Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Fort Pierce, Florida oceanographic institute founded in 1971, part of Florida Atlantic University since 2007; employs more than 200 scientists and staff.
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is a research institute of Florida Atlantic University located at Fort Pierce, Florida, on the Indian River Lagoon. J. Seward Johnson Sr. founded it in 1971, working with inventor Edwin A. Link, whose earlier work included the first flight simulator and the Johnson-Sea-Link submersibles; the institute became part of Florida Atlantic University in 2007. The campus covers 144 acres at 5600 US 1 North and employs more than 200 scientists, engineers, educators, staff, and students.
The institute's Ocean Engineering and Applied Technology group designs and operates autonomous underwater vehicles equipped with onboard computers, sensors, and batteries, capable of diving beyond 18,000 feet and running missions lasting months. These AUVs support deep-water coral reef ecology studies, endangered fish spawning-aggregation research, and seafloor mapping, and the group's broader technology work extends to Gulf Stream ocean-current turbines for renewable energy and optics research aimed at improving underwater visibility. Other institute programs cover marine ecosystem conservation, links between ocean conditions and human health, and aquaculture research tied to food security.
Harbor Branch operates an Ocean Discovery Visitors Center with public tours and an Ocean Science Lecture Series, and runs a summer internship program alongside Florida Atlantic University's academic activities at the site.
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WEBSITE
https://www.fau.edu/hboi/PHONE
+17722422400HEADQUARTERS
United States
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Founded
1971
Primary Role
Research Institute
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Primary Region
North America
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