[SEMCO] July "Science Made Public" at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

[Joanne Tromp]

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Science Made Public <http://www.whoi.edu>

Science Made Public is an annual, summertime series of publicly 
accessible talks by scientists and engineers at the Woods Hole 
Oceanographic Institution. All talks take place on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m. 
in WHOI's Ocean Science Exhibit Center, 15 School Street 
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Woods Hole.

Erin Fishcell

July 11, 2017 • 3 P.M.

How to Teach your AUV New Tricks

*Erin Fischell, Assistant Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering*
Robotics has gotten more sophisticated over the last few years. 
Everywhere you look, there are drones, self-driving cars, and other 
autonomous platforms. In the ocean environment, robots have been limited 
by cost, communication, and navigation issues, so that robots have been 
mostly used for simple, pre-scripted missions using individual 
autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). But that’s changing. Learn how 
advances in practical lowcost sensing, navigation and autonomy are 
enabling a new wave of lowcost, miniature AUVs that can navigate, sense 
their environment, and work together to create virtual arrays.

Carolyn Teplot

July 18, 2017 • 3 P.M.

Invasion of the Body-Snatchers

*Carolyn Tepolt, Assistant Scientist, Biology*
In the Gulf of Mexico, a parasitic barnacle tunnels into mud crabs and 
turns them into zombie nursemaids for the parasite’s offspring. This 
parasite infects just 1 to 5 percent of crabs in its native Gulf range, 
but it has invaded the mid-Atlantic where more than 70 percent of crabs 
are infected in some areas. Learn what field surveys, laboratory 
infections, and DNA are telling us about how this body-snatching 
parasite is shaping the evolution of its crab host.

Daniel P. Zitterbart

July 25, 2017 • 3 P.M.

March of the Many: Collective Behavior in Emperor Penguin Colonies

*Daniel P. Zitterbart, Postdoctoral Scholar, Applied Ocean Physics & 
Engineering*
The emperor penguin, an iconic polar seabird, is dependent on sea ice 
and thereby very sensitive to its changes. If sea ice decreases, local 
and global bird populations are predicted to decline by the end of the 
century. Little is known about their year-round behavior and how much 
they might be able to cope with a changing habitat. Learn interesting 
facts on emperor penguin behavior and how WHOI scientists study emperor 
penguins using the latest remote observing systems.

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