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Deepwater Coral Landscape - Gulf of MaineFor more than a decade, NURTEC has played an integral role in documenting deepwater coral communities in the Gulf of Maine, Atlantic seaboard, Gulf of Mexico and Northwest Pacific (Photo credit: Gulf of Maine Deep Sea Coral Science Team 2014/NURTEC-UConn/NOAA Fisheries/UMaine) Kraken2 ROVThe Kraken2 ROV serves as a unique and highly capable science-class platform for conducting oceanographic research, survey and exploration in up to 1000 meters water depth (Photo credit: Andrew David, NOAA NMFS) Charles W. Morgan historic voyage (Photo credit: Mystic Seaport)In July 2014, NURTEC collaborated with partners from NOAA, SBNMS and the Mystic Seaport to establish a comprehensive ship to shore broadband wireless network to support telepresence broadcasts from the historic whaling ship Charles W. Morgan as she made her 38th voyage (Photo credit: Mystic Seaport). 2012 Cocos Island Expedition (NGS Picture ID:1489522)Chief scientist, Greg Stone, peers out of the acrylic sphere of the DeepSee submersible upon the remarkable landscape atop Las Gemelas seamounts as NURTEC's Hela ROV captures footage of their remarkable voyage over 600 ft below the sea. (Photo credit: Brian Skerry/National Geographic Grant No. DRL-1114251)

In the News

  • The Kraken2 Assists with the Science Verification Cruise – 4 of the new RV Neil Armstrong
    In May, 2016 the K2 ROV supported the Science Verification Cruise #4 (SVC-4) of the new research vessel the Neil Armstrong, recently delivered to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). As part of the SVC-4 the K2 conducted two major activities – the maintenance of the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s (OOI) Pioneer Array and diving on […]
    Posted on August 9, 2016
  • NURTEC Recovers NOAA NMFS HabCam4
    On Saturday May 15, 2016 NURTEC was contacted by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) who were assisting NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) conduct the annual spring scallop surveys off the RV Hugh Sharpe using a towed camera sled called the HabCam4 valued at $450,000. The survey team had lost the sled […]
    Posted on July 15, 2016
  • NURTEC Dive Map Now Available
    NURTEC Historical  Dive Map 1985-2016 NURTEC and its predecessor the NOAA Undersea Research Center for the North Atlantic and Great Lake (NURC-NA&GL) have supported over 4400 dives over the past 31 years utilizing a broad range of underwater technologies including SCUBA and mixed gas diving to a wide range of submersibles, several Remotely Operated Vehicles […]
    Posted on July 15, 2016
  • North to Alaska!
    On March 4th a trailer truck pulled out of UConn Avery Point with two containers and a winch totaling about 27,000 pounds of oceanographic gear, headed for Seattle, WA, mobilization site for NURTEC’s latest expedition – “Deepwater Exploration of Glacier Bay National Park” (GBNP) in Alaska. One container was the Center’s ROV control van and […]
    Posted on March 21, 2016

Contact Information

Phone: (860) 405-9121
E-mail: ivar.babb@uconn.edu
Address: NURTEC/UCONN
1080 Shennecossett Rd.
Groton, CT 06340
Deepwater Coral Landscape - Gulf of MaineFor more than a decade, NURTEC has played an integral role in documenting deepwater coral communities in the Gulf of Maine, Atlantic seaboard, Gulf of Mexico and Northwest Pacific (Photo credit: Gulf of Maine Deep Sea Coral Science Team 2014/NURTEC-UConn/NOAA Fisheries/UMaine) Kraken2 ROVThe Kraken2 ROV serves as a unique and highly capable science-class platform for conducting oceanographic research, survey and exploration in up to 1000 meters water depth (Photo credit: Andrew David, NOAA NMFS) Charles W. Morgan historic voyage (Photo credit: Mystic Seaport)In July 2014, NURTEC collaborated with partners from NOAA, SBNMS and the Mystic Seaport to establish a comprehensive ship to shore broadband wireless network to support telepresence broadcasts from the historic whaling ship Charles W. Morgan as she made her 38th voyage (Photo credit: Mystic Seaport). 2012 Cocos Island Expedition (NGS Picture ID:1489522)Chief scientist, Greg Stone, peers out of the acrylic sphere of the DeepSee submersible upon the remarkable landscape atop Las Gemelas seamounts as NURTEC's Hela ROV captures footage of their remarkable voyage over 600 ft below the sea. (Photo credit: Brian Skerry/National Geographic Grant No. DRL-1114251)
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To facilitate ocean research and exploration through development and support of undersea technologies. To educate future generations of the STEM workforce by broadening knowledge and participation for students and teachers in the field of ocean science and technology.
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NURTEC Closes

The University of Connecticut’s Northeast Underwater Research, Technology and Education Center (NURTEC) officially closed on December 31, 2017 after supporting exploration, research and education across the global ocean and large lakes of the world for 34 years. The Center was established by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Undersea Research Program (NURP) to support research projects with occupied submersibles, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and advanced wet diving technologies. In May 2013, NURTEC became a UConn Service Center providing remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services, oceanographic sampling gear, technical and at-sea support to a wide range of customers.  The University will continue to provide some of these ROV services in the future.

Over its 3+ decades the Center compiled a remarkable record of scientific accomplishment, technological advancement, and operational safety along with developing unique education and outreach programs. Using the scientific results generated by this work, the Center also influenced ocean policy and management. A brief summary of the Center recognizes that it was guided both by the mandates and mission of NOAA, focused on conservation and sustainable use of ocean and large lake resources and by a spirit of innovation and exploration.

The summary of NURTEC's accomplishments can be found here.

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