An FIU Aquanaut’s Home Away from Land…and Air
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Six miles off the coast of Key Largo, University students Adam Zenone and Andrew Shantz spent 17 days living in the Aquarius Reef Base, the world’s only operational underwater research habitat.
Aside from the conference speakers, the University is showing off their work at the eMerge pavilion.
Close to the anniversary of FIU’s Key Largo acquisition, the Aquarius Reef Base, student aquanauts from the November 2013 expedition attest to its value towards conducting research.
“This is a great opportunity to devise multiple projects at the same time because of the increased bottom time that we have,” said Christian Lopes, a junior biology major.
While many of the freshmen who live on campus are exuberant and friendly, excited to be on their own and eager to make friends, there’s another camp – only slightly smaller – that isn’t so cute and pleasant.