Mark Patterson Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering m.patterson@neu.edu 781.581.7370 x313 Expertise bio-fluid mechanics of marine organisms, engineering of autonomous underwater vehicles, environmental sensing, urban coastal sustainability Mark Patterson in the Press Article The Next Cousteau Is Building an Underwater Research Wonderland “This is beyond the scope of any nation wanting to fund national science infrastructure,” says Mark Patterson, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston and a member of the advisory board at Cousteau’s nonprofit Ocean Learning Center. “The model is going to be different than what existed before with more academically focused underwater habitats.” Article Science 2034 Fabien Cousteau’s Proteus Could Be The ISS Of The Ocean “If you need to be out in the water column — making your measurements, collecting the weird organisms that are there, doing engineering tasks — and you’re operating from the surface, you don’t have the luxury of time,” Mark Patterson, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, one of Cousteau’s partners on […] Article The Star Scientists offer to help Northeastern University marine scientist Prof Mark Patterson said the data loggers were meant to capture the temperatures of the intertidal zone. Article Miami Herald Urge to protect oceans propels youngest aquanaut on Cousteau’s Mission 31 Young is getting a crash course from two experts in the field, Mark Patterson and Brian Helmuth, Northeastern University faculty members who both went on their first saturation dive missions before Young was born. They “adopted” Young as part of Northeastern’s research and science team, which is conducting five projects during the second half of […] Article Live feed from Fabien Cousteau’s Mission 31 slated for Tuesday The live feed to Nahant from Fabien Cousteau’s Mission 31 is scheduled for next Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Northeastern University Marine Science Center on Nahant Road as part of the Summer Cinema by the Sea series. Previous announcements had it scheduled on a different day. A number of faculty and students from the […] Article Men's Journal Underwater robots – ocean technologies: AUVs featuring Fetch and Robolobster A lot of marine scientists are more than happy to spend time in the ocean, placing instruments, taking samples, and getting a firsthand look around. Mark Patterson, an affable Harvard-educated professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, takes it a bit farther. He’s lived on the seabed for a grand total of 87 […] Article Men's Journal Ocean Technologies for the Next Era of Exploration A lot of marine scientists are more than happy to spend time in the ocean, placing instruments, taking samples, and getting a firsthand look around. Mark Patterson, an affable Harvard-educated professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, takes it a bit farther. He’s lived on the seabed for a grand total of 87 days. […] Mark Patterson for Northeastern Global News They’re planning to build a new space station… at the bottom of the ocean They’re planning to build a new space station… at the bottom of the ocean The underwater research center is the brainchild of Fabian Cousteau, a renowned aquanaut and grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. ‘We find ourselves asking scientists to do more than simply study the coronavirus’ ‘We find ourselves asking scientists to do more than simply study the coronavirus’ Student designs sensor for ocean microplastic research Student designs sensor for ocean microplastic research What lights their fire What lights their fire Some scientists have all the fun Some scientists have all the fun Each day the so-called "topside" researchers make about three dives down to Conch Reef, where Aquarius is based. The future’s most pressing energy questions The future’s most pressing energy questions Live from the seafloor, it’s Mission 31! Live from the seafloor, it’s Mission 31! Take 5: A ‘Nor’Easter’ on Florida’s tropical shores? Take 5: A ‘Nor’Easter’ on Florida’s tropical shores? An aquatic adventure resurfaces An aquatic adventure resurfaces Wherefore art thou, dear zooplankton? Wherefore art thou, dear zooplankton?
Article The Next Cousteau Is Building an Underwater Research Wonderland “This is beyond the scope of any nation wanting to fund national science infrastructure,” says Mark Patterson, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston and a member of the advisory board at Cousteau’s nonprofit Ocean Learning Center. “The model is going to be different than what existed before with more academically focused underwater habitats.”
Article Science 2034 Fabien Cousteau’s Proteus Could Be The ISS Of The Ocean “If you need to be out in the water column — making your measurements, collecting the weird organisms that are there, doing engineering tasks — and you’re operating from the surface, you don’t have the luxury of time,” Mark Patterson, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, one of Cousteau’s partners on […]
Article The Star Scientists offer to help Northeastern University marine scientist Prof Mark Patterson said the data loggers were meant to capture the temperatures of the intertidal zone.
Article Miami Herald Urge to protect oceans propels youngest aquanaut on Cousteau’s Mission 31 Young is getting a crash course from two experts in the field, Mark Patterson and Brian Helmuth, Northeastern University faculty members who both went on their first saturation dive missions before Young was born. They “adopted” Young as part of Northeastern’s research and science team, which is conducting five projects during the second half of […]
Article Live feed from Fabien Cousteau’s Mission 31 slated for Tuesday The live feed to Nahant from Fabien Cousteau’s Mission 31 is scheduled for next Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Northeastern University Marine Science Center on Nahant Road as part of the Summer Cinema by the Sea series. Previous announcements had it scheduled on a different day. A number of faculty and students from the […]
Article Men's Journal Underwater robots – ocean technologies: AUVs featuring Fetch and Robolobster A lot of marine scientists are more than happy to spend time in the ocean, placing instruments, taking samples, and getting a firsthand look around. Mark Patterson, an affable Harvard-educated professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, takes it a bit farther. He’s lived on the seabed for a grand total of 87 […]
Article Men's Journal Ocean Technologies for the Next Era of Exploration A lot of marine scientists are more than happy to spend time in the ocean, placing instruments, taking samples, and getting a firsthand look around. Mark Patterson, an affable Harvard-educated professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University, takes it a bit farther. He’s lived on the seabed for a grand total of 87 days. […]