Field Testing in Hudson, Florida

Field Testing in Hudson, Florida

On April 12, 2018, two team members from Veliger, Biology major Eamon MacDonald and Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communications major Catie Willett, traveled alongside JMU Graduate Student Bailie Lavan and Industrial Design major Skylar Southard to Hudson, Florida...
Talking Tech: Veliger’s Two Drone System

Talking Tech: Veliger’s Two Drone System

Today, there has been a 99% decline in the oyster population. As such, only 1% remain. These little creatures are known as filter feeders, meaning they feed on plankton by opening their shells and pumping water through their gills. This action traps particles of food...
Meet the Most Powerful Mollusk: the Oyster

Meet the Most Powerful Mollusk: the Oyster

When John Smith first boated across the Chesapeake Bay, he wrote about how the waters were crystal clear, the green vegetation swaying in the water, and plentiful amounts of fish his men thought they would be able to eat for years. This was the original Chesapeake...