{"id":365,"date":"2020-07-09T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/david-bushek\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:03:54","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/david-bushek\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-medium wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/rssbp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/RSSBPlogo_hi-769x1024_HeaderLogo-256x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"59\" \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rssbp.org\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Regional Shellfish Biosecurity Program (RSSBP)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A collaboration of Industry, Scientists, Regulators and Extension using the best available science to minimize risks associated with interstate seed transfers of bivalve shellfish.<\/p>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1cb3293 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1cb3293\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4676f3\" data-id=\"d4676f3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-451d048 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"451d048\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/delawareestuary.org\/living-shorelines\">Delaware Estuary Living Shoreline Initiative (DELSI)<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A collaboration with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary (PDE)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>see also: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatehubs.usda.gov\/hubs\/northeast\/project\/living-shorelines\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.climatehubs.usda.gov\/hubs\/northeast\/project\/living-shorelines<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delaware Bay New Jersey Oyster Stock Assessment and Long-term Seed Bed Monitoring Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See annual reports here:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hsrl.rutgers.edu\/documents\/delaware-bay-oyster-stock-assessment-reports\/\">Delaware Bay\u00a0Oyster Stock Assessment Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hsrl.rutgers.edu\/documents\/delaware-bay-oyster-bed-monitoring-program\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"780\">Delaware Bay\u00a0Oyster Bed Monitoring Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DARPA Reefense:\u00a0 A Mosaic Oyster Habitat (MOH) for Coastal Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ikg2IXiCD14iVX7AdZo1\"><a class=\"eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/research\/programs\/reefense\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"result-title-a\" data-handled-by-react=\"true\"><span class=\"EKtkFWMYpwzMKOYr0GYm LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk\">Reefense &#8211; DARPA<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 <span class=\"kY2IgmnCmOGjharHErah\">The <b>Reefense<\/b> strategy includes employing recent innovations in materials science, hydrodynamic modeling, adaptive biology, and multiple effectors to develop growing structures that are optimized to rapidly implement coastal defenses suited to a changing environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu\" href=\"https:\/\/hsrl.rutgers.edu\/research\/darpa-reefense\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-testid=\"result-title-a\" data-handled-by-react=\"true\"><span class=\"EKtkFWMYpwzMKOYr0GYm LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk\">DARPA Reefense &#8211; Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory. \u00a0<\/span><\/a><span class=\"kY2IgmnCmOGjharHErah\">Rutgers has been awarded $12.6 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<b>DARPA<\/b>) to develop an oyster-based shoreline ecosystem to help protect coastlines from storm damage, flooding and erosion, within <b>DARPA&#8217;s<\/b> <b>Reefense<\/b> projec<\/span><span class=\"kY2IgmnCmOGjharHErah\">t.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu\/2023\/06\/rutgers-led-project-successfully-conducts-testing-of-shellfish-reef-structure-designed-to-promote-coastal-resilience\/\">Rutgers-led Project Successfully Conducts Testing of Shellfish Reef Structure Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience<\/a>.\u00a0 <span class=\"kY2IgmnCmOGjharHErah\">The multi-institution project, &#8220;<b>Reefense<\/b>: A Mosaic Oyster Habitat (MOH) for Coastal Defense,&#8221; 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