Efficient Wave-Generated Power … Really!
behind the new performance projections for Wave Energy Converters (WECs) is Martin & Ottaway, a New Jersey-based marine engineering firm that has been in continuous operation since 1875 which incubated SurfWEC LLC in December of 2018. SurfWEC, with university and industry partners -- Stevens Institute of Technology, ABB, Airline Hydraulics, Bosch-Rexroth, Deeptek, HYDAC, ISCO Pipe, Wire Co./Lankhorst Ropes, and others – is working to develop WECs using patented features that are expected to increase energy recovery rates by an order of magnitude as stand-alone units or integrated with legacy
Stevens Receives Port Grant to Bolster Coastal Resiliency
$6.6 Million Grant Will Support Center for Coastal Resilience and Urban Xcellence (CRUX) Research Stevens Institute of Technology has received a five-year, $6.6 million research grant from the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey (PANYNJ) to improve preparedness and resiliency at critical Port Authority infrastructure sites through an innovative observation and forecast system that provides information on the potential risk and magnitude of overland flooding prior to and during significant storm events. "We have envisioned a road map to more accurate flood forecasting by creating an
Stevens Selected as Maritime Research Center of Excellence
Stevens Institute of Technology announced it has been selected as the lead institution for a new Center of Excellence for Maritime Research (CMR). The selection, announced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate will provide Stevens with $2 million per year for five years. The Center will also include the following partner institutions: MIT, University of Miami, Rutgers University, University of Puerto Rico and Elizabeth City State University. Stevens also has new partners with which it will collaborate on research projects, including LSU
PMI Names New Senior Project Engineer
, strategic planning, design/production analysis, design for manufacturing and enterprise research planning. His education, certifications and memberships include Licensed Professional Engineer, Master of Science from the University of Connecticut, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, Society of Manufacturing Engineers and Technical Consultants certification, and membership in the Project Management Institute
Oceanology International 2014: More Details Announced
Manager, Lockheed Martin Chairing the Underwater Vehicle Showcase Dr. Bob Allwood, Chief Executive of our Learned Society Patron, Ian Gallett, Business Development Executive of the Society for Underwater Technology Chairing Underwater Security Professor Michael Bruno, Dean, Stevens Institute of Technology, U.S. Justin Crump, CEO, Sibyline Risk and Security Consultancy, U.K. Chairing Marine Renewables – Survey Installation and Maintenance Alan Moore, OBE, Non-Executive Director, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Chairman of Ventus VCT plc Phil Durrant, Managing Director
New, New York Harbor Current Meter
NOAA uses data from a new current meter in New York harbor operated by New Jersey’s Stevens Institute of Technology. The system provides enhanced real-time information to mariners travelling through the nation’s second busiest port. The Stevens current meter measures the direction, speed, and volume of ocean currents in the harbor’s navigation channels, north of the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island. Its data will be used in NOAA’s Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) system, which delivers real-time environmental observations, forecasts
Oceanology International 2014 – Call for Abstracts
OI 2014, indeed our list of chairs reads like an industry ‘who’s who’. “Dr Bob Allwood, Chief Executive of our Learned Society Patron, the Society for Underwater Technology will chair the Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Showcase; Professor Michael Bruno, Dean, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA and Justin Crump, CEO, Sibyline Risk and Security Consultancy, UK will co-chair Underwater Security; and Alan Moore, OBE, Non-Executive Director, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Chairman of Ventus VCT plc will co-chair Marine Renewables – Survey Installation and Maintenance
Holdren to Report on Obama Administration Science and Technology Policy
On May 8, 2013, Dr. John P. Holdren will be the keynote speaker in the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series, hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology President Nariman Farvardin. Holdren is Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The President’s Distinguished Lecture Series, which launched in fall 2012, offers access to influential scientists, technologists and policymakers who are shaping 21st century
Stevens to Host 2013 Innovation Expo
Stevens Institute of Technology will host its 2013 Innovation Expo on April 24, 2013, allowing the public a peek at innovative technologies, products and services developed by students and faculty throughout the year, and introducing a new lecture series on business and entrepreneurship. The event will feature keynote lecture by Globecomm CEO, a student business pitch competition, spotlight on Financial Systems Center, and innovation projects by students and faculty The Stevens Innovation Expo is an annual, one-day, campus-wide event which displays the extensive research and innovation accomplishment
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