International Team of Scientists to Conduct Rapid Assessment Survey of Marine Invasive Species from Maine to Rhode Island: July 25-31, 2010

Cambridge, MA, July 19, 2010 ¤ An international team of 24 coastal and marine scientists will sample organisms from Freeport, Maine to Newport, Rhode Island, to assess the presence of non-native species in these coastal waters. The Rapid Assessment…

Ocean Engineering Experience Students test Wind Turbine and marine ROV of their own designs Friday, July 30, MIT Sailing Pavilion

Cambridge, MA, July 23 ¤ The MIT Ocean Engineering Experience (OEX), a new, week-long summer academic program, begins Monday, July 25 with high school students from Georgia, Washington, Maryland and Massachusetts. A final demonstration event…

MIT Sea Grant Director Appointed to Committee Analyzing Technical Aspects Leading to Gulf Oil Spill

WASHINGTON ¢ The National Academy of Engineering and the National Research Council have named Donald C. Winter, former secretary of the navy, to chair a committee that will conduct a technical analysis of the causes of the Deepwater Horizon…