Scientists and engineers are tracking an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in Lake Erie as part of a research project to better understand the lake’s ecosystems.
Members from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, along with fisheries ecologist Steve Ruberg, are part of the project.
Argonaut, which operates the Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School with CMSD, was asked to assist, too. Several of its students suited up for the hands-on learning experience.
Lake Erie is where people play, but Capt. Drew Ferguson, founder and CEO of Argonaut, said it’s also where important work happens both on land and beneath the surface…