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Press Releases
2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 1999
Crisis
management system software helps officials deal with acts of environmental
terrorism
Contact: Nicole
Whittier
Phone:
401-789-6224
August, 2004
Crisis management system software helps officials deal with acts of environmental terrorism --Aids speed and effectiveness of response teams, reduces damages.
The post 911 world has forced emergency management agencies and crisis management response teams to add more terrorism related scenarios to their training programs. [MORE INFO]
New
Software Predicts Crash Locations at Sea, Speeds Search and Rescue
Operations to Save Lives
Contact: Nicole
Whittier
Phone:
401-789-6224
August, 2004
Newly improved Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology developed by the Rhode Island company Applied Science Associates is allowing faster, more accurate tracking of debris to predict and identify the location of crashes and accidents at sea.
SARMAP, an integrated GIS Search & Rescue (SAR) system, tells rescuers where to look for people after an accident at sea. The goal is to speed up the identification of crash location and expedite SAR operations to save more lives. [MORE INFO]
Options
for Gooseneck Cove Restoration Probed Redesigning man-made structures
to restore natural flows
Contact: Nicole
Whittier
Phone:
401-789-6224
July, 2004
Scientists from Applied Science Associates (ASA) have teamed with staff and volunteers from Save The Bay to study the effects of man-made constrictions on circulation in Gooseneck Cove, an estuary located in Newport, RI.
Several man-made structures exist along Gooseneck Cove, including a failing concrete dam and numerous under-road culverts, which limit the flow of ocean water into the cove. This has led to the degradation of both water quality and salt marsh habitat in the cove. In particular, the decreased flow of ocean water leads to lower salinities in the cove. This has allowed foreign species to invade and outcompete the native salt marsh plants. [MORE INFO]
New
Bedford Harbor water quality study uses DNA fingerprinting analysis
and shows animal sources of fecal coliform many times that of humans
Contact: Nicole
Whittier
Phone:
401-789-6224
June, 2004
For years, people have been concerned about pollution in New Bedford (MA) Harbor, with a "red flag" raised over what human beings and water treatment plants might be dumping into the bay. A recently completed study of water quality in New Bedford Harbor, commissioned by the New Bedford Harbor Trustee Council and conducted by Applied Science Associates (ASA), took a new approach to evaluate sources contributing pollution to the harbor. The study combined a field sampling program and computer modeling with DNA fingerprinting analysis to identify and quantify sources contributing fecal coliform (FC) to the waters of Outer New Bedford Harbor.[MORE INFO]
Coast
Guard soon to receive new lifesaving search and rescue software
Contact:
Nicole Whittier
Phone:
401-789-6224
April, 2004
NARRAGANSETT, RI, Mar. --The United States Coast Guard will soon be using a faster, more accurate computer system to track and predict the location of floating and drifting objects.
The new computer model, called SAROPS (Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System), has significant potential to improve the Coast Guard's ability to save lives and property by speeding the identification of the location of people and boats lost at sea.[MORE INFO]
GIS
improvements allow prediction of hazards, risks posed by disasters,
both natural and manmade
Contact:
Nicole Whittier
Phone:
401-789-6224
March, 2004
Since September 11, the burgeoning field of homeland security has upped the demand for more sophisticated GIS technology to assess environmental and security risks and vulnerabilities.Applied Science Associates (ASA) just announced major improvements to computer models to now allow existing ESRI GIS users to seamlessly activate complex sophisticated predictive numerical models and evaluate hazards based on existing GIS databases.[MORE INFO]
Firm
working on search-rescue software
The
Newport (R.I) Daily News
Jan 31 - Feb 1, 2004
Briefcase Section
Eoin Howlett of Newport, chief executive officer and principal of Applied Science Associates of Narragansett, is leading his company's development of an advance computer model that will help the Coast Guard more quickly locate people and vessels missing at sea. [MORE INFO]