Facilities

Fisherman with kelp on structure.
New Hampshire Sea Grant’s AquaFort serves as an offshore aquaculture training platform and research site. The AquaFort research program recruited local fishermen and farmers from NH, ME, and MA to participate in workshops and daily operations of an offshore aquaculture farm. Learn More
Category: Sustainable Seafood Center
MiniROVER
Surface-controlled, self-propelled ROV with video camera. Operates to depths of up to 500 feet. Learn More
Category: Equipment
Tow and Wave Tank
The Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory, built in 1994, is home to the Center for Ocean Engineering and the headquarters for the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM/JHC). Learn More
Category: Center for Ocean Renewable Energy, Sustainable Seafood Center
CTD Profiler
The system includes a Sea-Bird Electronics (SBE) 25Plus CTD, an SBE-55 Sampling Rosette with six four-liter Niskin bottles, a dedicated Hawboldt Industries SPR 1424/S Science winch, and a SBE-33 real-time monitoring and sampling deck unit. Learn More
Category: Equipment
UNH's Wind Physics Facility
At 300 feet long, the new Flow Physics Facility (FPF) is the world’s largest scientific quality boundary-layer wind tunnel facility. It will help engineers and scientists better understand the dynamics of turbulent boundary layers, informing the aerodynamics of situations such as atmospheric wind over the ocean, the flow of air over a commercial airplane or of sea water over a submarine. Learn More
Category: Center for Ocean Renewable Energy
jel building and docks
Jackson Estuarine Laboratory (JEL) is located five miles from the Durham campus on the shores of Great Bay Estuary, one of the largest estuaries in northern New England. Learn More
Category: Center for Ocean Renewable Energy, Sustainable Seafood Center
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The Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex (Marine Complex) supports research, education, and outreach in all aspects of marine biology, oceanography, and ocean engineering, with particular emphasis on marine biology and ecology, aquaculture, acoustics and ocean mapping, invasive species, autonomous surface vehicle research (ASV), ocean acidification, and renewable energy. Learn More
Category: Center for Ocean Renewable Energy, Sustainable Seafood Center
gulf challenger
The 50-foot R/V Gulf Challenger is the flagship of the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering. Learn More
Category: Center for Ocean Renewable Energy, Sustainable Seafood Center, Vessels
surveyor
R/V Gulf Surveyor is a state-of-the-art platform for hydrographic research, and the newest addition to the UNH SMSOE fleet. Learn More
Category: Vessels
UNH CORE near the General Sullivan Bridge
The UNH Tidal Energy Test Site at the General Sullivan Bridge is where the Lower Piscataqua enters Little Bay through a constriction. The tidal range is nominally 8.2 ft (2.5 m), and approximately 40 percent of the volume of Great Bay flows under the bridge every tidal cycle. This results in peak current speeds of greater than 4 knots (2 m/s), as well as relatively short periods of slack water and a steep current speed ramp-up. UNH-CORE faculty have modeled the dynamics of this tidal system in several studies. Learn More
Category: Center for Ocean Renewable Energy