Topics in Marine Science
Every Tuesday morning, students from Rutgers come together in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences to talk about our favorite thing in the world – the ocean! This is for a 1.5 research credit course is offered every semester. The ultimate goal is to get students thinking about this ocean planet
Student working groups use observational tools/robots in the ocean to explore the ocean. Students are provided historic challenges that they work on as a team. Rutgers students have made history in this class. Students lead the Scarlet Knight Voyage, which was the RU27 Slocum glider, that made history’s first underwater crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. More can be read about this historic journey here: The Scarlet Knight Voyage.
Now, students in Topics in Marine Science are preparing for the launch of the Sentinel Glider as we have been challenged to circumnavigate the globe. Since the fall semester of 2022, we have been planning and working on this mission to ensure its success. We are involved in every facet of this mission (engineering, navigation, cultural outreach), and we will be until the Sentinel Glider returns to United States after being the first underwater robot to circumnavigate Earth.
Undergraduate Student Contributors
Class Motto Fall 2022: Can we do this?
Madison Aguilar, Paul Alves, Bianca Buchhalter-La Fata, Julia Cancro, Kayla Cerrone, Josh Cleary, Annijah Collins, Justin Dirosa, Samantha Donner, Jeru Dwyer, Idaisha Edwards, Christopher Ferrandino, Salvatore Fricano, Brendan Henley, Matt Learn, Gregory Lee, Amanda Lemasters, Lucas Macioci, Marin Marquez, Tyler Marshall, Jonathan Melendez, Hikari Oshiro, Trivik Ragha, Maddy Ripper, Colin Sabol, Bryant Shang, Clayton Smith, Veronica Soto, Kenneth Tra, Hongxin Wang, Jingheng Xu
Class Motto Fall 2023: Launch Planning
Paul Alves, Maya Barnes, Trevor Barry, Natalia Benejam, Charlotte Bramich, Samuel Butera, Cynthia Chen, Julia Citkowski, Josh Cleary, Austin Crawley, Nishika D’Souza, Justice Denmon, Idaisha Edwards, Jaheem Ellison, Mox Engelman, Brianna Estevez, Delicia Flores-Gomez, Bella Fowler, Salvatore Fricano, Yael Grayson, Michael Hasselmann, Eugene Im, Emily Katz, Adam Kos, Shea Lawless, Matt Learn, Gregory Lee, Amanda Lemasters, Tyler Lewis, Samantha Macaluso, Lucas Macioci, Marin Marquez, Megan Martinez, Jonathan Melendez, Taylor Mitchell, Megan Murie, Samantha Naulty, Jesse Noble, Trivik Ragha, Maddy Ripper, M’Kayla Rosen, Rachel Rosenblatt, Rebecca Sangmeister, Dakota Slack, Clayton Smith, Veronica Soto, Ivy Stempkovski, Kenneth Tra, Tanya Upadhyaya, Hongxin Wang, Yahiree Yoplac, Devorah Zambas
Class Motto Spring 2024: Prepare to Launch
Peterson Baldera, Charlotte Bsile, Ireland Benson, Aiden Blanos, Gabrielle Bond, Christine Capria, Jason Cardona, Jonathan Chin, Shea Cinquemani, Sophia D’Arienzo, Terrika Davis, Jessica Defo, Justin Dirosa, Jaheem Ellison, Baylee Foreman, Tyonna Griffin, Michael Hasselmann, Sarah Keppler, Ezekiel Kloza, Tolga Kose, Shea Lawless, Matt Learn, Karolina Leleniewski, Amanda Lemasters, Christopher Maderia, Brendan McCann, Grace Mchugh, Helena Messihi, Elizabeth Morocho, Jefferey Mowen, Kenneth Navarrete, Hailey Nowak, Hirkari Oshiro, Giaminh Phan, Ashley Rosales, Victoria Samuel, Luis Saula, Sonia Sharma, Zoe Sousa, Abigail Stisi, Jessica Stochel, Greg Wareham, Keva Wilson, Marc Youhana, Devorah Zambas
DMCS Faculty
The Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences of Rutgers University would not be the same without its faculty! Whether it is by encouraging their students to learn more about our oceans or pushing forward research into our knowledge of the ocean and its systems, they are always striving to be the best faculty a department can have. This is very apparent within the Sentinel Mission. The faculty at DMCS are working as much as they can to ensure the success of the Sentinel Mission and are working daily with the students of Rutgers University to achieve this. Here are the Rutgers University faculty involved in the Sentinel Mission:
Here are the Rutgers University faculty involved in the Sentinel Mission:
Technical Director of RUCOOL & MARACOOS
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Distinguished Professor & Department Chair