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Justin Lawrence 
Icefin underwater robotic vehicle (Photo by Georgia Tech)This Quartz story is a win-win for Georgia Tech: It's another take on Icefin, the underwater robotic vehicle developed by Britney Schmidt's research team for her Planetary Habitability and Technology Lab. Schmidt, an assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and her team are testing Icefin in the frigid Antarctic water, which is serving as a stand-in for Jupiter's moon Europa and its icy environment, the vehicle's ultimate destination in the search for life outside Earth. The story itself, however, is written by Justin Lawrence, one of Schmidt's graduate students, and it's a good behind-the-scenes look at the challenges and innovation involved in developing Icefin.
