ALGAE+LAB

The Algae Project flat

Check out the Algae Team's research from 2014-15 here About Algae

Algae is the "NEW FUEL." Companies all over the world are investing billions of dollars in algae fuel research. We have an opportunity with the STS mobile lab and MIT Sea Grant to begin our own investigation behind the "algae revolution - solution." Open up any TIME magazine and you will see adds from Exxon/Mobil about their own work in algae research. We believe that in less than ten years this research will become applied science and transform energy initiatives around the world. We want students around New England to be a big part of this new solution.

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=Mobile Algae Lab=

The Mobile Algae Lab is a true innovation in learning. With "Save that Stuff" and MIT Sea Grant, NNHS has the opportunity to be a part of the next step in science, engineering, and environmental stewardship. The Algae Lab is a 53' tractor trailer on the outside, with an absolute state of the art Algal Research lab on the inside.

Bring this cutting edge algae lab to schools around New England for hands-on, research-driven science, engineering, and environmental science curriculum. We will utilize the faculty and students from both MIT Sea Grant and NNHS to help schools engage this incredible resource into their own curriculum.
 * Our Vision**:

=NNHS Algae Lab=
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Here at NNHS in the Greengineering headquarters, we have started experimenting with our own algae! The Algae we grow is Nannochloropsis sp. It is a starch-high culture and it is used to feed fish. Once we get the protocol down for growing algae and maintaining cultures, we will experiment with oil-high cultures. Once we are growing oil-high cultures we will then experiment with ways to extract the oil from it, and turn the oil into a bio-fuel!







=Algae Updates= The greengineers are fairly confident they have a good system for growing algae. Therefore they will shortly be developing a Standard Operating Procedure for growing it.

=Algae Competencies=