Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Ocean Technology

小行星9317935卡拉汉 海洋技术对我们国家的经济和科学产生重大影响。 向罗得岛大学提供的一笔规划赠款（EEC-9222523）帮助产生了足够的工业支助，以满足成立一个工业/大学海洋技术合作研究中心所需的标准。 该中心的研究议程将侧重于环境监测系统、设备测试以及声学和海洋测绘。 主要研究者和同事是国际公认的科学家，他们有资源和能力来管理这个中心。 该中心与NSF生物和关键系统部海洋工程系统项目经理Norman Caplan进行了协调。 美国海军部提供额外资金，以加强正在进行的研究，并获得该中心的成员资格。 项目经理建议罗得岛大学在五年连续奖励的第一年获得50，000美元。 建议增加25 000美元，为期一年，由美国海军部提供资金。 在每12个月结束时，项目经理和/或工程教育中心司司长将根据一些更新标准要求审查中心的进展情况，包括以下内容：1）大学/行业互动的发展程度; 2）支持基础的发展程度和3）强大的研究计划的发展程度。 如果评审结果令人满意，计划经理将建议在此持续奖励的下一个期间提供支持。

9317935 Callahan The ocean technologies have significant economic and scientific impact on our nation. A planning grant to the University of Rhode Island (EEC-9222523) has helped generate sufficient industrial support to meet the criteria required to form an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Ocean Technologies. The Center's research agenda will focus on environmental monitoring systems, equipment testing and acoustics and ocean mapping. The Principal Investigator and colleagues are internationally recognized scientists who have the resources and capability to run this Center. This Center has been coordinated with Norman Caplan, Program Manager, Ocean Engineering Systems, Division of Biological and Critical Systems at NSF. Additional funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Navy to augment ongoing research and to obtain a membership in the Center. The Program Manager recommends the University of Rhode Island be awarded $50,000 for the first year of a five-year continuing award. An additional $25,000 is recommended for one year with funds provided by the U.S. Department of Navy. Near the end of each 12-month period, the Program Manager and/or the Division Director of the Engineering Education Centers Division will review the progress of the Center on a number of renewal criteria requirements, including the following: 1) the extent to which the university/industry interaction is developing; 2) the extent to which the support base is developing and 3) the extent to which a robust research program is developing. If the review is satisfactory, the Program Manager will recommend support for the next period of this continuing award.