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A new genus and species of toxic cyanobacteria

The center’s latest research (J. Phycol. 55: 509-520) describes a new genus and species of toxic cyanobacteria, Odorella benthonica, which was discovered in a California aqueduct, in collaboration with fellow researchers at Texas A&M.  Valerie Lapham of the Center for Electron Microscopy and Elle Allen’s TEM image was chosen for the cover of the June issue of [...]

August 8th, 2019|

NC State Floating Classroom

Burkholder, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences professor of aquatic ecology and director of the Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology (CAAE), and Reed, oceanography researcher with CAAE, have taken hundreds of students out on the water for hands-on learning over the last three years, thanks to grant funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Now in their first year of a three-year renewal – the only renewal available through the fund – Burkholder and her team are eager to find backers to continue the North Carolina Floating Classroom Program long-term.

November 29th, 2017|

Learning through Play: The Augmented Reality Sandbox

It is my pleasure to talk to the implementors of such an application: NC State Researchers Dr. Robert Reed and Josh Mathis from the Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology constructed an Augmented Reality Sandbox with funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Oliver Kreylos, a computer scientist studying 3D scientific visualizations and computational geosciences at UC Davis designed and programmed the AR Sandbox software, supported by a National Science Foundation grant. The Augmented Reality Sandbox allows learners to ‘move mountains’ in the sandbox and with the wave of a hand create rainfall and see how these interventions affect the resulting water flow, thereby fostering the understanding of watersheds and subsequently, our role in protecting water quality.

April 6th, 2016|
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