.html. As always, the success of this endeavor is a reflection of the students and staff here at Rutgers, and Scott and I want to thank everybody for their support leading up to this effort. For those in the Tuckerton vicinity, the COOLROOM always has an open door with no invitations required. from Scottscar.
  • Fred Grassle presented testimony July 12 on Development of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems and Ocean Exploration to a joint hearing of Subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Science and Resources Committees (Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans; Science; and Environment, Technology, and Standards). Fred also gave a presentation on the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) July 11 to the National Academies' Ocean Studies Board.

Meetings Attended

  • Bob Chant presented a poster "A New Paradigm for Estuarine Dispersion" with co-authors Rocky Geyer and Jim Lerczak from Woods Hole and Bob Houghton from Lamont at the Gordon Research Conference for Coastal Ocean Circulation held in New London New Hampshire June 10-15.
  • Peter Rona presented a paper co-authored with Fred Grassle and others at the AGU Chapman Margins Conference 17-20 June in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The paper treated the role of fluid pressure from gas hydrates in causing slope failure on the New Jersey continental margin and contributes to development of the NOAA/NURP National Ocean Exploration initiative. The conference chair thanked us for a significant contribution.

Let's Welcome

  • Welcome Elias Hunter who recently joined IMCS . Eli received a masters degree from the Physical Ocean Science and Engineering program at the University of Delaware. His thesis "Advective transport on the Louisiana-Texas shelf" applied dynamical system techniques to drifter data collected during LATEX. Eli will be working with Jennifer Francis and Bob Chant in Blake Hall.
  • Grant Law is newly arrived from Oregon where he completed his undergraduate education in Zoology at Portland State University. His research interests are in deep-sea ecology, and he will be working with Fred Grassle. Away from the lab, Grant is the father of two, and he enjoys playing the classical guitar, rock climbing, and scuba diving. His lab is in room 108A and he can be reached at extension 525.
  • Patricia Ramey arrived to begin the Ph.D. program in Ecology and Evolution under supervision of Fred and Judy Grassle. She is from Nova Scotia, Canada where she completed her BSc.h in Biology at Acadia University. She spent the last three years at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada working toward her masters under the supervision of Dr. P. Snelgrove where she studied subtidal macrofauna in coastal and shelf sedimentary communities in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Tricia will also be in room 108A at extension 525.