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MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY CARES ACT GRANT INITIATIVE

MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY CARES ACT GRANT INITIATIVE

ENHANCEMENT OF A MAPPING AND PLANNING PORTAL AND REGIONAL PLANNING PROCESS FOR COASTAL AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC

DEVELOPMENT OF A COASTAL ADAPTATION MONITORING AND MODELING SYSTEM FOR NAVY FACILITY RESILIENCE IN URBAN WATERS

COASTAL AND OCEAN CONSERVATION, RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE

FY23 CONGRESSIONAL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

THIS AWARD TO MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY FOR $625,000.00. PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING IS A VITAL PART OF NMFS MISSION TO ASSESS AND MANAGE MARINE MAMMAL STOCKS, SINCE IT PROVIDES A PERSISTENT AND COST EFFECTIVE COMPLEMENT TO MORE TRADITIONAL MONITORING APPROACHES (I.E., SHIPBOARD AND AERIAL SURVEYS). RECENT ADVANCES IN AUTOMATED DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES FOR LOW-FREQUENCY BALEEN WHALE CALLS HAVE MADE DETERMINING OCCURRENCE IN REAL-TIME FROM IN-SITU ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTATION FEASIBLE. WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE CAPABILITY TO REMOTELY DETECT AND REPORT A WIDE VARIETY OF CALLS PRODUCED BY SEVERAL SPECIES OF BALEEN WHALES FROM AUTONOMOUS PLATFORMS, INCLUDING SLOCUM OCEAN GLIDERS AND MOORED BUOYS. THE ENABLING TECHNOLOGY FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE DIGITAL ACOUSTIC MONITORING (DMON) INSTRUMENT AND THE LOW- FREQUENCY DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (LFDCS), A COMBINED HARDWARE (DMON) AND SOFTWARE (LFDCS) SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND REPORTING LOW-FREQUENCY NARROWBAND SOUNDS IN REAL TIME. THE DMON INSTRUMENT COLLECTS, CONDITIONS, PROCESSES, AND RECORDS AUDIO FROM UP TO THREE ATTACHED HYDROPHONES, AND SINCE IT IS PROGRAMMABLE, APPLICATIONS CAN BE DEVELOPED TO DETECT, CLASSIFY, AND REPORT SOUNDS FROM THE COLLECTED AUDIO IN REAL TIME. THE LFDCS IS SOFTWARE THAT DETECTS AND DESCRIBES SOUNDS USING PITCH TRACKING, AND CLASSIFIES THOSE SOUNDS USING QUADRATIC DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS. THE COMBINED DMON/LFDCS HAS BEEN INTEGRATED WITH SEVERAL AUTONOMOUS PLATFORMS. WITH INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) FUNDS, WE PROPOSE TO USE THE DMON/LFDCS ON SLOCUM GLIDERS AND MOORED BUOYS TO IMPROVE MONITORING OF THE HIGHLY ENDANGERED NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE ALONG THE U.S. EASTERN SEABOARD. WE PROPOSE ADDITIONAL PROJECT TASKS TO ADVANCE THE DMON/LFDCS TECHNOLOGY AS WELL, INCLUDING EXPANDING FLASH MEMORY AND TESTING A NEW PARTICLE MOTION SENSOR INTERFACED WITH THE DMON/LFDCS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT NOAA WILL BE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE ITS RESEARCH AND MONITORING EFFORTS USING REAL-TIME DETECTION INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY AREAS OF PERSISTENT WHALE OCCURRENCE, AND TO DIRECT AIRPLANE- OR SHIP-BASED SURVEYS TO REGIONS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL VISUAL SURVEILLANCE.

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

NEW JERSEY COASTAL COMMUNITIES, LIKE MOST US COASTAL COMMUNITIES ARE INCREASINGLY FACED WITH SEVERE THREATS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL RISE AND COASTAL HAZARDS THAT DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPACT DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTION IS CRITICAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE COASTAL RESILIENCE, YET MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES OFTEN LACK THE TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL MEANS TO PROACTIVELY PREPARE FOR AND CONFRONT SEA-LEVEL RISE AND OTHER CLIMATE IMPACTS. THESE DEFICIENCIES ARE FURTHER AMPLIFIED IN SOCIALLY VULNERABLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE COASTAL RESILIENCE PLANNING SUPPORT FOR EJ COMMUNITIES PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLANNING PROCESS FOR LOCAL RESILIENCE PLANNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (EJ) AND SOCIALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES THROUGH AN INCLUSIVE COPRODUCTION FRAMEWORK. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROVIDED BY PARTNERS OF THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL RESILIENCE COLLABORATIVE (NJCRC) - A PARTNERSHIP OF STAKEHOLDERS AND

SUPPORT FOR MARCO REGIONAL OCEAN PLANNING AND OCEAN DATA PORTAL ENHANCEMENT

DEVELOPMENT OF A NATURAL AND NATURE-BASED FEATURE TESTBED FOR ADVANCING US NAVY AND COASTAL COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TOFUTURE CLIMATE THREATS

THE PROMOTING WELLNESS AND RESILENCY PROGRAM AT MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY

CONNECT TO WELLNESS AT MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY: A COMPETENT COMMUNITY INITIATIVE

RUI: D3SC: ADVANCEMENT OF EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER MODELING WITH DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHMS

RESILIENT COASTAL URBAN COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM INITIATIVE

ENHANCE MARCO MAPPING AND PLANNING PORTAL WITH RECREATIONAL USE AND OTHER NEW DATA TO SUPPORT REGIONAL OCEAN PLANNING IN THE MID-ATLANTIC

DENSITY-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF MAP KINASE PATHWAYS

CRII:SHF: PRECISE FORMAL VERIFICATION OF GENERAL RELATIONAL QUANTITATIVE PROPERTIES WITH MUTABLE ARRAYS -SOFTWARE SYSTEMS OFTEN NEED TO HANDLE SENSITIVE DATA SECURELY, MAINTAIN USER PRIVACY, AND OPERATE EFFICIENTLY. ONE WAY TO ENSURE THESE QUALITIES IS BY ANALYZING HOW A PROGRAM BEHAVES WHEN IT PROCESSES DIFFERENT INPUTS OR RUNS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. THIS TYPE OF ANALYSIS, CALLED RELATIONAL REASONING, HELPS UNCOVER IMPORTANT PROPERTIES LIKE WHETHER A PROGRAM PROTECTS SENSITIVE INFORMATION OR PERFORMS TASKS CONSISTENTLY. WHILE TOOLS EXIST FOR ANALYZING SOME PROGRAMS, THEY OFTEN STRUGGLE TO HANDLE FEATURES LIKE MUTABLE ARRAYS, WHICH ARE WIDELY USED TO STORE AND MANAGE DATA IN PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. THE PROJECT?S NOVELTIES ARE CREATING BETTER TOOLS TO ANALYZE PROGRAMS THAT USE ARRAYS, MAKING THE PROCESS MORE PRECISE AND BROADLY APPLICABLE. BY ADDRESSING KEY CHALLENGES IN EXISTING TECHNIQUES, THE RESEARCH AIMS TO BRIDGE GAPS IN BOTH THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION. THE PROJECT?S IMPACTS ARE IMPROVING HOW WE UNDERSTAND AND VERIFY PROGRAMS, AND HELPING CREATE SOFTWARE THAT IS MORE SECURE, PRIVATE, AND EFFICIENT. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE TRAINING IN FORMAL VERIFICATION RESEARCH FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. THE RESULTS FROM THE RESEARCH WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT BY THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR. THIS PROJECT INTRODUCES A FORMAL VERIFICATION FRAMEWORK TO ENABLE PRECISE AND GENERAL REASONING ABOUT RELATIONAL QUANTITATIVE PROPERTIES IN PROGRAMS WITH MUTABLE ARRAYS. TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE OF IMPRECISION, THE INVESTIGATOR WILL LEVERAGE FINE-GRAINED ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES THAT CAPTURE THE BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUAL ARRAY ELEMENTS RATHER THAN TREATING THE ENTIRE ARRAY AS A SINGLE UNIT. THIS ALLOWS FOR MORE DETAILED AND ACCURATE VERIFICATION RESULTS. TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF RELATIONAL REASONING, THE INVESTIGATOR WILL GENERALIZE EXISTING TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT A BROADER RANGE OF RELATIONAL QUANTITATIVE PROPERTIES INVOLVING MUTABLE ARRAYS, INCLUDING THOSE BEYOND CURRENT LIMITATIONS. THE RESEARCH WILL INTEGRATE THESE ADVANCES INTO A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK, COMBINING THEORETICAL INSIGHTS WITH PRACTICAL TOOL DEVELOPMENT, AND EVALUATE THE SYSTEM ON REAL-WORLD SOFTWARE. THIS WORK IS EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE FIELD OF RELATIONAL QUANTITATIVE REASONING BY ADDRESSING CRITICAL GAPS IN PRECISION AND APPLICABILITY, LEADING TO BETTER TOOLS FOR ENSURING SOFTWARE CORRECTNESS AND RELIABILITY. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CAREER: THE GENOMICS OF URBANIZATION IN HOUSE MICE

TO COLLECT PRESENCE/ABSENCE DISTRIBUTION DATA FOR DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS AT THREE NATIONAL PARK UNITS - FIRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, SAGAMORE HILL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE AND SANDY HOOK NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. UNDERSTANDING THE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE OF NESTING DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS IS CRITICAL FOR STUDYING AND MONITORING RECRUITMENT TO POPULATIONS, CONSIDERING MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES OF NESTING AREAS OR PROTECTING LIVE NESTS. ADDITIONALLY, KNOWING THE SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT OF NESTS ALLOWS FOR STUDYING THE INFLUENCE OF IMPENDING ANTHROPOGENIC THREATS, SUCH AS CLIMATE CHANGE, ON VULNERABLE NESTING AREAS.THE PERFORMANCE GOALS ARE TO GATHER QUALITY ASSURED BIOLOGICAL DATA UTILIZING A STUDY DESIGN PLAN THAT WILL BE APPROVED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INVENTORY PROGRAM IN A MANNER WHICH WILL PERMIT ANALYSIS WITHIN AND ACROSS MANAGEMENT BOUNDARIES AND PROVIDE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN FLORISTIC AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS.THE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS WORK WILL BE THE COMPLETION OF FULL DATA REPORT ON THE STATUS OF NESTING ON THE AFOREMENTIONED NPS AREAS, INCLUDING A PROJECT NARRATIVE, METHODS USED, INFORMATION FROM POINT COUNT ESTIMATES AND NESTING INFORMATION FOR EACH AREA SURVEYED SPATIAL INFORMATION FROM GIS, NESTING FEMALE MORPHOLOGY, NESTING METADATA AND NEST FATES WHEN AVAILABLE. THE REPORT WILL INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARK MANAGEMENT ON HOW TO MANAGE AND PROTECT DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS AT THESE THREE PARK UNITS.

ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING TRAINEESHIP

CATALOGING ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE SANDY HOOK LIGHTHOUSE GROUNDS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STRUCTURE ALIGNMENT-BASED MACHINE TRANSLATION

TO IDENTIFY TWO EXPERIENCED TRAINERS FAMILIAR WITH FORMALIZED DEBATE CLUB PROCEDURES TO COACH 25 YOUTH IN THREE ORGANIZATIONS.

ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING TRAINEESHIPS

FY 2014 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - MML/NCNR/MATSCI

RATIFICATION AWARD - SANDY HOOK LIGHTHOUSE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY

CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AT GATE