Computer Science Spearheads More Than $1 Million In Research Projects
Computer scientists at Old Dominion University have received more than $1.2 million in recent research support to pursue projects in diverse fields ranging from the sensor-monitoring of highway traffic to the cataloguing of digital documents...
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Darby Ready For Another Historic Research Trip To The Arctic
Dennis Darby, a paleoclimatologist on the Old Dominion University faculty who has made more research trips to the Arctic Circle than he can count on his frostbit fingers and toes, begins an International Polar Year (IPY) expedition Aug. 12 that may be his most interesting visit ever to the frozen north...
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Online Log Allows ODU Community To Follow Arctic Adventures Of Dennis Darby
This summer’s Arctic Ocean experiences of Dennis Darby, a paleoclimatologist on the Old Dominion University faculty, can be followed online thanks to a log kept by the researcher...
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From the Depths of The Sea: ODU Scientists Set To Retrieve Robotic Research Glider From The Atlantic
An undersea robotic glider dubbed RU01 that has been collecting oceanographic data since July 18 in waters off the Atlantic coast between New Jersey and Virginia will come out of the water and into the limelight in Hampton Roads this week... |
ODU Researchers Share Funding Award
Five research teams involving 18 faculty members at Old Dominion University and six collaborators from other institutions will share nearly $400,000 in multidisciplinary seed funding awarded Thursday, Nov. 29, by the ODU Office of Research... |
ODU Oceanographers Explain Undersea Robotic Glider Today At Nauticus
Old Dominion University oceanographers will be at Nauticus, the marine science and technology center in downtown Norfolk, on Thursday, Aug. 16, to explain the workings of an undersea robotic glider that accomplished a New Jersey-to-Virginia Beach research mission during the past four weeks...
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ODU Chemists Receive NSF Grants To Study Link Between Seawater molecules And Climate Change
Four Old Dominion University chemists lead a research team that has been awarded $465,000 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a sophisticated new study of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in seawater. The researchers propose to investigate the connections between DOM and the carbon cycle, which influences climate change. ..
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With NOAA Grant, ODU Researchers To Lead Quest For Storm Surge Prediction System
A team of government, academic and industry organizations has received a $500,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a unique Chesapeake Bay storm surge prediction system. Elizabeth Smith, research assistant professor with Old Dominion University’s Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, is project coordinator... |
ODU Oceanographers Part of $8.7 Million NOAA Grant To Improve Forecasting And Warning System
A Mid-Atlantic coastal ocean monitoring system designed to boost the accuracy of storm tracking and many other forecasts and warnings will be developed with an $8.7 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Experts in coastal oceanography from Massachusetts to North Carolina, including faculty members of Old Dominion University, will be involved in the project... |
ODU Researchers Receive Collaborative NSF Grant To Explore Seawater Process
Two Old Dominion University faculty members, geochemist Patrick Hatcher and oceanographer Margaret Mulholland, have been awarded a collaborative research grant of $276,000 from the National Science Foundation to explore the role that decay-resistant proteinaceous material plays in the sequestration of carbon and nitrogen in seawater...
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