nia3@duke.edu – Nowacek Lab

XPRIZE: Duke’s High Capacity Drones and Drop Pods

September 12, 2017nia3@duke.eduNews

The Blue Devil Engineering team based out of Duke University is using drones, drop pods and machine learning to map the seafloor. Led by Professors Martin Brooke, Tyler Bletsch and Douglas Nowacek, the team is an enthusiastic group of high school, undergraduate and graduate students working together to develop their

Plans for Seismic Surveys off NC Coast

September 5, 2017nia3@duke.eduNews

Shooting air guns into the ocean could soon be fair game in the search for oil and gas along the North Carolina coast, even if the seismic blasts “harass marine mammals” such as whales. The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering allowing the practice by energy companies and wants the public