Our students are conducting studies and developing technologies that will help protect the environment in Miami and beyond. Learn more about these featured projects:
Using IoT Technology for Sustainable Agriculture and Water Quality
Conditioning Corals to Survive Stress
Plastic Trash in Mangrove Forests
Designing Architectural Solutions to Environmental Problems
Understanding Corals at a Cellular Level to Save Our Reefs
Mercury and Selenium Concentrations in Bottlenose Dolphin Tissue
Explore Our Activities
Browse our photo galleries from Research Experiences for Undergraduates, workshops, field research and more.
Join our team on a journey up the Miami River.
We hosted a research tour of the Miami River to showcase research conducted by students and scientists in local waterways.
Video of our first buoy deployment which monitors water quality and serves as an early alert system for harmful algal blooms.
Video of our second research buoy deployment at a Coral Gables canal to monitor water quality.
Video of our third research buoy deployment in "Heart Harbor" in Tavernier, Florida, to monitor water quality.
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