Ben Aland won an award for Outstanding MEERM Student (internship track)! This summer, he will be working with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources conducting aerial drone surveys to monitor shorelines and oyster populations. Ben's primary deliverable will be a manual for DNR employees defining the workflow for drone operations and post-processing to identify oyster reefs. Ben will also create training data to support future efforts for developing a machine learning algorithm to automate oyster classification. Finally, Ben will use these drone images to assess a DNR test site to determine whether scattering shell hash can support new oyster settlement. Way to go, Ben! Comments are closed.
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AuthorErin Meyer-Gutbrod is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her lab researches human impacts to marine ecosysems. Archives
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