by Camilla Shumaker | May 15, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
In Wen Zhang’s lab, flasks of pale green water sit on a table. Magnets under the flasks spin plastic cylinders, stirring the water. The color comes from particles of Chlorella Vulgaris, a type of algae. Zhang and her students are cultivating this algal species to...
by Camilla Shumaker | May 15, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
Behind the Arkansas Research and Technology park lies a peaceful-looking pond surrounded by reeds. But this retention pond is more than just an incongruous piece of nature in a high-tech setting. It’s an outdoor lab, a place for BlueInGreen, LLC, a Virtual Incubation...
by Camilla Shumaker | May 15, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
By April Robertson Morgan Welch, a graduate student studying biological engineering, stands in the middle of a bridge dangling a clear, horizontal cylinder, known as an alphasampler, by a rope, easing it into Mullins Creek to scoop up a sample from the middle of...
by Camilla Shumaker | May 15, 2013 | Features, Spring 2013
“Garver’s Water Design Center is a knowledge center,” explained Steve Jones, a Garver vice president and director of water services. “It brings together engineering disciplines for complex water and wastewater designs.”Garver is a multi-disciplined engineering...
