May 23, 2022

Engineer develops underwater imaging system to investigate natural seeps

A still image from Binbin Wang’s research into natural seeps. It’s estimated that roughly 160,000 tons of oil and gas naturally enter North American waters each year. These so-called “natural seeps” are hydrocarbons that come out of plant or animal fossils under the seafloor. Depending on where they are, the bubbles of oil and gas can dissipate or, in more shallow spots, rise to the surface, sending methane into the atmosphere. But how do they behave and impact surrounding water at the point they arise from the ocean floor? That’s what Binbin Wang hopes to find out. Wang, an…

Nov. 30, 2021

Team designs model to automatically detect shadows in aerial images

A Mizzou Engineering team has designed a physics-based model to automatically detect shadows in large-scale aerial images.