Successfully addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges requires more than good intentions and resources - it requires engagement across the relevant sectors and within the problem space to ensure that the solutions developed will have a significant impact on meaningful problems. Draper brings the creativity, expertise, and experience of more than 1,200 engineers and scientists to work hand-in-hand with our partners in addressing challenges for the planet.
Our oceans face devastating threats from pollution, climate change, and increasing human use for food and resources. Draper is engaged in developing solutions to multiple challenges in this space, including measuring microplastic pollution, supporting coral restoration, and monitoring whale populations using satellites.
The culture of innovation at Draper stems from over 80 years of experience designing first-of-a-kind systems that succeed in challenging environments, from undersea to space. Our not-for-profit status enables us to work on problems in domains where traditional return-on-investment would be a limiting factor for other providers of advanced engineering solutions. Working hand-in-hand with our partners, we create sustainable and impactful solutions.

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