“Pioneering Research in Maritime Security in the Hudson River, along Hoboken’s Shore,” Lecture

September 13, 2009

Hoboken is at the forefront of protecting our maritime borders, thanks to the work of the Maritime Security Laboratory (MSL) at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. On September 13, at 4 p.m., Dr. Julie Pullen, the director of Stevens Institute’s MSL will visit the Museum to share an overview of the lab’s research, which is aimed at detecting threats and reducing vulnerabilities in ports. Stevens’ MSL conducts field experiments in the complex urban estuary of the Hudson River where currents, salinity, temperature, water level, vessel traffic and acoustic properties fluctuate in both space and time.

Dr. Pullen will explain how MSL uses that research into the environmental complexities of the Hudson in developing and fielding technologies to address threat prediction and detection across multiple timescales, ranging from terrorist incidents to coastal hazards. MSL’s assets include sensors, vehicles, and models focused on the surface, underwater, and urban realms.