Marine Advanced Technology Education Resource Center

海洋先进技术教育（MATE）中心是社区学院，高中，大学，非正式教育组织，研究机构，海洋产业和工作专业人士的国家合作伙伴关系。MATE的使命是改善海洋技术教育，增加进入海洋相关职业的高技能技术专业人员的数量。 在这个项目中，MATE海洋技术教育资源中心是1）扩大和加强学术，工业和专业社会的伙伴关系; 2）支持有兴趣开发或改进海洋技术计划的机构;和3）进行研究，综合和传播全面的，最新的海洋劳动力信息，并帮助合作伙伴调整他们的课程和计划与劳动力的需求。 此外，MATE资源中心还举办区域和国际远程操作车辆竞赛，模拟高性能工作场所并建立学术和行业合作伙伴关系。该项目还为高中，学院和大学教育工作者提供教师发展机构，重点是海洋技术（包括潜水技术，重点是ROV;海底测绘和数据收集;职业意识;海洋观测系统;以及GIS的海洋应用）和改善科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育。国家MATE实习计划在该项目中继续进行，参与该计划的代表性不足的学生人数增加，MATE产品（包括课程，资源书籍，职业指南，能力和程序指南，以传统格式和电子形式）通过中心的网站和www.OceanCareers.com传播。

The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center is a national partnership of community colleges, high schools, universities, informal educational organizations, research institutions, marine industries, and working professionals. MATE's mission is to improve marine technical education and increase the number of highly-skilled technical professionals who enter ocean-related occupations. In this project, the MATE Resource Center for marine technology education is 1) expanding and strengthening academic, industry, and professional society partnerships; 2) supporting institutions interested in developing or improving marine technology programs; and 3) conducting research, synthesizing, and disseminating comprehensive, up-to-date marine workforce information and helping partners align their curricula and programs with workforce needs. In addition, the MATE Resource Center conducts regional and international ROV (remotely operated vehicle) competitions that simulate the high performance workplace and build academic and industry partnerships. This project also offers faculty development institutes for high school, college, and university educators that focus on marine technology (including submersible technology, with a focus on ROVs; seafloor mapping and data collection; career awareness; ocean observing systems; and the marine applications of GIS) and improving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. The national MATE internship program continues in this project, the numbers of underrepresented students participating in the program increases, and MATE products (including curricula, resource books, occupational guidelines, competencies, and procedural guides both in traditional formats and electronically) are disseminated through the Center's web site and www.OceanCareers.com.