External Recognitions
- NASA Honor Awards: Group Achievement Award for the SWOT Cal/Val field program
- Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) Enduring Achievement Award Garden State Film Broader Vision Award
- Sustaining Fellow of the Association of Limnology and Oceanography
- Garden State Film Festival Broader Vision Award
- Bristlemouth Pioneer Program
- Home Grown Student Short Documentary Award at Garden State Film Festival
- Fellows of the Marine Technology Society (only University honored with 3 MTS Fellows)
- John P. Craven Mentor Award, Marine Technology Society (2 faculty given this honor)
- The Oceanography Society Ocean Observing TEAM Award
- Walter Munk Lecture, Ocean Sciences Meeting (2 faculty presented)
- Certified Marine Technologist Credential (Marine Technology Society/Society for Underwater Technology)
- Hutchinson Medal, Association Limnology and Oceanography
- Oceanography Award, for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Oceanography, from the international Society for Underwater Technology (SUT), London
- Class of 1960 Student Glider Endowment, to start the endowment “to enhance the educational experiences and successes of students working on a global glider mission”
- Carnegie Foundation, Teacher of the Year
- International Excellence Award, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers
- Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Impact Award (3 faculty given this award)
- Rutgers Scarlett Knight glider recognized by the White House and Government of Spain as a historic artifact, was displayed at Smithsonian, National Aquarium, and now at Rutgers Welcome Center
- Smithsonian Air and Space named one of the greatest 100 robotic achievements of all time
- RU Scarlett Knight glider declared a historic artifact by the White House & the government of Spain (3 faculty given this award)
- Naval Research Laboratory Technology Collaboration Award (2 faculty given this award)
- State Coastal and Ocean Champion, Monmouth University, Urban Coast Institute
- Award for the First Dynamical Forecast Model Adopted by the U.S. Navy
Legislative Recognitions
- RUCOOL recognized by the New Jersey Senate Resolution SCR-144 by the New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee for contributions to ocean research, data collection, technology and forecasting (2017)
- New Jersey Assembly Resolution honoring the Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab on its 20th anniversary (2012)
- NJ State Legislation Resolution Assembly Resolution No. 209 recognizing RU COOL as a state resource (2003)
- New Jersey State Senate and General Assembly Joint Legislative Resolution recognizing the Rutgers’ Immersive Learning through the Science Storytelling Lab
