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Destiny Cardentey, a Wildlife Ecology and Conservation senior, and METL student, presented research at the 2019 Science By the Shore Event at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine.

Several of METL's active undergraduate students spent the summer immersed in paid internships in diverse fields, including environmental science, computer science, and augmented reality development.

CJC PhD student and METL coordinator, Daniel Pimentel, was awarded a $35,000 grant from the Sea Turtle Conservancy for his proposal: Project S.H.E.L.L. (Simulating Habitat Experiences of Living Loggerheads), an education initiative leveraging a custom virtual reality (VR) simulation to encourage sea turtle conservation.

Daniel Pimentel, PhD student and METL coordinator, was awarded the University of Florida Graduate Student Mentoring Award by the Graduate School’s Division of Graduate Student Affairs.

By Brock Shine

METL's latest project - "Decision-making Under Duress (DUD)" - seeks to harness the interactive power of virtual reality (VR) to prepare aspiring journalists for "pressure cooker" scenarios.

After a Spring semester spent developing and testing virtual reality (VR) simulations in the METL, three UF students carry the momentum over into summer internships in the public and private sector.

An METL-built virtual reality (VR) simulation takes you to Antarctica to rehabilitate oil-slicked penguins. The simulation is being used in a variety of studies to examine how virtual interactions with endangered animals can contribute to conservation outcomes.

Since the 1980's, Major League Baseball (MLB) players have had the opportunity select music to accompany their at-bat. However, can their song selection influence their actual performance? A recent study by Daniel Pimentel, Ricardo Amaya, and Dr. Sri Kalyanaraman finds that it does.

The Gainesville Sun identified METL founder and director Dr. Sri Kalyanaraman as a changemaker in the community and featured him in an exclusive article that presented his views on how technology can change the world around us.