Milestones & Accomplishments

REON B2 sensor platform tested on
the Racquette River, spring of 2010

2011

Beacon and Fort Edward platforms re-deployed; Schuylerville platform moved to Waterford, on the Mohawk River. Mobile monitoring continues.
Formalized strategic alliance creates new Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Clarkson University
Timothy Sugrue, Ph.D. appointed CEO, succeeding Cronin
John Cronin named Beacon Institute Fellow at Clarkson University

2009-2010

REON deployments of advanced monitoring stations at Beacon, Fort Edward and Schuylerville, and fixed sensors at West Point, Poughkeepsie and Albany. Mobile monitoring research cruises spanning upper and lower Hudson.
SENSE IT teacher training reaches 41 teachers in 31 school districts across Hudson Valley, Capital District and Potsdam.
Launch of new science, technology and environmental policy center with Pace University.
Outreach programming at CEIE, Beacon Gallery and Troy reaches 7,000.

2008

Beacon Institute opens new sustainable Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE) at Denning’s Point in Beacon. The CEIE is the Institute’s primary education and outreach facility and first home to REON is also a Visitor Center for Denning’s Point State Park.
Beacon Institute and Tech Valley High School launch SENSE IT (Student Enabled Network of Sensors for the Environment using Technology) pilot to teach 40 ninth grade students how to design and build their own environmental sensors.
National Science Foundation awards Beacon Institute and Clarkson University $1.4 million grant for expansion of SENSE IT education initiative to bring innovative STEM skills (science, technology, education and mathematics) curricula to high schools in the Hudson Valley, Capital District and St. Lawrence regions.
Beacon Institute and Clarkson University deploy first REON sensor platform in Hudson River off Denning’s Point.
Peter Davoren, President and CEO of Turner Construction Company, announced as chair of Institute’s capital facilities working group to oversee construction of green research facilities in Beacon and Troy.
Clarkson University joins Beacon Institute/IBM partnership, expanding REON reach to St. Lawrence River.

2007

Beacon Institute and IBM announce plans to create REON (River and Estuary Observatory Network), an integrated network of sensors, robotics and computational technology distributed throughout the 315-mile river and the first real-time monitoring and forecasting network for a major American river and estuary.
Croxton Collaborative Architects, pioneers in green design, selected to head planning and design of Institute’s Center for Advanced Environmental Research (CAER) in Beacon.
Beacon Institute unveils the definitive modern map of the Hudson River Watershed, created by Connie Brown and Duncan Milne of Redstone Studios. The map is currently on loan to the Albany Institute of History and Art for their Quadricentennial exhibit.
Institute opens Upper Hudson administrative office in Troy.

2006

Institute assembles working group for what will become REON that includes Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Stony Brook, USGS, Columbia University, Pace University and Union College, among others.
Institute collaborates with City of Beacon and other organizations to begin revitalization of City of Beacon’s working harbor and harbor management plan.
Institute announces STV and Louis Berger Group to head master planning and EIS processes for Center for Advanced Environmental Research (CAER).
Black Dome Press publishes Denning’s Point, A Hudson River History, written by Beacon Institute project historian Jim Heron.
Rivers and Estuaries Center adopts new name, Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, and breaks ground on first building on Denning’s Point campus.

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