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Rutgers-led Project Successfully Conducts Testing of Shellfish Reef Structure Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience

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The Rutgers-led Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project—awarded $12.6 million last fall to develop an artificial reef ecosystem to help project coastlines from storm damage, flooding and erosion—recently conducted laboratory testing of modular oyster reef-mimicking structures for eventual installation in the Gulf Coast.

Pictured at left (in red shirt), Rutgers professor David Bushek, who directs the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, and University of Central Florida Associate Professor Kelly Kibler (standing, second from left) with partners from Reef Design Lab, the University of Western Australia, the University of Melbourne and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Courtesy of Dave Bushek.
Pictured at left (in red shirt), Rutgers professor David Bushek, who directs the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, and University of Central Florida Associate Professor Kelly Kibler (standing, second from left) with partners from Reef Design Lab, the University of Western Australia, the University of Melbourne and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Courtesy of Dave Bushek.

World Environment Day Celebrates 50th Anniversary

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The Haskin Shellfish Lab participated in the Delaware River and Bay Authority’s (DRBA) second annual World Environment Day celebration, along with over one hundred (100) other exhibitors and vendors with various environmental focuses. The first official World Environment Day celebration was held in 1973, marking 2023 as the 50th anniversary, with over 150 countries participating.

Iris Burt, of Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, hosts a table at the Delaware RIver and Bay Authority's (DRBA) 2nd annual World ENvironment Day celebration.
Iris Burt, of the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, demonstrates shellfish’s ability to clean the water by way of filter feeding. Photo by Jenny Shinn.

Rutgers Students Work to Bring Wind Energy to New Jersey

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This September, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an order to increase New Jersey’s offshore wind goal to nearly 50 percent by 2040.

A group of 12 Rutgers students, including Sophia Piper (HSRL), is hard at work to help the state meet that deadline.

Turbines in an off shore wind farm. Shutterstock
Turbines in an off shore wind farm. Shutterstock