CARICOOS

Hugh Roarty is an award winning speaker and recipient of the John P. Breslin Award for outstanding research in ocean engineering. He is currently a Research Project Manager with the Center for Ocean Observing Leadership at Rutgers University. His research interests focus on improving the remote sensing and in situ instrumentation used to measure the physical and biological aspects of the ocean. This instrumentation includes High Frequency (HF) radar systems, autonomous under water vehicles (AUVs), and acoustic velocity meters. He has used HF radar systems for the measurement of ocean surface currents and wave parameters. He has applied these measurements for use in Coast Guard search and rescue exercises, the study of river discharge plumes and prediction of coastal inundation during storm events. He also developed the dual use capability of the HF radar for environmental monitoring and target detection. This work was performed within the National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR). His graduate research focused on coastal processes and bottom boundary layer dynamics.

Rutgers graduate from the School of Engineering with a B.S. in Applied Sciences in Engineering. Jaden has been a part of the Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership research team since the Spring of 2016, originally working as an undergraduate researcher, he is now a Research Engineer. The projects Jaden has worked on include, integrating UAS Lifesaving Operation, Advancing CARICOOS, and Improving CODAR wave measurements.

Rutgers graduate from the School of Engineering with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and a concentration in Energy Systems Engineering. Daniel has worked under Dr. Roarty since January of 2017 as a research intern on the CARICOOS project in different facets. Recently he has been working as a Research Engineer primarily focussing on the design and development of a Sargassum tracking and prediction tool.