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Principal Investigators
Dr. James Bonner
James S. Bonner is CEO/ President of RATES (Research Applied Technology Education Services). Bonner is a professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Shipley fellow in the Shipley Center for Innovation at Clarkson University. As a Shipley fellow, Bonner directly supports the mission of the Shipley Center, which includes catalyzing economic development through innovations developed by Clarkson faculty, students, and staff. Bonner concurrently serves as River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) director of Research at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries. Bonner serves as the director of Shoreline Environmental Research Facility (SERF) in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he developed and implemented technologies that use high-frequency radar to map surface water along the Texas coastline. He develops new technologies that provide real-time continuous monitoring with in-situ sensing to measure important water parameters. With funding from the National Science Foundation, he has undertaken a national effort to create a cyber-collaboratory framework, enabling collection and circulation of real-time data and data analysis in the study of oxygen depletion in water. Bonner received both his M.S. in civil engineering and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from Clarkson University. He received his B.A. in biology from SUNY Plattsburgh.
Dr. Mohammad Shahidul Islam
Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Ph.D., P.E. holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and his M.Sc. from the University of Tokyo. He earned his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Texas A&M University, where he served as graduate research assistant in the department of civil engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Connecticut. Dr. Islam has over ten years of experiences in real-time monitoring system design, sensor development, numerical modeling, database development and field studies for environmental applications. He implemented Coastal Margin Observation and Assessment system for Corpus Christi Bay, TX to capture and clarify the processes causing hypoxia during his Ph.D. studies. He is currently serving as REON Project Manager in the department of Civil Engineering at Clarkson university and is developing River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) for real-time monitoring of Hudson and Mohawk rivers. His current research interests include field application of environmental instrumentation, implementation of cyber-infrastructure for real-time data acquisition and dissemination, environmental processes analysis, numerical modeling and economical sensor development for environmental monitoring.
Dr. Christopher Fuller
Dr. Fuller has 17 years experience conducting environmental research at all bench-, meso, and field- scales with major research areas including contaminant toxicity, in-situ contaminant detection, and episodic event monitoring . He has extensive experience conducting large scale experiments and field observatory operations. Current research interests include harvesting technology for algal biofuel, dispersed oil fate and transport, and surrogate sensor technology for sub-surface dispersed oils and suspended solids.
