Research spotlights
Research Spotlights
Case studies from the labs, classrooms and facilities that use Aquafab systems.
Case study
The robotic mussel: sensing from inside the mussel bed
A custom-engineered robotic mussel with embedded sensors that autonomously measures flow, temperature and oxygen within the interstitial spaces of mussel beds — data previously impossible to collect.
Bivalves
A 9-foot flume for bivalve aggregations — Carleton College
A custom 108 × 24 × 24 in Alpha Flow Chamber for studying large bivalve aggregations, with ±0.01 cm/s flow resolution from brushless pumps — running on a...
Case study
Intertidal respirometry with 5 °C/min thermal cycling — College of the Holy Cross
For the Nishizaki Lab, we built a fully integrated intermittent-flow respirometry system that reproduces tide-pool temperature swings — 0 to 50 °C at up to 5 °C per...