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Ocean Shot Award Propels Discovery through Innovation

Multidisciplinary team, led by URIL, demonstrates success of new technology in conducting deep-sea research on fragile organisms

New paper in Science Advances presents a new technology-based workflow for creating cybertypes of delicate deep-sea species.

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Formlabs highlights open-source 3D-printed pressure housing designs

We collaborated with our friends at Formlabs to test multiple stereolithography materials and highlight the open-source POP housing design by Breanna Motsenbocker (URIL PhD candidate).  Check out the design guide!

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New paper on bioinspired pressure housings is out!

A new paper, led by former URIL lab member Madeline Karp, highlights the power of using high-resolution SLA 3D printing for underwater housings and also sheds new light on how the chambered nautilus’s shell withstands deep-sea pressure.    

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URIL PhD student Alex Yin mentors Narragansett middle school robotics team

Alex has been working with the Quest Montessori School since 2021, and continues through the 2023/24 academic year.

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Great URI article on Alexa Runyan’s Stereo Camera Project!

Alexa shares her work on a low-cost stereo camera system for imaging and measuring coral reefs.  

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Formlabs highlights the URIL for 3D-printed underwater enclosures!

Deep-sea housings, endcaps, molds, viewports, fiber optics, you name it: we’ve printed it and tested it!  Formlabs SLA printers have made so many things possible in our lab, read the user story!

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The Fiber Optic Reel System (FOReelS) system is now published online via open access!

URIL and NUWC complete field tests in Bermuda

Wired Magazine features Dr. Phillips

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NUWC Collaboration, Bermuda/BIOS December 2020
Deepstaria enigmatica, shot w/ Canon ME20
Vampiroteuthis shot w/ ME20
Soft manipulator system, Brazil 2017
Solomon Islands June 2019
Solomon Islands June 2019
FOReelS system, Bermuda, July 2021
DEEPi cameras, lights, and FOReelS system
Solomon Islands expedition team, June 2019
Low-cost deep-sea BRUVs for Discovery Shark Week, January 2020
DEEPi-enabled live video benthic grab system, September 2019
FOReelS fiber optic reel system
RAD Sampler
RAD2 and McLane SuPR Sampler testing, June 2021
Launching a DEEPi BRUV in Bermuda, July 2021
NUWC Collaboration, Bermuda/BIOS July 2021
First deep-sea video from DEEPi, sixgill shark in Bermuda
Bermuda July 2021
3D-printing at sea, Okeanos Explorer w/Stephen Licht, November 2018
RAD2 Sampler testing, June 2021
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