MIT Sea Grant

'Lateral lines' in fish contain hundreds of tiny pressure and velocity sensors that enable them to navigate through currents and eddies as efficiently as possible. To mimic that ability, MIT researchers have developed inexpensive, sensitive MEMS-based pressure sensors and mounted them on a small experimental vessel in a pattern that replicates the distribution of the lateral lines.

Going with the flow

Biomimetic pressure sensors help guide oceangoing vessels.

November 9, 2011

People on a boat lowering a submersible vehicle

Navigating blindfolded

Advanced mathematical techniques enable AUVs to survey large, complex and cluttered seascapes.

November 8, 2011

AUVs: From idea to implementation

One day, researchers predict, these robots will be able to do tasks without a human in the loop.

November 7, 2011

Stormwater outfall into Kingston harbor.

MIT Sea Grant contributes to stormwater monitoring effort in Kingston, Mass.

Coastal ecologist Juliet Simpson heads up nutrient sampling component.

October 21, 2011

Nominations now open for Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization

Submission deadline for applicants to the two-year, $25,000 chair is Nov. 16.

October 20, 2011

MIT Sea Grant Ocean Science Interns, Susanna Elledge and Dave Mathews, sampling at Spectacle Island.

Boston Harbor Islands environmental monitoring effort aided by MIT Sea Grant interns

Elledge and Matthews collect and contribute to larger effort to observe and define changes on the islands' shores.

September 9, 2011

This map indicates relative risk from ecoregions outside the northeastern United States, evenly weighting ballast water volume sourced from a region and number of ships from that region. Red represents the highest risk and yellow the lowest risk. Ecoregions in white did not source any ships with a destination in the northeast United States [Sources: Basemap: NOAA 2011; Ecoregions: Spalding 2007].

Undergraduate develops method to predict spread of marine invasive species

August 19, 2011

Professor Franz Hover, left, and Adam Doroski, the 2011 recipient of Dean A. Horn Award.

Doroski wins 2011 Dean A. Horn Award

Given for undergraduate study in marine research

June 6, 2011

Students work on a Sea Perch ROV poolside

MIT Sea Grant holds Sea Perch Institute Challenge

More than 300 middle and high school students build vehicles to address a simulated deep-water oil spill

May 18, 2011

Joe Conte, center, 2010 winner of the Dean Horn Award, with MIT Sea Grant Director Chrys Chryssostomidis, left, and Professor Mike Triantafyllou.

Nominations being accepted for undergraduate marine research award

Applications due May 20

April 15, 2011

Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering John J. Leonard.

Leonard named new director of Ford-MIT Alliance

November 10, 2009

Nominations open for Doherty Professorship

Nominations are now open for the Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization. All non-tenured MIT faculty members from any Institute department are eligible.

September 30, 2009

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