Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Ocean Technology

[9317935]卡拉汉海洋技术对我们国家有重大的经济和科学影响。向罗德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持，以满足成立工业/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、声学和海洋测绘。首席研究员及其同事是国际公认的科学家，他们有资源和能力来运营这个中心。该中心与美国国家科学基金会生物与关键系统部海洋工程系统项目经理诺曼·卡普兰合作。额外的资金由美国海军部提供，以加强正在进行的研究并获得该中心的会员资格。项目经理建议罗德岛大学在五年持续奖励的第一年获得50,000美元的奖励。另外，还建议在美国海军部提供的资金中增加2.5万美元，为期一年。在每12个月结束时，项目经理和/或工程教育中心部门的部门主管将审查中心在一系列更新标准要求方面的进展情况，包括以下内容：1)大学/行业互动发展的程度；2)支持基础的发展程度；3)一个强有力的研究项目的发展程度。如果评审令人满意，项目经理将建议支持下一阶段的持续奖励。

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.