The Florida Tech Mertens Marine Center, a 3,000-square-foot, $1.25 million building, features two laboratory a conference room, and two faculty offices. The building serves as a base of operations for research and student training in the marine sciences and ocean engineering. Graduate and undergraduate students conduct research on environmental science and restoration. Research for Master'stheses and doctoral dissertations, as well as undergraduate senior-design projects, are carried out in the Center.