Stevens' Coastal Monitoring Network, coastal experts  take on this week's winter storm in the Northeast

For coastal engineers at Stevens Institute of Technology, this week's winter storm brings the opportunity to collect data on a significant weather event through the university's Coastal Monitoring Network, part of coastal research efforts at Davidson Laboratory.

Stevens' coastal experts, who include Dr. Michael Bruno, professor and director of Davidson Laboratory and his team, also stand prepared to assist the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management in the event of damage to beaches and infrastructure along the coastline."Depending on the number of extreme high tides we experience, and particularly if the storm stalls and high winds continue, historic levels of damage on the Northeast seaboard are possible," says Bruno. "If significant beach erosion occurs this week, New Jersey and other coastal states will have the first opportunity to assess the effectiveness of beach nourishment programs - replacing sand on shorelines - such as the program that has been in place in New Jersey since the latter 1990s."

Bruno is available for comment on following topics:

• The Jersey Shore's level of preparedness
• Coastal conditions during the storm
• Conditions and protective actions in the storm's aftermath

Media may contact Dr. Michael Bruno for interviews through the Stevens News Service: Please page the News Service Director at: (201) 517-5364 Office phone: (201) 216-5238

See the New Jersey coastline live and get current conditions at the Coastal Monitoring Network: cmn.dl.stevens-tech.edu

Find more information about what Stevens is doing in coastal engineering and monitoring at: www.dl.stevens.edu/davidson/paper.html

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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