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Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellows | Two New Fellows Focus in on Blue Crabs and Jellyfish | |
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MIT Sea Grant and WHOI Sea Grant welcome two new Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellows:
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Neida Villanueva Galarza (above left), beginning her PhD at Northeastern University, studying effects of blue crabs on food webs in the Gulf of Maine
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Bridgett Hunt (above right), starting her PhD with the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, researching a jellyfish that could provide valuable information about ecosystem health and biodiversity
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The Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship supports prospective graduate students who are engaged in coastal and marine research. | |
MIT Sea Grant Receives Two Aquaculture Grants | International Internships + Robotics for Aquaculture | |
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NOAA Sea Grant is investing $8.8M across the Sea Grant Network to enhance aquaculture production, capacity, and knowledge sharing.
MIT Sea Grant was awarded grants for two initiatives:
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AquaCulture Shock: International Internships for Aquaculture Knowledge Exchange
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Supplemental funding to continuing to develop robotics and autonomy for the aquaculture industry
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Upcoming Dates and Events | September 2024 | |
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Underwater Robots (SeaPerch II) and Ocean Science with MIT Sea Grant (Cambridge Science Festival)
Sunday, September 29
12–4pm at the Kendall/MIT Open Space
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STREAM Award (Solutions Through Research, Education, Art in Massachusetts)
*Call for Proposals Opens September 24*
STREAM Awards are open to a diversity of Massachusetts applicants and support innovative projects <$10,000 that align with MIT Sea Grant's coastal and marine goals.
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Public Notice | MIT Sea Grant Six-Year Site Review | |
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Public comments sought for MIT Sea Grant Review
Deadline: October 11, 2024
MIT Sea Grant will be reviewed on October 22-24, 2024 by a team convened by the National Sea Grant College Program. The review will be conducted on campus at MIT Sea Grant and will consider all aspects of MIT Sea Grant's program (management and organization, performance, engagement, and collaborative activities, including those with various offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).
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This notice invites you to participate in our review by emailing your comments about MIT Sea Grant to oar.sg-feedback@noaa.gov.
Kindly send your comments at your earliest convenience. The comment period will end on October 11, 2024. Please put “MIT Sea Grant site review” in the email subject line.
Thank you for assisting us by letting the review team hear from you!
With best regards,
Michael Triantafyllou
Director, MIT Sea Grant
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Welcoming Professor Themistoklis Sapsis | MIT Sea Grant Associate Director | |
MIT Sea Grant welcomes MIT Sea Grant Associate Director, Professor Themistoklis Sapsis. Prof. Sapsis is the William I. Koch Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering, Director of the Center for Ocean Engineering, and the interim Associate Department Head for Mechanical Engineering. | |
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Marine Debris Visualization Interface | New MIT Sea Grant Tool | |
MIT Sea Grant created a marine debris visualization interface with tools to explore the flow of debris from source to sea in collaboration with Stonehill College, Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research, and a coalition of educators, students, environmental organizations, communities, and fishermen. | |
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Dean Horn Award | MIT Sea Grant Announces Two Awardees | |
This year’s Dean Horn Award goes to Unyime Usua (MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and Santiago Borrego (MIT Mathematics). Working with MIT Sea Grant through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, the students used microscopy images of shellfish seed to train machine learning algorithms that will aid aquaculturists in identifying and counting healthy shellfish larvae. The work is part of a collaboration with the A.R.C. Hatchery, MIT researchers, the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance, and the Northeastern University Institute for Experiential Robotics, with funding from MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab. | |
MIT Sea Grant administers the Dean Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research, which recognizes MIT students for excellence in design, execution, and communication of a research project. | |
Three Interns Placed | Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts Program | |
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Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts (AIM), a collaborative partnership with MIT Sea Grant, WHOI Sea Grant, and Barnstable County Cooperative Extension, provided two weeks of training and three weeks of hands-on experience for eight trainees at multiple aquaculture operations in MA this spring. Trainees have now been placed as interns for the remainder of 2024, including:
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Adrian W. of Yarmouth Port has become a full partner with Todd Gelinas, owner of Stony Island farm.
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Aydan C. of Rowley has been working with the Town of Barnstable’s Marine and Environmental Affairs, helping with municipal shellfish propagation and management.
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Alicia P. of New Bedford has been working at Blue Stream Shellfish in Fairhaven as a farm hand.
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Attn: MIT Undergrads | MIT Sea Grant Fall UROP Project Postings | |
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Contact Rob Vincent (rvincent@mit.edu)
Contact Carolina Bastidas (bastidas@mit.edu)
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Contact Julie Chalfant (chalfant@mit.edu)
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Student Spotlights | MIT Sea Grant Student Recognition | |
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MIT MechE De Florez Award
The MIT Mechanical Engineering De Florez Award Competition honors students demonstrating “Outstanding Ingenuity and Creative Judgment”. Four MIT Sea Grant UROP students placed in the competition:
Reyna Ayala: “Drag Forces on Plastic Bag Marine Debris” (2nd in Undergrad Science)
Thao Do, Ansel Garcia-Langley, and Jessica Lam: “Deep Sea Sediment Sampler” (2nd in Undergrad Design)
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Fulbright Fellowship
MIT Sea Grant UROP student Maaya Prasad ’22 completed her undergraduate degrees at MIT in electrical engineering and creative writing and graduated this May with an MS in mechanical and ocean engineering. Maaya’s Fullbright Fellowship brings her to Mauritius, where she'll continue her master’s research and work with local researchers to implement a microplastic survey system.
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Cultivating Partnerships | Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping Visits MIT Sea Grant | |
In July, the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping visited MIT Sea Grant to learn more about the program's research and outreach, the MIT community, and opportunities for collaboration. The Working Group focuses on ocean science and technology and is made up of representatives from several federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Science Foundation. | |
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NOAA Stakeholder Request | New Northeast Coast Operational Forecast System | |
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In 2026, NOAA will launch a new Operational Forecast System (OFS) for the Northeast U.S. that will replace the New York and New Jersey OFS, and potentially the Chesapeake Bay OFS, Delaware Bay OFS, and Gulf of Maine OFS. NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) will be putting together a workshop about the new system.
If you would like to receive news updates about the workshop, the Northeast Coast Operational Forecast System launch, or would like to provide feedback to NOAA during the model development phase, please fill out the form.
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