I want to thank everyone who participated in Super Storm Sandy five years later. We had over 150 attendees, 28 oral presentations and over 20 posters. With a central theme of Super Storm Sandy five years later; presentations touched on a number of topics including: sediment and contaminate transport, assessing fugitive chemicals and exposure to … Read more
The NJ (Rutgers-Newark) student chapter of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) visited River Barge Park Marina and toured the estuaries of the Hackensack River with Francisco Artigas Director of of MRRI.. The goal of the chapter is to provide an opportunity for students affiliated with environmental and engineering geology programs to meet … Read more
MRRI is using drones (small unmanned aircraft systems) to capture high resolution panoramic and ortho imagery. MRRI’s fleet of drones create image, 4k video, and 3D modeling products. Drones are used for site assessment, creek and ditch inspections, wetlands surveying, identifying marsh plant communities and invasive species, as well as terrain modeling. MRRI has FAA … Read more
Representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be discussing Superfund response actions within the Berry’s Creek Study Area (BCSA) and soliciting public input during an informal public availability session. The public session is on Tuesday, September 12 2017, 6-7:30 PM Location: Rutherford Public Library 150 Park Avenute Rutherford, NJ 07070 201-939-8600
The Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute will host a series of Flight Maneuver classes for commercial drone operators. The course will be taught by Jim Blanchard, ScD, Chief Scientist at UAS Academy*. The intent of this course is to provide a basis for internal pilot training requirements. The course is satisfactory to meet the intent of … Read more
EPA conducted a briefing on the Berry’s Creek Study area (BCSA) remedial investigation at the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute. The consulting group ELM has recently concluded field investigations of the BCSA which started in 2010. The study includes Berry’s Creek which is a 6.5-mile tributary of the Hackensack River and its surrounding wetlands and waterways. … Read more
The Rutgers Future Scholars program introduces first-generation, low income, and academically talented middle school students from our four Rutgers home communities (New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, and Camden) to the promise and opportunities of a college education. Participants in the summer before they enter the eighth grade will become part of a unique pre-college culture of … Read more
The Geosciences Scholars Summer Institute funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides an academic experience within a college setting to African-American and Latino-American high school youth for the purpose of exposing them to the many possibilities afforded by geosciences careers in their future. This specific grant was awarded to Rutgers University-Newark, Department of Earth … Read more
MRRI invited UAS Academy to teach a two day ground school course on June 28th & 29th for the FAA Remote Pilot Certificate: Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System. Five MRRI employees attended the course to prepare for the FAA Remote pilot certificate exam. In addition to MRRI, personnel from NJDEP, … Read more
Ecology professor Allison Fitzgerald from New Jersey City University recently lead an ecology class to a wetland site in the Meadowlands where students were introduced to wetland science field techniques. Using tape measurements and 1 meter square plots students measured plant assemblages and plant densities across an elevation gradient. Students found that in tidal coastal … Read more