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Christian Taylor wading in shallow water next to his kayak called NS-1 made by his company, Omission.

From Capstone to Coastal Research: USM Engineering Alum Builds Unmanned Kayaks to Study the Gulf of Maine

One evening on Saco Bay, Christian Taylor looked down at his kayak and saw a new direction for the business he was building.

Allison Fogg and Luc Harrison smile together outside the Marine Lab at Schiller Coastal Studies Center, with a white topographic map overlay.

Invasive Shrimp and Fading Eelgrass: How a USM Grad Student and Alum Are Teaming Up to Protect Casco Bay

Luc Harrison and Allison Fogg didn’t set out to work together — one a USM graduate student, the other a USM alumna, each chasing a different question about the health of Casco Bay. Keep reading to find out how their two research projects, and a shared USM connection, brought them into the same water this summer.