Research

Program, Projects

Program Expertise and Areas of Research

Research and Education expertise extends to a wide range of maritime sector related areas including:

§ Maritime Transportation

§ Port Planning, Management and Operations

§ Large-scale simulation modeling in maritime and port operations

§ Freight, Shipping and Port Logistics systems

§ ICT in Freight, Port and Shipping Systems

§ Urban Freight Transportation in Port-Cities

§ Port Environmental Management Systems

§ Dredging and related environmental issues

§ Maritime Transportation and Shipping Economics

§ Innovative Financing for Port and Shipping Industries

§ Shipping Business

§ Corporate Issues in Port and Shipping Industries

§ Port - Community Relationship Issues

§ Maritime and Port Security

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Selected Relevant CAIT and MIEMP Projects

§ Partnership to Maximize Port Industry Performance - Integration of Port Information Systems, Processing and Control Equipment, and Microsimulation Tools-SPONSOR: : NSF Partnerships for Innovation Program

§ Feasibility of Freight Villages in the NYMTC Region - SPONSOR: NYMTC and NYSDOT

§ Project Z-05-13: Ferry Parking and Landside Access - SPONSOR: NYMTC and NYSDOT

§ Strategic Distribution Business Promotion Plan (SDBPP) - Phase I" - SPONSOR: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

§ The Global Logistics Chain: A 21st Century Change Agent - SPONSOR: NSF-SBE-HSD-Agents of Change

§ Feasibility Study to establish a Freight Transportation Center of Excellence at Rutgers (in cooperation with Voorhees Transportation Center) -SPONSOR: RU

§ Empty Intermodal Container Management -SPONSOR: NJ DOT

§ Investigating the Feasibility of Establishing a Virtual Container Yard in the NY-NJ Region -SPONSOR: UTRC

§ Berth Allocation Planner -SPONSOR: PPA SA

§ Passaic River Clean-up Project: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, US EPA and NJDEP

§ An Interactive Tool for Dredging Technologies Review and Evaluation -SPONSOR: PPA SA

§ Development of a Dynamic Laboratory Facility for Freight, Intermodal and Maritime Engineering Research –SPONSOR: RU-ACIC

§ Biohazard Detection and Security of Critical Transportation Infrastructure – SPONSOR: NSF

§ Analysis of Charging and Financing Policies for Port Development

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