Location
Address:
706 South
Rodney French Blvd.
New Bedford, Massachusetts 02744-1221
Address:
South
Rodney French Blvd.
New Bedford, Massachusetts 02744-1221
Directions:
Take I-195 toward New Bedford to Route 18 south. After several sets of
lights, Route 18 becomes Water Street, then West Rodney French Boulevard.
Continue on West Rodney French Boulevard. You will pass through a hurricane dike and a beach area. SMAST is located at the point of West Rodney French Boulevard.
Phone:
508-999-8193
FAX: 508-910-6371
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The School for Marine Science & Technology is located on 2.6 acres situated between Rodney French Boulevard and the Battery Milliken on Clark's Cove, New Bedford. Designed by Tsoi-Kobus Architects, the two-story structure is approximately 32,000 square feet and contains fifteen laboratories. It incorporates a 300 gallon/minute flow-through sea water system which provides ambient Buzzards Bay sea water to the labs. All of the special facilities described below are part of SMAST.
Acousto-optic
Test Tank: free-standing, instrumented, for research and
experimentation in underwater acoustics, optics and instrumentation; - R/V Lucky Lady: fifty-foot coastal research vessel.
- Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory: This state-of-the-art facility specializes in high-precision measurements of stable isotopic composition of natural materials. These analyses have great utility for a wide variety of environmental and biogeochemical applications ranging in scope from local (tracing and identification of pollution sources) to global (identifying the controls on atmospheric CO2). Two high-precision isotope ratio mass spectrometers are available at SMAST
- Analytical Laboratories for Coastal Systems: Specialized laboratory and field instrumentation is used to monitor environmental parameters in wastewater and natural waters (both salt and fresh, surface and ground). A significant focus is on watersheds, bays, wetlands and innovative waste treatment technologies to minimize the potential impact of human waste disposal on coastal ecological health. Over 25,000 chemical assays are performed each year and communities representing over half of the coastal embayments in Massachusetts currently use data generated by the laboratory. Results impact management and policy decisions regarding restoration and remediation of affected sites, and modeling and monitoring of environmental systems.
- Sea-water tank room for storing marine organisms for use in research and teaching;
- Greenhouse for the growth and long-term maintenance of aquatic photosynthetic organisms under natural light;
- Three temperature control rooms for long-term behavioral and physiological experiments and acclimation of marine organisms for culture and reproduction;
- Dock for temporary mooring, loading and off loading of research vessels;
- Multi-media conference room equipped with a 9'x6' display through a Barco-1209S system and full motion video conferencing capabilities with all UMASS campuses.
- Library/Chart Room
- Machine Shop/Electronic Fabrication Shop