Dr. Alex Thomasson, Texas AgriLife Research engineer, holds a sensor designed to measure growth progress of algae automatically. (Texas AgriLife Extension Service photo by Robert Burns)
Dr. Alex Thomasson, Texas AgriLife Research engineer (left), installs a prototype sensor to measure the growth progress of algae at the AgriLife Algae Research and Development Facility near Pecos. (Texas AgriLife Research photo by Yufeng Ge)
Very rapid measurements will likely be required when scaling up from algal research raceways like this one to commercial production of algae as a biofuel feedstock, according to Dr. Alex Thomasson, Texas AgriLife Research engineer. (Texas AgriLife Research photo by Alex Thomasson)
