LPRC Seminar: Collaboration at Sea: Partnerships between Fishermen and Scientists – Gloucester

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    The Large Pelagics Research Center Presents: 2012 Fish and Fisheries Public Seminar Series Please join us Thursdays at 7pm at Maritime Gloucester.   Captain Scott Drabinowicz & Dr. Lisa Natanson · February 16th Captain of the Longliner F/V  Eagle Eye II, star of the Discovery Channel’s Swords: Life on the Line Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS Collaboration at Sea: Partnerships between Fishermen and Scientists Dr. Tim Lam · February 23rd Large Pelagics Research Center, UMass Amherst, Hodgkins Cove Marine Station Dancing with the Stars: A Tale of Vertical Migrations by Striped Marlins and White Sharks in the Pacific Ocean Dr. Tom Weber · March 1st Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire Finding Fish:Multibeam Echosounder Applications to Fisheries Science Kara Dodge · March 8th Large Pelagics Research Center and University of New Hampshire The Secret Lives of Leatherbacks: Satellite Tracking the World’s Largest Sea Turtle All lectures are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Maritime Gloucester is located at 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester. For more information, contact us at LPRCtunalab or 978-283-0368   ...
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Peggi Clouston to speak at MIT Conference

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Presenting her recent research developments on wood-concrete composites and computational modeling, Peggi Clouston will be part of an international roster of renowned scientists and engineers speaking at MIT's Spring Conference on Wood in the 21st Century: Design and Preservation of Contemporary and Historic Architecture. See the list of topics and speaker line-up for the intensive two-day conference/training program: WOOD IN THE 21st CENTURY: Design and Preservation of Contemporary & Historic Architecture Saturday, March 24 – Sunday, March 25, 2012...
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Hoque and Danylchuk Collaborate on Building Integrated Aquaculture

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Building Integrated Aquaculture: can holistic design increase system efficiencies and make indoor recirculating aquaculture more successful? Two faculty members and a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Environmental Conservation introduce the concept of Building Integrated Aquaculture (BIAq), where aquaculture processes and building systems are treated holistically as a means to harness potential synergies that maximize energy efficiency and optimize operations. The research is a collaboration between fish ecologists and building engineers, who view sustainable indoor aquaculture production as a viable solution to ensuring food security, and to the overharvesting and degradation of aquatic habitats that are threatening wild fisheries. Feature technical article by Simi Hoque (BCT), James Webb (FEC post-doctoral fellow), Andy Danylchuk (FEC). ASHRAE Journal, Vol. 54, No. 2. Feb. 2012. Pp. 16-24....
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SketchUp Plugin by Alexander Schreyer Featured on Google Blog

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A plugin for the popular 3D CAD software Google SketchUp, which was written by Alexander Schreyer (Assistant Program Director and Lecturer in BCT) was recently featured in one of Google's case-studies on their official blog. As can be seen in the image above, his Ruby Code Editor plugin, which allows a user to write and execute code in SketchUp's 3D environment has been used extensively by Turner Construction. Some of the case-study examples include Turner's construction of the WTC Transit Hub in New York City. The case-study can be found here: Official Google SketchUp Blog: Pro Case Study: Turner Construction and the WTC, Part 2 The plugin for SketchUp can be downloaded for free here: Ruby Code Editor...
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Large Pelagics Research Center Presents Seminar Series

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  The Large Pelagics Research Center Presents: 2012 Fish and Fisheries Public Seminar Series Please join us Thursdays at 7pm at Maritime Gloucester.   Captain Scott Drabinowicz & Dr. Lisa Natanson · February 16th Captain of the Longliner F/V  Eagle Eye II, star of the Discovery Channel’s Swords: Life on the Line Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS Collaboration at Sea: Partnerships between Fishermen and Scientists Dr. Tim Lam · February 23rd Large Pelagics Research Center, UMass Amherst, Hodgkins Cove Marine Station Dancing with the Stars: A Tale of Vertical Migrations by Striped Marlins and White Sharks in the Pacific Ocean Dr. Tom Weber · March 1st Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire Finding Fish:Multibeam Echosounder Applications to Fisheries Science Kara Dodge · March 8th Large Pelagics Research Center and University of New Hampshire The Secret Lives of Leatherbacks: Satellite Tracking the World’s Largest Sea Turtle All lectures are free and open to the public. Space is limited. Maritime Gloucester is located at 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester. For more information, contact us at or 978-283-0368  ...
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