Keeping the lights on during storms, blackouts, or equipment failures is a growing challenge as we shift toward renewable energy. A new study published in Computers & Industrial Engineering explores how advanced artificial intelligence (AI) can help design microgrids—localized energy systems that combine solar, wind, batteries, and other sources—to be both cost-effective and highly reliable. The study was co-authored by …
As more wind farms around the world get older, big decisions need to be made: should they keep running, be upgraded with new parts, or be shut down completely? Answering these questions requires accurate assessments of their reliability—how frequently failures occur and how costly those failures are. A new study in the journal Wind Energy takes a close look at …
“My biggest takeaway was that your Rutgers experience is what you make of it.” This comment from Meishka Mitchell, a new lecturer in the Department of Human Ecology, came after attending the SEBS Early Career Faculty Retreat in late August. In this event coordinated by the SEBS Office of Research and hosted at Rutgers Gardens, more than 50 early-career SEBS …
The original article, “Tagging Fluke,” is reprinted, with permission, by On The Water magazine. Paul Ziajski, owner of Great Bay Outfitters, is the primary author of this article. Chase Wunder, the Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellow at the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve, who is pursuing a master’s degree in Ecology and Evolution at Rutgers, contributed to this article. Hundreds of customers …
Cristina Marte has always known that movement holds power, and she has spent her life sharing that power with others. As a dancer, educator, curriculum designer, and advocate, she has built a career around the belief that dance is not only performative, but also emotional, educational, and transformative. She has been able to make these connections with environmental issues, including climate change. This belief in the power of movement deeply informs her approach to education …
Finding a parking spot at a busy shopping mall or waiting to charge an electric vehicle can be frustrating. A new study published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems explores how to make these everyday challenges easier. The authors developed a computer framework called ‘Multi-Personality Multi-Agent Meta-Reinforcement Learning’, which helps transportation systems adapt faster and coordinate better. You can …
A new study has challenged a long-held belief in ecology: that a bee’s body size determines how far it travels and, in turn, how much land around it matters. The authors of the study, published in Ecography, tested this idea—called the “mobility hypothesis”—by analyzing 84 species of wild bees across 165 sites in the northeastern U.S. What they found was …
In a recent study published in ISME Communications, researchers discovered five brand-new species of cold-loving bacteria in the Arctic tundra of northern Finland. Lee Kerkhof, RCEI Affiliate, Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and Max Häggblom, RCEI Affiliate, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, were co-authors on the study done in collaboration with Minna …
Rare earth elements (REEs) play a big role in modern technologies, including electronics, magnetics, and systems that generate clean energy. A new study explores the stability of some rare earth materials—specifically, rare earth oxychlorides—which is crucial for their future applications in clean energy and advanced electronics. Richard Riman, RCEI Affiliate and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Science …
Over 4.5 billion years ago, Earth formed through elemental and celestial processes whose chemical and isotopic signatures remain preserved in Earth and space rocks. Some of these ancient materials originate from nearby planetary bodies and fall to Earth as meteorites. For Dr. Katherine Bermingham, Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, studying these fragments of space began with curiosity …
